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This section includes books on topics not easily included elsewhere, for example:

  • Disabilities
  • Flexible training
  • Overseas
  • Women in Medicine

Any Room at the Top? – a study of doctors and their careers
Authors: ALLEN Isobel
Publisher: PSI 1988
ISBN: 0-85374-438-6
Library Reference Number: OCW/PB494/ALL
Women will soon account for 50% of the doctors coming out of medical school. What will this mean for the medical profession? Will these doctors be able to fulfil their potential? Are there obstacles which prevent women doctors from participating fully in medicine? How useful and relevant is the careers advice offered to all doctors? Is the experience of young women doctors really different from that of young men doctors? Allen […] has undertaken a major survey of the views and experiences of over 600 men and women doctors who qualified in 1966, 1976 and 1981.

Doctors and their Careers - a new generation
Authors: ALLEN Isobel
Publisher: PSI 1994
ISBN: 0-85374-660-5
Library Reference Number: OCW/PB496/ALL
The profile of the medical profession is changing fast, with women accounting for around half of those coming out of medical school […] This report is a DOH funded follow-up to the major PSI study “Doctors and their careers” of 1988 […] the study found […] evidence that the medical career structure has been slow to adapt to the speed of change which has swept through the health service […] It has also failed to react to the stark reality of the changing profile of the medical manpower in which 50% of those entering the profession are women, more than half of whom intend to work less than full time for at least some period of their careers…

Disability equality in the medical profession - July 2007
Authors: BMA Equal Opportunities Committee
Publisher: BMA Marketing and Publications 2007
ISBN: 978-1-905545-20-9
Library Reference Number: OCD/BG311/BMA
Information regarding equal opportunities for disabled doctors and disabled medical students. This booklet includes: traditional models of disability, discrimination legislation, barriers to a career in medicine for disabled people and how the BMA support and enable practicing disabled doctors.

Disability equality within healthcare - The role of healthcare professionals, June 2007
Authors: BMA Equal Opportunities Committee
Publisher: BMA Marketing and Publications 2007
ISBN: 978-1-905545-19-3
Library Reference Number: OCD/BG312/BMA
Information regarding the BMA’s concerns towards discrimination against disabled doctors in employment, medical education or training. This booklet details the legislative framework, health and access inequalities, staff attitudes and communication skills, and Leadership.

Making it in British Medicine - essential guidance for international doctors
Authors: DOSANI Sabina, CROSS Peter
Publisher: Radcliffe 2004
ISBN: 1-85775-875-7
Library Reference Number: OCO/PB007/DOS
This book provides readers with the tools that they require to establish themselves in a British medical post. Fully referenced throughout with useful resources and pointers, it will be invaluable reading for overseas doctors who already work or are considering working in Britain.

Flexible Working and Training for Doctors and Dentists – a practical guide
Author: HASTIE Anne
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd 2006
ISBN: 1 84619 025 8
Library Reference Number: OCF/PB039/HAS
[this book] is a real-world, practical guide to the opportunities available for flexible training and working. It explains the current rules and regulations and promotes the “Improving Working Lives” initiative for NHS workers […]. It presents a wealth of information, including details on sabbaticals, management roles, maternity and sickness leave, academic life and the GP returner scheme. This guide will be invaluable to doctors and dentists working in the primary and secondary care, medical and dental students and staff and doctors and dentists in training. Health policy makers and shapers will find it an excellent resource, along with healthcare managers and careers counsellors.

So You Want to be a Medical Mum? - A Medical Careers Guide
Authors: HILL Emma
Publisher: Oxford University Press 2008
ISBN: 978 0 19 923758 6
Library Reference Number: OCW/PB272/HIL
This book is a guide to the joys and frustrations of combining motherhood with being a doctor. It guides the reader through deciding when and if to have a baby, specific challenges during pregnancy, and finally the return to work and beyond.
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ABC of Change for Doctors
Authors: KERSLEY Susan E
Publisher: Radcliffe 2006
ISBN: 978-1-85775-762-0
Library Reference Number: OC/PB020/KER
A book promoting a healthy work/life balance for medical professionals, containing many practical tools for personal development. This book is refreshing, energising reading for doctors at all levels and specialities.

Prescription for Change for Doctors Who Want a Life - 2nd Edition
Authors: KERSLEY Susan E
Publisher: Radcliffe 2006
ISBN: 978-1-85775-761-3
Library Reference Number: OC/PB021/KER
A guide containing useful tools and advice with specific references to medical scenarios written in a straightforward style. Doctors of all grades and specialities will find this philosophy and practical advice invaluable, as will medical mentors, career advisors and counsellors.

Careers for Women in Medicine – Planning and Pitfalls – Revised 3rd Edition
Authors: Women in Medicine
Publisher: Women in Medicine 1992
ISBN: nil
Library Reference Number: OCW/BG497/WIM
This booklet has been produced by women in medicine, a group of women doctors and medical students, formed to promote the interests of women and to spread information about work for women in medicine. We hope it will be a useful source of information for potential medical students, students and doctors in training..

The Medics Guide to Work and Electives around the World - for doctors, nurses and other health professionals
Authors: WILSON Mark
Publisher: Hodder Arnold 2004
ISBN: 978-0-340-81051-4
Library Reference Number: OCO/PB009/WIL
The definitive guide for the doctor, nurse or student planning work or an elective overseas. This edition gives information on what it is like to work in thousands of hospital in over 100 countries. There’s information on how to plan your trip and advice on occupational health requirements.