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- Rather than focus on the subject of medicine, this book addresses the subject of being a good student
- Written by a top professor in the subject, with additional content coming from clinical educators as much as preclinical; students
as well as academics; allied health professionals (nursing, physiotherapy) as much as medical staff - Interactive quizzes, as well as example goal trackers and planners
- Great gift purchase prior to the course starting or on hearing good news about acceptance into the course
About the author
Dr. Katherine Chretien is associate dean for medical student affairs and director of medical student wellness at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Previously, she was associate dean for student affairs and professor of medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She earned her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University and attended the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. She completed her internal medicine training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Chretien is the recipient of the Women Leaders in Medicine Award from the American Medical Students Association and the Charles H. Griffith III Educational Research Award from Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine. Dr. Chretien has published her research and writing in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Medical Education, and USA TODAY. She is editor of the book Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned (Springer 2018).
Summary
Being a physician is an amazing privilege, and it can be a deeply rewarding career...but first you have to get through medical school. Students, who were often at the top of their class prior to medical school, now find themselves surrounded by equally bright, hardworking, overachieving classmates and facing new challenges from rigorous curricula to specialty selection to navigation of unchartered territories of mentorship, clinical rotations, and research. Thriving in medical school requires more than smarts—it requires new learning strategies, organization, time management, teamwork skills, mentorship, adaptability, resilience, and more.
This book brings together advice from medical educators, practicing physicians, and current medical students to help new medical students not just survive medical school but handle the transition with grace and position them to succeed and thrive.
