In turn heartbreaking, irreverent, moving and at times raucously humorous; one of the nation's leading pediatric researchers recounts his first years as a newly minted, stuggling, and insecure doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. A graduate of a state university m…
"In turn heartbreaking, irreverent, moving--and at times raucously humorous--one of the nation's leading pediatric researchers recounts his first years as a newly minted, struggling, and insecure doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston."--
"This ... memoir about the author's intern year at a New York hospital provides a scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, taking readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence"--
"This funny, candid memoir about the author's intern year at a New York hospital provides a scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, taking readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. After his professional …
Each year, roughly 18,000 medical students graduate from 170 plus medical schools in the United States. Nearly all of these graduates will continue their medical education at one of the more than 1000 teaching hospitals across the country. Because of the reduction in the residen…
"Attending physicians face a daunting daily challenge: how do you incorporate the education of medical students and residents into the ever-more-demanding practice of medicine within the context of an ever-more-challenging hospital environment? Teaching Inpatient Medicine equips…
