A survival guide to everything pre-med and medical students need to know, from day one, to maximize opportunities and avoid mistakes.
An entertaining insider's guide to the good, the bad, and the ugly of med school--with everything pre-med and med students need to know, from day one, to maximize opportunities and avoid mistakes.
Cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and recent med school grad Dr. Richard Beddingfield serves as an unofficial older brother for pre-med and incoming med students--dishing on all the stuff he would've wanted to know from the beginning in order to make the most of med school's opportunities, while staying sane through the gauntlets of applying to and succeeding at med school, residency, fellowship, and starting work as a new physician. With advice from additional recent Ivy League med school grads and top-tier hospital residents, this all-in-one guide is a must-have for everyone who dreams of becoming a doctor.
By:
Richard Beddingfield MD
Imprint: Ten Speed Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 211mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 271g
ISBN: 9780399579707
ISBN 10: 0399579702
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 August 2017
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
CONTENTS Introduction: Interview with a Pre-Med | 1 PART I. THE PREMEDICAL YEARS 1. Why Go to Med School?: Time for Some Soul Searching | 6 2. Getting Into Med School: Easier Said Than Done | 19 3. Med School Flavors: M.D., D.O., and Caribbean | 38 4. Accepted: “It Costs How Much to Become a Doctor?” | 49 PART II. MEDICAL SCHOOL 5. Starting Med School: First Day of Summer Camp! | 60 6. Relationship Advice: Med School Years | 66 7. Stereotypes and Specialties: Jocks, Nine-to-Fivers, Geniuses, and Do-Gooders | 73 8. Gross Anatomy: Coffee and Formaldehyde | 80 9. Preclinical Years: Drinking from a Fire Hydrant | 84 10. Last Summer of Your Life: Research, Missions, Travel, or Booze? | 91 11. USMLE Step 1: Choose Your Career! | 98 12. Short White Coat: Now You’re a Real Doctor (Almost) | 110 13. Dual-Degree Programs: Outlets for Overachievers | 118 14. Medicine Wards: Rounding, Admissions, and Discharge Summaries | 122 15. Surgery and the OR: Life as a Sleepless Human Retractor | 131 16. USMLE Step 2 CK: “But I Really Want to Be a Dermatologist!” | 138 17. USMLE Step 2 CS: “It Costs How Much to Prove I Speak English?” | 142 18. Applying to Residency: Black Friday for the Airline Industry | 146 19. Match Day: Beginning of the End | 155 20. Graduation: Now You’re Really a Doctor (Almost) | 158 PART III. RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP 21. Tricky Terminology: The Confusing Language of Residency | 162 22. Starting Intern Year: Shit Just Got Real | 168 23. USMLE Step 3: Nobody Cares—Really | 174 24. Starting Residency: “Now This Is Really What I Want to Do! Sort of . . .” | 176 25. Relationship Advice: Residency and Beyond | 186 26. Sleep and Hobbies: Apparently Not Required for Life | 191 27. Jolly Good Fellows: “Yes, Ma’am; May I Have Another?” | 198 PART IV. MEDICAL PRACTICE 28. Get a Job: Light at the End of the Tunnel | 206 29. Doctor Beware: Scams, Shams, and Shady Groups | 226 30. Specialty Boards: “It Costs How Much to Prove I Know Stuff?” | 233 31. Starting Your First Real Job: “Where’s My Attending?” | 237 32. Your First Attending Paycheck: “What Do I Do with This?” | 242 33. Continuing Medical Education: “It Costs How Much to Prove I Still Know Stuff?” | 250 34. When Things Go Wrong: Guilt, Sleepless Nights, and Malpractice Attorneys | 254 35. Occupational Hazard: Dealing with Death on a Daily Basis | 262 Epilogue: Many Grains of Salt | 269
RICHARD BEDDINGFIELD, MD, is a practicing cardiothoracic anesthesiologist at a busy community hospital in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. After cofounding a technology firm and managing corporate insurance tax accounts, he headed back to medical school at the University of Minnesota Medical School, completed an anesthesiology residency in 2014 at the Medical College of Wisconsin, then spent a year at the University of Minnesota completing a fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesiology.
Reviews for Med School Uncensored: The Insider's Guide to Surviving Admissions, Exams, Residency, and Sleepless Nights in the Call Room
Med School Uncensored is a superbly crafted how-to-do-it manual for those contemplating a career in medicine; a detailed road map for those currently navigating the system; and a compelling narrative for anyone interested in the making of physicians. -Gerald Abrams, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan I wish this book had been around when I was applying to med school! Next time I am asked for advice on becoming a doctor, Med School Uncensored will be the first book I recommend. -Thomas Kurvers, M.D., Midwest Internal Medicine Hospitalists Group
