Staying Human During Residency Training, Fourth Edition: How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School [Paperback]

Allan D. Peterkin (Author)

Book Description

Series: How to Survive and Thrive After Medical School | Publication Date: July 5, 2008

Known as an invaluable resource by thousands of doctors across North America, Staying Human during Residency Training is a concise manual designed for medical students, interns, residents and fellows in all areas of specialization. Covering every aspect of a resident's life from choosing a residency program, to coping with stress, enhancing self-care, and protecting personal and professional relationships, this fourth edition updates important material with new references, resources, and websites.

Containing an expanded section on learning and teaching, this new edition also has an increased emphasis on balance, personal values and professionalism. With the same vitality of previous editions, Dr. Allan D. Peterkin provides hundreds of practical tips on coping with sleep deprivation, time pressures, and other issues of concern for hospital residents, while also discussing ethical and legal matters, issues pertinent to women, parents, as well as international, and minority students. Offering advice on how to deepen relationships with colleagues, friends, and family, and to foster more empathic connection with patients, he also offers practical antidotes to cynicism, careerism, and burnout.

Informative, compassionate, and professional, this new edition will again show why Staying Human during Residency Training is a veritable bible for medical students and new physicians pursuing postgraduate training.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'Chock full of all kinds of information that is pertinent, if not essential, to residents, including innumerable survival tips and suggestions. Dr. Peterkin has written a penetrating and far-ranging, yet humane, perspective and has not lost sight of the "person within," so common in academic medical centres of today. This book will go a long way toward alleviating much of the worry and demoralization in contemporary residents, their partner or spouse. A copy should be stuffed into the pocket of every resident physician.' Michael Myers, M.D., Author of Doctor's Marriages: A Look at Problems and their Solutions"

Review

'There is no area in a resident's life that Dr. Peterkin doesn't tackle: finances, substance abuse, fellowship options, foreign, gay, and disabled students, ethical and legal considerations, study tips and support groups. It's the ultimate how-to book for all apprentice doctors and its common-sense approach makes it a mandatory trouble-shooter.'

Elaine McNinch (Family Practice )

'This book will go a long way toward alleviating much of the worry and demoralization in contemporary residents, their partner or spouse. A copy should be stuffed into the pocket of every resident physician.'

(Michael Myers, MD, author of Doctor's Marriages: A Look at Problems and their Solutions )

'This lucidly written book offers practical advice on making the most of the residency experience.'

(Ian W. Toal Canadian Book Review Annual )

'Though Staying Human has a very large scope, with a target audience that ranges from medical students to senior residents, its practical advice is probably most helpful for medical students and interns, who spend the most hours in the hospital but may not have had the chance to develop their own tools for staying sane. It is also a useful reference, bringing together, in a concise form, a plethora of data that would be helpful on the medical floors, and offering guidance that is not so easily available elsewhere ... But even for those past their early days of training, for whom such information would just be review, the book is an important reminder: that humane treatment - of oneself and of fellow residents, as well as our patients - is what makes a good doctor, and that one cannot have empathy without good self-caretaking. That is a lesson we can all afford to review.'

(Sonya Rasminsky, C.I.R. (Committee of Interns and Residents) News )

'Through most of this century physicians have looked back on their internship and residency years as a painful but necessary maturation ritual. Once out of residency, they quickly forget, or at least deny, how much damage - depression, burn-out, marriage breakdown, alcoholism, and suicide - was wrought during the process. Allan Peterkin, a recent graduate of residency programs in family medicine and psychiatry, provides a useful guide for self-preservation and well-being. It should be required reading for all graduating medical students.'

(Bruce P. Squires Canadian Medical Association Journal ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; Fourth Edition edition (July 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802096271
• ISBN-13: 978-0802096272
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,259,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Needed Resource for Residents in Every Field, March 23, 2000

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This review is from: Staying Human During Residency Training (Paperback)

From 'how to teach students' to 'tips on moonlighting,' "Staying Human during Residency Training" is an excellent resource for residents and fellows in every field. The book contains a broad selection of important resident topics and covers each effectively and responsibly. I wish I had this book before starting residency!