The Internal Medicine Internship Survival Guide (By A Yale Resident)
Book Details
Author(s)Benjamin Galen
PublisherHyperink Career Guides
ISBN / ASINB007EEI7SW
ISBN-13978B007EEI7S8
MarketplaceGermany 🇩🇪
Description
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ABOUT THE BOOK
The transition from medical student to physician is one of the most important events in the life of a young doctor. From the moment medical school graduates step foot on the internal medicine ward as “real doctors,†they will be leaving behind civilian life forever. Hereafter, patients, family, and friends will look to the new doctor for help and healing, counting on years of study and training to have provided the tools to diagnose and treat disease.
Residency is a challenging time because doctors are charged with learning as much as they can, but are also hospital employees with a job to perform. The hope of this guide is that an intern will be able to navigate the rocky waters of internship whether remaining in internal medicine residency or matriculating to another field such as dermatology, neurology, anesthesiology, or radiology. This guide is not a practical how-to, as a residency program should provide such support. It is, however, designed to help interns maneuver the pitfalls of the workplace, navigate interpersonal interactions, and utilize the best tools and practices during the course of their internship.
MEET THE EXPERT
Dr. Galen was born an identical twin in Cleveland, OH. He attended the boys preparatory academy, University School, where he edited the literary magazine and the school newspaper. At Brown University, he studied biology primarily, but not without availing himself of Brown's Classics and Comparative Literature Departments.
At Tufts University School of Medicine he led the Progressive Students' Alliance and the local chapter of Medical Students for Choice. He is completing residency in internal medicine at Yale University and resides with his fiancee in New Haven, CT. Outside of work he enjoys the Yale Writer's Workshop, Super 8 film-making, and classic rock.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
When striving to carry out the team’s plan, never tell a nurse, pharmacist, or other health-care professional: “I’m just trying to do what’s best for the patient.†This is a dead end. It is tempting to say something like this because the doctors have decided that e.g., the patient needs a certain antibiotic, but the pharmacist is doing his or her job to prevent overuse of antibiotics and minimize local drug resistance.
A pharmacist’s priorities and your priorities can be aligned, but it may take time to work together on a plan that balances these different priorities. Most academic medical centers ask pharmacists and pharmacy students to join rounds for this purpose. Try not to view a challenge to your plan as “push backâ€, but rather, take the opportunity to learn why your plan is not suitable to whoever you’re working with. Once they see that you care about their opinion and expertise, they will agree that you are trying to do what’s best for the patient....
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CHAPTER OUTLINE
The Internal Medicine Internship Survival Guide
+ Introduction
+ The Hospital as a Workplace
+ Communication
+ Your Education
+ ...and much more
ABOUT THE BOOK
The transition from medical student to physician is one of the most important events in the life of a young doctor. From the moment medical school graduates step foot on the internal medicine ward as “real doctors,†they will be leaving behind civilian life forever. Hereafter, patients, family, and friends will look to the new doctor for help and healing, counting on years of study and training to have provided the tools to diagnose and treat disease.
Residency is a challenging time because doctors are charged with learning as much as they can, but are also hospital employees with a job to perform. The hope of this guide is that an intern will be able to navigate the rocky waters of internship whether remaining in internal medicine residency or matriculating to another field such as dermatology, neurology, anesthesiology, or radiology. This guide is not a practical how-to, as a residency program should provide such support. It is, however, designed to help interns maneuver the pitfalls of the workplace, navigate interpersonal interactions, and utilize the best tools and practices during the course of their internship.
MEET THE EXPERT
Dr. Galen was born an identical twin in Cleveland, OH. He attended the boys preparatory academy, University School, where he edited the literary magazine and the school newspaper. At Brown University, he studied biology primarily, but not without availing himself of Brown's Classics and Comparative Literature Departments.
At Tufts University School of Medicine he led the Progressive Students' Alliance and the local chapter of Medical Students for Choice. He is completing residency in internal medicine at Yale University and resides with his fiancee in New Haven, CT. Outside of work he enjoys the Yale Writer's Workshop, Super 8 film-making, and classic rock.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
When striving to carry out the team’s plan, never tell a nurse, pharmacist, or other health-care professional: “I’m just trying to do what’s best for the patient.†This is a dead end. It is tempting to say something like this because the doctors have decided that e.g., the patient needs a certain antibiotic, but the pharmacist is doing his or her job to prevent overuse of antibiotics and minimize local drug resistance.
A pharmacist’s priorities and your priorities can be aligned, but it may take time to work together on a plan that balances these different priorities. Most academic medical centers ask pharmacists and pharmacy students to join rounds for this purpose. Try not to view a challenge to your plan as “push backâ€, but rather, take the opportunity to learn why your plan is not suitable to whoever you’re working with. Once they see that you care about their opinion and expertise, they will agree that you are trying to do what’s best for the patient....
Buy a copy to keep reading!
Best Books: An expert behind every book.
CHAPTER OUTLINE
The Internal Medicine Internship Survival Guide
+ Introduction
+ The Hospital as a Workplace
+ Communication
+ Your Education
+ ...and much more
