I Wish I Read This Book Before Medical School

by Katherine Chretien

Overview

Being a physician is an amazing privilege, and it can be a deeply rewarding career...but first you have to get through medical school. Students, who were often at the top of their class prior to medical school, now find themselves surrounded by equally bright, hardworking, overachieving classmates and facing new challenges from rigorous curricula to specialty selection to navigation of unchartered territories of mentorship, clinical rotations, and research. Thriving in medical school requires more than smarts—it requires new learning strategies, organization, time management, teamwork skills, mentorship, adaptability, resilience, and more.

This book brings together advice from medical educators, practicing physicians, and current medical students to help new medical students not just survive medical school but handle the transition with grace and position them to succeed and thrive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780768945621
Publisher:	Peterson's
Publication date:	10/12/2021
Series:	I Wish I Read...Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	644,902
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr. Katherine Chretien is associate dean for medical student affairs and director of medical student wellness at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Previously, she was associate dean for student affairs and professor of medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She earned her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University and attended the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. She completed her internal medicine training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Chretien is the recipient of the Women Leaders in Medicine Award from the American Medical Students Association and the Charles H. Griffith III Educational Research Award from Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine. Dr. Chretien has published her research and writing in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Medical Education, and USA TODAY. She is editor of the book Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned (Springer 2018). 

Editorial Reviews

02/01/2022

These two titles offer fledgling medical and law students advice from those who have been there. Physician Chretien (Johns Hopkins Sch. of Medicine; editor, Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned) condenses valuable insights on organization, budgeting, self-care, relationships, and professional identity into lists, clear graphics, and punchy text. Some sections could apply to any graduate or young professional (scheduling; mentorship), while others are specific to medicine (clinical rotations; choosing a specialty). Using similarly attractive and organized graphics and text, Saada (Univ. of LaVerne), Leslie P. Culver (S.J. Quinney Coll. of Law, Univ. of Utah), and Robin Apodaca (career services, Chapman Univ. Sch. of Law) distill sage advice on legal research, the bar exam, internships, and more. Both guides include glossaries, templates, checklists, and lists for further reading. VERDICT Supportive, current (the books tackle diversity and equity, microaggressions, and social media), and useful. Highly recommended for all libraries.

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