| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 231 pages) : illustrations |
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Surviving medical school series |
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Surviving medical school series.
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| Contents |
Navigating a New World -- Medical Culture / Ana E. Nunez, MD -- Exactly Who Am I? -- What Is This Place? -- Taking My Place Within the Culture of Medicine -- Sample Conflicts -- Mastering the First Two Years / Carmen Webb, MD, Morris Hawkins, Jr., PhD -- Preparing Yourself -- In the Classroom -- In the Labs -- What If My Way Doesn't Work Anymore? -- Balance: How Is It Possible? -- How Do I Not Feel Guilty for Relaxation Time? -- Managing Competition -- Maintaining Motivation -- The USMLE: Meeting "Standardized" Challenges -- Life on the Wards: When All the Rules Change / Margarita Hauser Gardiner, MD -- The New Rules -- Clinical Clerkships -- Who's Who -- The Daily Routine -- Student Responsibilities -- When Things Go Wrong -- Stumbling Blocks -- Effective Defensive Strategies -- Now What Will I Do? Preparing for Residency / Carmen Webb, MD -- Choosing a Specialty -- Mastering the Process -- Focus on Me -- Do I Really Belong Here? / Carmen Webb, MD -- Myths About Minorities -- Impact of the Myths -- Realistic Self-Appraisal -- Taking Care of Myself / Carmen Webb, MD -- Taking Stock -- Understanding My Needs -- Making a Plan -- Designing Personalized Methods of Coping With Stress -- Building a Community / Carmen Webb, MD, George C. Gardiner, MD -- The Problem: Isolation -- Choosing My Crowd -- The Role of the Office of Minority Affairs in My Community -- Finding Mentors in My Community -- The Family in Your Community: A Balancing Act -- Focus on My Culture |
| Summary |
This book is designed to help minority students thrive personally and academically in medical school, to make a realistic assessment of their strengths and weaknesses, to successfully confront societal myths and stereotypes and to develop health strategies to meet academic, personal, and relationship needs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Minorities in medicine -- United States.
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Medical students -- United States.
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Medical education -- United States
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Medical students.
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Medical education.
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Minorities.
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Students, Medical
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Education, Medical
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Minority Groups
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minorities.
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MEDICAL -- Education & Training.
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Minorities
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Medical education
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Medical students
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Minorities in medicine
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| SUBJECT |
United States |
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Webb, Carmen
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| LC no. |
00008370 |
| ISBN |
9781452264875 |
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1452264872 |
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9781452232751 |
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145223275X |
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9781483391861 |
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1483391868 |
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