Clinical Clerkships: The Heart of Professional Development

A medical student's clinical clekship is characterized among other things by long hours, insufficient sleep, daily frustrations, and emotional burdens. It will also be not only a defining professional experience, but a rewarding life experience. Clinical Clerkships takes the third or fourth year student through the unstated curriculum of the clerkship to address those difficulties not often discussed by deans, educators, practitioners, professors, or lab assistants. Through practical discussion and germane vignettes, the authors not only describe the difficult issues involved in clerkship, they also provide solutions and stimulate discussion. INDICE: PART ONE: PREPARATION AND EXPECTATIONS: THE LAY OF THE LANDClerkships and the Physician IdealExpectation versus Reality Sometimes the Grand CanyonFaculty 1 Attending PhysiciansFaculty 2 House Staff, Nurses and OthersThe Discipline of Patient CareGetting Ready (to begin)PART TWO: THE WORK AND CHALLENGES OF CLERKSHIPS: THE JOURNEY ITSELFHonoring the PatientCommunicationThe Patient AppraisalRounds and TeamworkWorking with the FamilyEvaluations Bane or Blessing?PART THREE: MAJOR ISSUES IN THE IMPLICIT CURRICULUMExhaustion and etcDeath Is the Enemy Grieving and LossLoss of Intellectual Vitality The Culture of the 'Quick Fix'Emotional Unresponsiveness and 'Hardening of the Heart'PART FOUR: EXITING THE CLINICAL YEARS AS A WHOLE AND WELL PERSONSelf-Care I Exercise, Nutrition, Safety and a Personal Health Care SystemSelf-Care II Saving Your Head, Heart and RelationshipsSpirituality The Quiet Answer

• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1830-1
• Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 216
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