in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians

Ajay Major, Aleena Paul

Pager Publications, Inc., 2016 - Science - 372 pages

Peer-edited narratives written by medical students on humanism, our real-life patients, and the challenges of being a physician-in-training

Contents

• Autopsy of a Child by Erin Baumgartner: 15
• Percent Bucket by Joshua Stein: 43
• Eau de Medical School by Nita Chen: 63
• A Husband and Father of Three by Daniel Gates: 65
• Better Mom Better Doctor by Mariya Cherneykina: 68
• Never Forget Those Who Got You Here by Eric Donahue: 71
• Being Pregnant During the First Year of Medical School by Allison Lyle: 73
• From the Other Side: 79
• A Reflection on Loss by Chris Meltsakos: 81
• Medical Student as Patient by Lorenzo Sewanan: 86
• When a Patients Disease Strikes a Chord by Anjani Amladi: 89
• Parenthesis by Amanda Rutishauser: 92
• A Medical Students Experience as a Patient by Crystal Romero: 94
• Treating the Disease and Treating the Illness by Steven Lange: 97
• Broken by Jennifer Tsai: 101
• Systemic Afflictions: 105
• A Night at the Homeless Shelter by Jimmy Tam Huy Pham: 107
• A Solution for Wandering in Dementia by Katie Taylor: 110
• How Health Care Policy Shapes Health Care Practice by Manasa Mouli: 114
• Why Medical Students Should Focus on Ferguson by Jennifer Tsai: 117
• The Blizzard of 2015 by Jacob Walker: 123
• My Black Eyes by Jessica Ubanyionwu: 126
• Mine by Damien Zreibe: 128
• The Limits of Professionalism by Jennifer Hong: 130
• My White Coat Costume by Jes Minor: 135
• Street Medicine by Ajay Koti: 138
• A Story of Surgical Error by Dacia Russell: 174
• Fading Memories of Love and Martinis by Joshua Niforatos: 183
• Diversity and Rhinos by Bianca Maria Stifani: 205
• Medicine Meaning and Fluency by Jocelyn MaryEstelle Wilson: 210
• On Doctoring Etiquette by Qing Meng Zhang: 212
• Is the System at Fault? by Ola Hadaya: 215
• Low Health Literacy as a Barrier to Effective Communication by Lindsey McDaniel: 218
• Talkingalkingalking DirtyDirtyDirty by Mariya Cherneykina: 220
• Lost in Translation by Katharine Caldwell: 222
• View from the Other Side by Jimmy: 229
• Who Is It Really For? by Nita Chen: 231
• Breaking Down the Barrier by Pratik Kanabur: 234
• A Case for Inclusive Language by Ria: 236
• Remembering What It Is Like Not to Know by Katie Taylor: 239
• Burnout: 243
• How Medical School Taught Me to Put Studying Second by Samuel Scott: 245
• Do They Teach Fear in Medical School? by Ajay Koti: 247
• Mindfulness in Medical School by Andrew Kadlec: 250
• Words of Advice from a ThirdYear by Jarna Shah: 253
• Wounded Healers by Ajay Koti: 256
• Rite of Passage by Nita Chen: 260
• Booster by Jennifer Tsai: 263
• Nap Kenbe Were Holding On by Christopher Hudson: 299
• The Patients Story by Peter Wingfield: 327
• References: 345

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Bibliographic information

• Title: in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians; In-training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians, Andrew Kadlec
• Authors: Ajay Major, Aleena Paul
• Publisher: Pager Publications, Inc., 2016
• ISBN: 0692658637, 9780692658635
• Length: 372 pages
• Subjects: Science / General