TY - BOOK ID - 77860675 TI - What I learned in medical school : personal stories of young doctors AU - Takakuwa, Kevin M. AU - Rubashkin, Nick. AU - Herzig, Karen E. PY - 2004 SN - 1282358308 9786612358302 0520939387 159734995X 9780520939387 1417510846 9781417510849 9781597349956 0520239369 9781282358300 9780520239364 0520246810 9780520246812 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Physicians KW - Physician and patient KW - Medical education KW - Medicine KW - Doctor and patient KW - Doctor-patient relationships KW - Patient and doctor KW - Patient and physician KW - Patient-doctor relationships KW - Patient-physician relationships KW - Patients and doctors KW - Patients and physicians KW - Physician-patient relationships KW - Physicians and patients KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Fear of doctors KW - Narrative medicine KW - Health Workforce KW - Medical personnel KW - Professional education KW - Education KW - american muslims. KW - anthropology. KW - asian refugee. KW - black americans. KW - career. KW - challenging professions. KW - competitive professions. KW - cultural anthropologists. KW - demographic studies. KW - difficult jobs. KW - discussion books. KW - med school culture. KW - med school curriculum. KW - med students. KW - medical professionals. KW - medical school experiences. KW - medical school. KW - medicine. KW - mexican immigrant. KW - nonfiction. KW - nontraditional students. KW - personal stories. KW - students and teachers. KW - young doctors. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77860675 AB - 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. ER -