| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 231 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Surviving medical school series
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Surviving medical school series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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 -- USMLE: Meeting "Standardized" Challenges -- Life on the Wards: When All the Rules Change / Margarita Hauser Gardiner, MD -- New Rules -- Clinical Clerkships -- Who's Who -- 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 -- Problem: Isolation -- Choosing My Crowd -- Role of the Office of Minority Affairs in My Community -- Finding Mentors in My Community -- 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Minorities in medicine -- United States.
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Minorities in medicine. |
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United States. |
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Medical students -- United States.
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Medical students. |
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Medical education -- United States.
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Medical education. |
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Students, Medical. |
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Education, Medical. |
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Minority Groups. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Webb, Carmen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taking my place in medicine. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©2000 0761918094 (DLC) 00008370 (OCoLC)43790310 |
| ISBN |
9781452264875 (electronic book) |
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1452264872 (electronic book) |
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9781452232751 (ebook) |
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145223275X (ebook) |
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0761918094 |
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9780761918097 |
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