The Yale Guide to Careers in Medicine and the Health Professions; Pathways to Medicine in the 21st Century

by Edited by Robert Donaldson, Kathleen Lundgren, and Howard Spiro

• ISBN13: 9780300100297
• ISBN10: 0300100299
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-04-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Text is designed to help students decide if a career in medicine is suitable for them. Features a collection of real experiences from doctors, medical students, and residents from Yale University describing their profession, its challenges, and rewards. Chapters are written by a wide spectrum of medical professionals. Softcover, hardcover available.

Author Biography

Robert M. Donaldson, Jr., M.D., is David Paige Smith Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Yale University School of Medicine Kathleen S. Lundgren, M.Div., is an ethicist, editorial fellow (ISPS), and teaching fellow, Yale University Howard M. Spiro, M.D., is Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Yale University School of Medicine

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
PART ONE CONTEMPLATING A CAREER IN MEDICINE
A History Major: Why I Wish to Attend Medical School	5	(3)
Bjorn Herman
An English Major: Coming into Medicine	8	(5)
Lydia Pace
A Science and Humanities Major: Listening	13	(5)
Marlynn Wei
A Pre-Med Major: Tackling the Pre-Med Decision	18	(4)
Mike Mann
A Science and Humanities Major: The Inspiration of Purpose	22	(9)
Julie Jung Kang
PART TWO PREPARING FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL
A Hospital Chief of Staff: The Medical School Decision	31	(7)
Peter N. Herbert
A Premedical Advisor: On Applying to Medical School	38	(5)
Stanley H. Rosenbaum
The Chairman of an Admissions Committee: Preparing for Medical School	43	(6)
Thomas L. Lentz
The Director of an M.D./Ph.D. Program: The Purpose of M.D./Ph.D. Programs	49	(6)
James Jamieson
A Conscious Evolution in Medical Education	55	(4)
Vivek Murthy
A Surgical Resident: In Service to Nation and Medicine	59	(5)
Christopher P. Coppola
A Medical Resident: Preparing for Medical School---The Four-Year Plan	64	(5)
Stefan C. Weiss
A Psychiatrist: Becoming a Psychiatrist	69	(5)
Richard Belitsky
A Cardiologist: Character Counts	74	(4)
Steven Wolfson
A Former Medical School Dean: Learning in the Twenty-First Century	78	(11)
Gerard N. Burrow
PART THREE TRAINING TO BECOME A DOCTOR
Medical School
An Overview of Medical School Education	89	(6)
Herbert Chase
Beginning Medical School	95	(4)
Julie Cantor
Choosing the M.D./Ph.D. Program	99	(6)
D. A. Ross
The First Clinical Year	105	(5)
Dena Rifkin
Teaching Medical Students	110	(5)
Peggy Bia
Frank Bia
Advising Medical Students	115	(6)
Nancy R. Angoff
Residency and Graduate Study
The Ups and Downs of Residency	121	(6)
Rosemarie Fisher
A Resident's Night in the ER	127	(7)
Bobby Kapur
A Chief Resident Reminisces	134	(3)
Mikhail Kosiborod
The Inspiration of Medicine and Research	137	(5)
Julie Rothstein Rosenbaum
Balancing Research and Medicine	142	(11)
Jonathan A. Dranoff
PART FOUR PROFESSING MEDICINE
Medicine as a Profession	153	(6)
Robert M. Donaldson, Jr.
A Physician's Character	159	(7)
Albert R. Jonsen
Faithful Physician	166	(4)
Alan C. Mermann
The Humanities and Medicine	170	(6)
Thomas Duffy
Medicine as a Calling	176	(5)
Gerald Friedland
International Health and Human Rights	181	(5)
Ramin Ahmadi
Women in Medicine	186	(7)
Dyan Griffin
Laura R. Ment
Embracing Diversity, Overcoming Adversity	193	(6)
Juanita Merchant
Civil Rights, Civil Medicine	199	(6)
John Blanton
Transitions in Medical Life	205	(5)
Vincent Deluca
Growing Old in Medicine	210	(9)
Howard M. Spiro
PART FIVE PRACTICING MEDICINE
The Future of Internal Medicine	219	(7)
David B. Melchinger
Coming to Surgery from Many Directions	226	(4)
Cynthia A. Gingalewski
Dana K. Andersen
Surgery: High Stakes, High Rewards	230	(5)
Charles Mckhann
Practicing Pediatrics	235	(7)
Morris Wessel
A Day in the Life of a Woman in Medicine (The ``XX Files'')	242	(6)
Ann Skopek
The World of Obstetrics and Gynecology	248	(6)
Mary Jane Minkin
Practicing Psychiatry	254	(7)
Malcolm B. Bowers, Jr.
The Future of Diagnostic Imaging	261	(4)
Bruce Mcclennan
The Role of the Pathologist in Clinical Medicine	265	(6)
Brian West
Genetics and Medicine	271	(12)
Maurice J. Mahoney
PART SIX PRACTICING IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Nursing: One Field, Many Arenas	283	(10)
Florence Wald
Catherine Gilliss
A Man's Experience in Nursing	293	(5)
Douglas P. Olsen
Modern Midwifery	298	(5)
Deborah Cibelli
How I Became a Physician Assistant	303	(4)
Angela Delisle
The Art of the Apothecary	307	(5)
Sandra Alfano
A Lawyer in a Medical Environment	312	(4)
Angela R. Holder
Applied Ethics in Medicine: Faith and Process	316	(5)
Kathleen S. Lundgren
Mental Health at the Margins of Society	321	(6)
Michael Rowe
Three Rules of the Road: A Social Worker's Lessons	327	(5)
Evie Lindemann
My Life in Medical Social Work	332	(5)
Gail Korrick
A Career in Public Health	337	(6)
Susan S. Addiss
Coming to Medicine Through Anthropology	343	(6)
Nora Groce
Lessons from the History of Medicine	349	(10)
D. George Joseph
Coming to Medicine Through Health Psychology	359	(5)
Peter Salovey
Kelly D. Brownell
Why I Chose Chiropractic	364	(5)
Michael Cocco
Some Musings About Complementary and Alternative Medicine	369	(10)
Howard M. Spiro
PART SEVEN CONDUCTING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
On Being and Becoming a Physician-Scientist	379	(5)
Leon Rosenberg
A Bioethicist Concerned with Research Involving Humans as Subjects	384	(5)
Robert J. Levine
Conducting Patient-Centered Research	389	(5)
Harlan Krumholz
A Career as Physician-Scientist: Is It Worth the Effort?	394	(7)
Jeffrey R. Bender
The Path to Laboratory Research	401	(6)
Fred Gorelick
Medical Informatics: Computers and Patient Care	407	(5)
Perry L. Miller
The Rewards of a Life in Science	412	(9)
Susan Hockfield
PART EIGHT BECOMING A PHYSICIAN-EXECUTIVE
The Role of the Physician-Executive in Health Care Management	421	(5)
Attilio Granata
The Role of Physician-Executive in the Pharmaceutical Industry	426	(9)
E. Paul Maccarthy
PART NINE THINKING ABOUT MEDICAL WRITING
Excerpts from How We Die	435	(6)
Sherwin B. Nuland
Excerpts from The Exact Location of the Soul	441	(6)
Richard Selzer
Contributors	447	(18)
Index	465	(8)
Credits	473