Hi there apprentice doctor! With the previous newsletter we did quite a tricky suturing technique. For this month’s newsletter we will be considering the drug industry. Pharmacological companies are multi-multi-billion dollar companies producing wonderful and unfortunately not-so-wonderful drugs for the spectrum of disciplines in modern medicine! What follows is merely my personal point of view. … Read more
Why do you want to become a Healthcare professional? This is so important! What is your motive behind becoming a medical professional? The prime, the number one, the most fundamental reason why you want to become a great medical professional is very important, because that will determine not only your success, but also the fulfillment … Read more
Today I would like to address an important subject and that is the importance of good record keeping. More often than not it seems to be the little things in life that makes a big difference. Taking a comprehensive medical history, making proper notes and keeping these notes for an extended period of time, is … Read more
What is Nursing? Nursing can be defined as the general care of sick people, as opposed to the medical treatment of their diseases. A professional nurse is able to skillfully combine the art of caring with the science of healthcare. Nursing places its focus on the patient as a whole, rather than on a particular … Read more
What is a Dentist? A dentist can be described as a super medical specialist dedicated to the care of the teeth, mouth, jaws and surrounding organs. They have studied the physiological and disease processes affecting structures in this region, and they understand the principles of diagnosis and the management of diseases and abnormalities affecting teeth, … Read more
Below is a short summary of the steps to follow to become a doctor in the United States of America. Academically you need to focus your attention on attaining an approved 4-year pre-medical science qualification (step 2): Complete Grade 12 / High School diploma / GED — exceptional academic results set the tone for the future! You … Read more
This is a project that you will not find on the Foundation Course CD-ROM. If you do not have your own Apprentice Doctor set, you’re missing out on the core foundation of what you’ll find below… Medically speaking, what exactly is a swelling? A swelling (a localized increase in size) may occur anywhere on the … Read more
Welcome to another Letter from the Doc, that’s me! In your mission to become a doctor, you ask many questions. “How do I become a doctor?”; “When will I qualify as a doctor?”; “Where will I study to be a doctor?” and so on. But the most important question that you will have to answer … Read more
Welcome back. Medicine is both an intellectual and practical discipline at the same time, so you need to have a hands-on approach, and have somebody guiding you, correcting you, and sometimes leaving you to sweat it out when the situation calls for it. Medical students have to study and retain an immense amount of knowledge, … Read more
Hey, If you’ve been receiving these Letters from the Doc from the beginning, then by now you should have a much better understanding of whether a career in medical science is for you or not. The strategy I’m going to share with you today is not intended to trick or fool medical school reviewers. They’re … Read more