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What I learned in medical school : personal stories of young doctors / edited by Kevin M. Takakuwa, Nick Rubashkin, Karen E. Herzig ; with a foreword by Joycelyn Elders.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physicians--Anecdotes.
- Physicians.
- Physician and patient--Anecdotes.
- Physician and patient.
- Medical education--Anecdotes.
- Medical education.
- Medicine--Anecdotes.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Like many an exclusive club, the medical profession subjects its prospective members to rigorous indoctrination: medical students are overloaded with work, deprived of sleep and normal human contact, drilled and tested and scheduled down to the last minute. Difficult as the regimen may be, for those who don't fit the traditional mold-white, male, middle-to-upper class, and heterosexual-medical school can be that much more harrowing. This riveting book tells the tales of a new generation of medical students-students whose varied backgrounds are far from traditional. Their stories will forever alter the way we see tomorrow's doctors. In these pages, a black teenage mother overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds, an observant Muslim dons the hijab during training, an alcoholic hides her addiction. We hear the stories of an Asian refugee, a Mexican immigrant, a closeted Christian, an oversized woman-these once unlikely students are among those who describe their medical school experiences with uncommon candor, giving a close-up look at the inflexible curriculum, the pervasive competitive culture, and the daunting obstacles that come with being "different" in medical school. Their tales of courage are by turns poignant, amusing, eye-opening-and altogether unforgettable.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- BECOMING AN AMERICAN
- MELANIE'S STORY
- PAVEMENT
- WHISPERS FROM THE THIRD GENERATION
- BORDERLANDS
- POISON IN MY COFFEE
- NECESSARY ACCESSORIES
- MEDICAL SCHOOL METAMORPHOSIS
- WHY AM I IN MEDICAL SCHOOL?
- MY SECRET LIFE
- FIVE POINTS OFF FOR GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL
- PARASYMPATHIZING
- SOMETIMES, ALL YOU CAN DO IS LAUGH
- A PRAYER FROM A CLOSETED CHRISTIAN
- SEEING WITH NEW EYES
- HOKA HEY
- MY NAMES
- A CASE PRESENTATION
- UROLOGY BLUES
- LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
- DARING TO BE A DOCTOR
- A GRADUATION SPEECH
- AFTERWORD
- FURTHER READING
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PHOTO CREDITS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612358302
- 9781282358300
- 1282358308
- 9780520939387
- 0520939387
- 9781597349956
- 159734995X
- OCLC:
- 55538803
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