Survival guide for medical students / Saul Wischnitzer, Edith Wischnitzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wischnitzer, Saul.

Contributor:

Wischnitzer, Edith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical education--United States.

Medical education.

United States.

Medical students--United States.

Medical students.

Medicine--Practice--United States.

Medicine.

Medicine--Practice.

Vocational Guidance.

Career Choice.

Education, Medical.

Students, Medical.

Medical Subjects:

Vocational Guidance.

Career Choice.

Education, Medical.

Students, Medical.

Physical Description:

v, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Hanley & Belfus, [2001]

Contents:

Part I Upon Entering Medical School 1

Chapter 1 The Meaning of Acceptance 3

Chapter 2 Preparing for Medical School 15

Part II Surviving Medical School 31

Chapter 3 The Medical School Experience 35

Chapter 4 Medical Education: The Curriculum 47

Chapter 5 First-Year Guidelines: Learning the Basics 61

Chapter 6 Second-Year Guidelines: Exposure to the Abnormal 75

Chapter 7 From Classroom to Hospital: Putting on the Whites 97

Chapter 8 Third-Year Guidelines: What It's Like To Be a Doctor 115

Chapter 9 Fourth-Year Guidelines: Light At the End of the Tunnel 125

Chapter 10 Essays for Medical Students 141

Part III Postgraduate Training 159

Chapter 11 The Specialties 161

Chapter 12 The Subspecialties 171

Chapter 13 Securing and Surviving a Residency 183

Chapter 14 Essays for Residents 219

Part IV Medical Practice 233

Chapter 15 Entering the Real World of Medicine 235

Chapter 16 Essays on Medical Practice 243

Appendix I Major Professional Organizations 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index.

ISBN:

1560534729

OCLC:

46359863