I Wish I Read This Book Before Medical School

by Katherine Chretien

Being a physician is an amazing privilege, and it can be a deeply rewarding career...but first you have to get through medical school. Students, who were often at the top of their class prior to medical school, now find themselves surrounded by equally bright, hardworking, overachieving classmates and facing new challenges from rigorous curricula to specialty selection to navigation of unchartered territories of mentorship, clinical rotations, and research. Thriving in medical school requires more than smarts―it requires new learning strategies, organization, time management, teamwork skills, mentorship, adaptability, resilience, and more. This book brings together advice from medical educators, practicing physicians, and current medical students to help new medical students not just survive medical school but handle the transition with grace and position them to succeed and thrive.

224 pages, Paperback

Published October 12, 2021

Reviews

[PM · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book covers a range of things important to being a medical student. While I appreciated an overview of the life skills and personality traits needed to succeed at medical school, I wish the book had gone more in-depth about the technical aspects one will encounter during this time.

[Alison Day · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super nerdy

[Anna Lanier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and easy to read! Would recommend to all medical students.