Between Expectations: Lessons from a Pediatric Residency
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439189080 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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albert said expectations vary. it's been expectations vary it's been 30 years since i finished my residency; so i was looking forward to maybe reliving that experience and learning about some of the things that have changed since then. the book is well written and obviously interesting to a former resident, but honestly, i thought it was way too morbid, with too much emphasis on the children that don't get well and almost making it sound like a fruitless exercise to get admitted to a tertiary care children's hospital where you are really only delaying the inevitable. my experience was totally different; i do remember some of the futile attemp. 0 years since i finished my residency; so i was looking forward to maybe reliving that experience and learning about some of the things that have changed since then. the book is well written and obviously interesting to a former resident, but honestly, i thought it was way too morbid, with too much emphasis on the children that don't get well and almost making it sound like a fruitless exercise to get admitted to a tertiary care children's hospital where you are really only delaying the inevitable. my experience was totally different; i do remember some of the futile attemp. "Three Stars" according to Amazon Customer. I absolutely love this book! It was a great read!!. A wonderful glimpse inside the life of a hospital and a resident I will admit up front that I am biased - I remember first hearing about this book years ago on call over subsidized cafeteria food when Dr. Weir was an intern and I was finishing residency. But just because I like Meghan and have enjoyed her updates as she submitted her manuscript and chose titles and covers doesn't mean that the book will be good. That's why I'm relieved that I really loved her accounts of her experiences as she grows to be a better doctor.There is a lot to love here. First and foremost are the patients - even though she claims not to tell their stories, she does so
Weir finds herself finally developing into the physician (and the parent) she hopes to become. Meghan Weir first dons her scrubs and steps onto the floor of Children's Hospital Boston as a newly minted resident, her head is packed with medical-school-textbook learning. Yet the most important lesson that she learns through the months and years of residency is that having a good day on the floor does not always mean that a patient goes home miraculously healed--more often than not, success is about a steady, gradual discovery of strength. Dr. By observing the children, the parents, and other hospital staff who painstakingly provide care each day, Dr. The three years of residency--when young doctors who have just graduated from medical school take on their own patients for the first time--are grueling in any specialty. D
Yet, she shows, doctors working with very sick children must know when they're offering families too much hope, or not enough, and that there's a cost to everything they do. All rights reserved. Here's a white coat insider's account with better writing and more soul than most medical dramas. The most memorable parts of Weir's grueling training are the complicated kids and families, the hope she inspires in them—and the hope they give her in turn. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. . From Publishers Weekly It's a given that doctors-in-training will suffer through sleep deprivation and stress, but pediatrician Weir brings something more heartfelt—and joyful—to th