Four years in Medical school are not only demanding and competitive in a strictly academic sense, but they may bring students face-to-face with perfectionism, anxiety, obsessions, power plays, difficult patients, ethical dilemmas, identity crises, sleep deprivation, financial strain, and--perhaps for the first time in their lives--confrontations with disease, suffering, and death.
Now, in a vital book, he shares what he has learned..
Jeremy Spiegel, MD, tackled these issues head on, prevailed, and became a first-rate psychiatrist.
The Mindful Medical Student will broaden readers\' perspectives and cultivate their ability to respond to the extreme emotional, psychological, and spiritual challenges posed by Medical school and, eventually, a Medical career.
Four years in Medical school are not only demanding and competitive in a strictly academic sense, but they may bring students face-to-face with perfectionism, anxiety, obsessions, power plays, difficult patients, ethical dilemmas, identity crises, sleep deprivation, financial strain, and--perhaps for the first time in their lives--confrontations with disease, suffering, and death
