What I Learned in Medical School: Personal Stories of Young Doctors

Like many an exclusive club, the medical profession subjects its prospective members to rigorous indoctrination: medical students are overloaded with work, deprived of sleep and normal human contact, drilled and tested and scheduled down to the last minute. Difficult as the regimen may be, for those who don't fit the traditional mold--white, male, middle-to-upper class, and heterosexual--medical school can be that much more harrowing. This riveting book tells the tales of a new generation of medical students--students whose varied backgrounds are far from traditional. Their stories will forever alter the way we see tomorrow's doctors. In these pages, a black teenage mother overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds, an observant Muslim dons the hijab during training, an alcoholic hides her addiction. We hear the stories of an Asian refugee, a Mexican immigrant, a closeted Christian, an oversized woman--these once unlikely students are among those who describe their medical school experiences with uncommon candor, giving a close-up look at the inflexible curriculum, the pervasive competitive culture, and the daunting obstacles that come with being "different" in medical school. Their tales of courage are by turns poignant, amusing, eye-opening--and altogether unforgettable.

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Title of ebook: What I Learned in Medical School: Personal Stories of Young Doctors
ISBN: 9780520901629
parent-ISBN: 9780520239364
Publisher: University of California Press
Internet download file size: 1777 kb
Published: 09-2003
Released online for download: 09-16-2003
Editor: Takakuwa, Kevin M.
Editor: Herzig, Karen E.
Editor: Rubashkin, Nick

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Introduction

When doctors are asked what they expected medical school to be like, they often answer with a blank stare. "I didn't really think about it. I knew it would be hard. I just wanted to get in." If asked what medical school was like in retrospect, they frequently say something like, "It was awful. I'm glad those days are behind me."

So what happens to us in medical school? Because prospective medical students are so focused on getting in and on their eventual membership in the prestigious and powerful medical profession, they are primed to be particularly susceptible to the indoctrination that typically occurs. Medical school is, in many ways, like boot camp-patriarchal, militaristic, and designed to strip you of your individuality and turn you into a physician clone, devoid of personality, emotion, or creativity. Your life is hijacked. You're told what to do every minute of the day and overloaded with homework at night.

Always trying to catch up, you devise ways to try to make up for lost time. You shorten your conversations with ... read full excerpt from What I Learned in Medical School: Personal Stories of Young Doctors ebook

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