The Yale Guide to Careers in Medicine and the Health Professions; Pathways to Medicine in the 21st Century,9780300095425

The Yale Guide to Careers in Medicine and the Health Professions; Pathways to Medicine in the 21st Century

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ISBN13: 9780300095425
ISBN10: 0300095422
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2003-04-10
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

Text is designed to help students decide if a career in medicine is suitable for them. Features a collection of real experiences from doctors. medical students, and residents from Yale University describing their profession, its challenges, and rewards. Chapters are written by a wide spectrum of medical professionals. Hardcover, softcover listed in approval week 2003-20.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
PART ONE CONTEMPLATING A CAREER IN MEDICINE
A History Major: Why I Wish to Attend Medical School
5(3)
Bjorn Herman
An English Major: Coming into Medicine
8(5)
Lydia Pace
A Science and Humanities Major: Listening
13(5)
Marlynn Wei
A Pre-Med Major: Tackling the Pre-Med Decision
18(4)
Mike Mann
A Science and Humanities Major: The Inspiration of Purpose
22(9)
Julie Jung Kang
PART TWO PREPARING FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL
A Hospital Chief of Staff: The Medical School Decision
31(7)
Peter N. Herbert
A Premedical Advisor: On Applying to Medical School
38(5)
Stanley H. Rosenbaum
The Chairman of an Admissions Committee: Preparing for Medical School
43(6)
Thomas L. Lentz
The Director of an M.D./Ph.D. Program: The Purpose of M.D./Ph.D. Programs
49(6)
James Jamieson
A Conscious Evolution in Medical Education
55(4)
Vivek Murthy
A Surgical Resident: In Service to Nation and Medicine
59(5)
Christopher P. Coppola
A Medical Resident: Preparing for Medical School---The Four-Year Plan
64(5)
Stefan C. Weiss
A Psychiatrist: Becoming a Psychiatrist
69(5)
Richard Belitsky
A Cardiologist: Character Counts
74(4)
Steven Wolfson
A Former Medical School Dean: Learning in the Twenty-First Century
78(11)
Gerard N. Burrow
PART THREE TRAINING TO BECOME A DOCTOR
Medical School
An Overview of Medical School Education
89(6)
Herbert Chase
Beginning Medical School
95(4)
Julie Cantor
Choosing the M.D./Ph.D. Program
99(6)
D. A. Ross
The First Clinical Year
105(5)
Dena Rifkin
Teaching Medical Students
110(5)
Peggy Bia
Frank Bia
Advising Medical Students
115(6)
Nancy R. Angoff
Residency and Graduate Study
The Ups and Downs of Residency
121(6)
Rosemarie Fisher
A Resident's Night in the ER
127(7)
Bobby Kapur
A Chief Resident Reminisces
134(3)
Mikhail Kosiborod
The Inspiration of Medicine and Research
137(5)
Julie Rothstein Rosenbaum
Balancing Research and Medicine
142(11)
Jonathan A. Dranoff
PART FOUR PROFESSING MEDICINE
Medicine as a Profession
153(6)
Robert M. Donaldson, Jr.
A Physician's Character
159(7)
Albert R. Jonsen
Faithful Physician
166(4)
Alan C. Mermann
The Humanities and Medicine
170(6)
Thomas Duffy
Medicine as a Calling
176(5)
Gerald Friedland
International Health and Human Rights
181(5)
Ramin Ahmadi
Women in Medicine
186(7)
Dyan Griffin
Laura R. Ment
Embracing Diversity, Overcoming Adversity
193(6)
Juanita Merchant
Civil Rights, Civil Medicine
199(6)
John Blanton
Transitions in Medical Life
205(5)
Vincent Deluca
Growing Old in Medicine
210(9)
Howard M. Spiro
PART FIVE PRACTICING MEDICINE
The Future of Internal Medicine
219(7)
David B. Melchinger
Coming to Surgery from Many Directions
226(4)
Cynthia A. Gingalewski
Dana K. Andersen
Surgery: High Stakes, High Rewards
230(5)
Charles Mckhann
Practicing Pediatrics
235(7)
Morris Wessel
A Day in the Life of a Woman in Medicine (The ``XX Files'')
242(6)
Ann Skopek
The World of Obstetrics and Gynecology
248(6)
Mary Jane Minkin
Practicing Psychiatry
254(7)
Malcolm B. Bowers, Jr.
The Future of Diagnostic Imaging
261(4)
Bruce Mcclennan
The Role of the Pathologist in Clinical Medicine
265(6)
Brian West
Genetics and Medicine
271(12)
Maurice J. Mahoney
PART SIX PRACTICING IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Nursing: One Field, Many Arenas
283(10)
Florence Wald
Catherine Gilliss
A Man's Experience in Nursing
293(5)
Douglas P. Olsen
Modern Midwifery
298(5)
Deborah Cibelli
How I Became a Physician Assistant
303(4)
Angela Delisle
The Art of the Apothecary
307(5)
Sandra Alfano
A Lawyer in a Medical Environment
312(4)
Angela R. Holder
Applied Ethics in Medicine: Faith and Process
316(5)
Kathleen S. Lundgren
Mental Health at the Margins of Society
321(6)
Michael Rowe
Three Rules of the Road: A Social Worker's Lessons
327(5)
Evie Lindemann
My Life in Medical Social Work
332(5)
Gail Korrick
A Career in Public Health
337(6)
Susan S. Addiss
Coming to Medicine Through Anthropology
343(6)
Nora Groce
Lessons from the History of Medicine
349(10)
D. George Joseph
Coming to Medicine Through Health Psychology
359(5)
Peter Salovey
Kelly D. Brownell
Why I Chose Chiropractic
364(5)
Michael Cocco
Some Musings About Complementary and Alternative Medicine
369(10)
Howard M. Spiro
PART SEVEN CONDUCTING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
On Being and Becoming a Physician-Scientist
379(5)
Leon Rosenberg
A Bioethicist Concerned with Research Involving Humans as Subjects
384(5)
Robert J. Levine
Conducting Patient-Centered Research
389(5)
Harlan Krumholz
A Career as Physician-Scientist: Is It Worth the Effort?
394(7)
Jeffrey R. Bender
The Path to Laboratory Research
401(6)
Fred Gorelick
Medical Informatics: Computers and Patient Care
407(5)
Perry L. Miller
The Rewards of a Life in Science
412(9)
Susan Hockfield
PART EIGHT BECOMING A PHYSICIAN-EXECUTIVE
The Role of the Physician-Executive in Health Care Management
421(5)
Attilio Granata
The Role of Physician-Executive in the Pharmaceutical Industry
426(9)
E. Paul Maccarthy
PART NINE THINKING ABOUT MEDICAL WRITING
Excerpts from How We Die
435(6)
Sherwin B. Nuland
Excerpts from The Exact Location of the Soul
441(6)
Richard Selzer
Contributors 447(18)
Index 465(8)
Credits 473

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