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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Surviving Medical School Series |
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Surviving medical school series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Part I. Preparation and Expectations : The Lay of the Land; Chapter 1. Clerkships and the Ideal Physician; Chapter 2. Expectations and Realities; Chapter 3. Your Faculty I: Attending Physicians; Chapter 4. Faculty II: House Staff, Nurses, and Others; Chapter 5. The Discipline of Patient Care; Chapter 6. Getting Ready for Clerkships; Part II . The Work and Challenges of Clerkships: The Journey Itself; Chapter 7. Honoring the Patient; Chapter 8. Communication; Chapter 9. The Patient Appraisal; Chapter 10. Rounds and Teamwork |
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Chapter 11. Working With the Family and Other Loved OnesChapter 12. Evaluations: Bane or Blessing?; Part III . Major Issues in the Implicit Curriculum; Chapter 13. Exhaustion, Loneliness, Depression, and Anxiety; Chapter 14. Death Is the Enemy; Chapter 15. Loss of Intellectual Vitality; Chapter 16. Emotional Unresponsiveness; Part IV. Exiting the Clinical Years as a Whole and Well Person; Chapter 17. Self-Care I: Personal Health Promotion and Medical Care; Chapter 18. Self-Care II: Taking Care of Your Head, Heart, and Relationships; Chapter 19. Spirituality: The Quiet Answer; Glossary |
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Abbreviations Used in This BookReferences; Index; About the Authors |
| Summary |
A medical student's clinical clekship is characterized among other things by long hours, insufficient sleep, daily frustrations, and emotional burdens. It will be not only a defining professional experience, but a rewarding life experience. Clinical Clerkships takes the third or fourth year student through the unstated curriculum of the clerkship to address those difficulties not often discussed by deans, educators, practitioners, professors, or lab assistants. Through practical discussion and germane vignettes, the authors not only describe the difficult issues involved in clerkship, they al |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Clinical clerkship.
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Clinical Clerkship
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Clinical clerkship.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Engel, John D. D
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Finkelstein, Dr. Peter
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| ISBN |
9781452265131 |
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1452265135 |
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9781452232782 |
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1452232784 |
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