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in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians

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in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians
Peer-edited narratives written by medical students on humanism, our real-life patients, and the challenges of being a physician-in-training
EditorsAjay Major and Aleena Paul
Cover artistAjay Major
LanguageEnglish
Genremedical humanities and narrative medicine
PublisherPager Publications, Inc.
Publication date
April 29, 2016
Publication placeUnited States of America
Pages372
ISBN978-0-692-65863-5
Websitein-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians

in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow’s Physicians is a print collection of 102 manuscripts originally published on in-Training, the online magazine for medical students, since its founding in July 2012. The collection was written, curated, and edited entirely by medical students.

The book is “a compendium of peer-edited narratives written by medical students on humanism, our real-life patients, and the challenges of being a physician-in-training.”[1]

The book was published by Pager Publications, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit literary corporation founded by Ajay Major and Aleena Paul, the founders of in-Training.

Authors

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The 80 authors of the manuscripts in the collection are medical students across the United States and Canada, all of whom were writers for in-Training. The book was curated and edited by Ajay Major and Aleena Paul, the founders of in-Training.

Contents

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The 102 manuscripts in the collection were selected from over 800 articles originally published on in-Training since its founding in July 2012.[1] Each manuscript is accompanied by reflective discussion questions written by the medical student editors of in-Training.

The book was designed as a resource guide for medical students and educators interested in the medical humanities, so the collection includes first-person accounts of experiences in dissection lab, in the classroom, and on the wards, reflecting on the patient-physician relationship, burnout, systemic barriers to care, and discovering passion for the healing arts.

The manuscripts are arranged into the following sections: Dissection Lab, Learning Curve (preclinical reflections), Work-Life Balance, From the Other Side (medical students or their families as patients), Systemic Afflictions (social justice and public health), Our Patients (patient narratives), Communication and Miscommunication, Burnout, Death and Dying, Global Health, Feeling Like a Physician (transitioning from medical school to residency).

Critical reception

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The book has been reviewed by The British Medical Journal,[2] The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association,[3] Durham University Centre for Medical Humanities,[4] Student Doctor Network,[5] and Clinical Correlations: The NYU Langone Online Journal of Medicine.[6]


References

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  1. ^ a b In-training : stories from tomorrow's physicians : peer-edited narratives written by medical students on humanism, our real-life patients, and the challenges of being a physician-in-training. Major, Ajay., Paul, Aleena. [United States of America]. 2016. ISBN 9780692658635. OCLC 950545222.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "BMJ Blogs: Medical Humanities » Blog Archive » Book Review – In-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians". blogs.bmj.com. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  3. ^ Cymet, Tyler; Baltonado, Julet (2017-04-01). "in-Training: Stories From Tomorrow's Physicians". The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 117 (4): 276. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2017.047. ISSN 0098-6151.
  4. ^ "'in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians' reviewed by Dr Emma Storr - Centre for Medical Humanities". Centre for Medical Humanities. 2016-09-20. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  5. ^ "Book Review | in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians • Student Doctor Network". Student Doctor Network. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. ^ "Book Review: in-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians | Clinical Correlations". www.clinicalcorrelations.org. Retrieved 2017-07-13.