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Sink or swim? Maintaining your composure and self-confidence during the residency
As grueling as medical studies and training are, with appropriate discipline and time management it is possible to stay afloat, maintain one's sanity, achieve one's goals, and still enjoy a fulfilling life. It is the purpose of this book to stimulate thought processes that nurture a healthy attitude toward organizing one's time and life so as to improve one's own quality of life as well as the patient's well-being.
Topics include:
- The macro-perspective: goals, roles, regeneration
- The micro-perspective: from goal to action
- Planning your week
- Acute disaster management: three major points
- Anxiety management and the "power of now"
- Networking; finding and working with mentors; reevaluating; learning from errors
Junior residents and interns will benefit greatly from this handy guide, as will medical students in their rotations.
List of contents
Part I The Eagle's Perspective "Macro"
Chapter 1 Goals
Chapter 2 Roles
Chapter 3 Regeneration
Intermezzo: You Are the Boss (of Your Life)
Part II Boots on the Ground "Micro"
Chapter 4 From Goal to Action
Chapter 5 Sorting
Chapter 6 Planning Your Week
Chapter 7 Acute Disaster Management: Three Major Points
Chapter 8 Anxiety Management: The "Power of Now" Approach
Chapter 9 Networking
Chapter 10 The Mentor
Chapter 11 The Need for Reevaluation
Chapter 12 The Art to Learn from Errors
Epilogue
Recommended Readings
Recommended Video
Recommended Software
Summary
Sink or swim? Maintaining your composure and self-confidence during the residencyAs grueling as medical studies and training are, with appropriate discipline and time management it is possible to stay afloat, maintain one's sanity, achieve one's goals, and still enjoy a fulfilling life. It is the purpose of this book to stimulate thought processes that nurture a healthy attitude toward organizing one's time and life so as to improve one's own quality of life as well as the patient's well-being.Topics include:The macro-perspective: goals, roles, regenerationThe micro-perspective: from goal to actionPlanning your weekAcute disaster management: three major pointsAnxiety management and the "power of now"Networking; finding and working with mentors; reevaluating; learning from errorsJunior residents and interns will benefit greatly from this handy guide, as will medical students in their rotations.
