Time and Life Management for Medical Students and Residents (eBook)

<p><strong><em>Sink or swim? Maintaining your composure and self-confidence during the residency</em></strong></p><p>As grueling as medical studies and training are, with appropriate discipline and time management it is possible to stay afloat, maintain one's sanity, achieve one's goals, and still enjoy a fulfilling life. It is the purpose of this book to stimulate thought processes that nurture a healthy attitude toward organizing one's time and life so as to improve one's own quality of life as well as the patient's well-being.</p><p><strong>Topics include:</strong><ul><li>The macro-perspective: goals, roles, regeneration</li><li>The micro-perspective: from goal to action</li><li>Planning your week</li><li>Acute disaster management: three major points</li><li>Anxiety management and the 'power of now'</li><li>Networking; finding and working with mentors; reevaluating; learning from errors</li></ul></p><p>Junior residents and interns will benefit greatly from this handy guide, as will medical students in their rotations.</p>