Good books to read.

[Code Brown]

For those of you about to embark on the application process, here are some books that I would recommend reading. They will help you with your secondaries and during your interviews (heck, maybe even with your PS). I know I benefited from reading them. Order them used from Amazon and they should all run you less than $20.

My favorite:
A Piece of My Mind: A New Collection of Essays from JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association (ISBN 1579470823)

Some other good ones:
Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America (ISBN 0226001393)

Sociology of Health and Illness: Critical Perspectives
(ISBN 0312112297)

Social Transformation of American Medicine (ISBN 0465079350)

As Sick As It Gets: The Shocking Reality of America's Healthcare, A Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (ISBN 0967235782)

Understanding Health Policy (ISBN 0071378154)


Also, here is a great link to see what the major political issues are:

www.publicagenda.org (go to the issue guide on this site)

Good luck!

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[masterMood]

Thanks, here's some other books you guys should check out

The House of God by SAMUEL MD SHEM (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...falexill/002-1443936-4335261?v=glance&s=books)

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...falexill/002-1443936-4335261?v=glance&s=books)

A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years As a Medical Student by Perri Klass (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...falexill/002-1443936-4335261?v=glance&s=books)

 

[C8H10N4O2Junkie]

I was in the middle of reading the book titled The Intern Blues by Robert Marion, M.D. when I went on my interviews. I mentioned that I liked to read. As if on cue (and in a possible attempt to test my credibility), my interviewer immediately asked me what the last book I read was. I think he was testing me to see if I flinched. I sheepishly admitted I was in the middle of The Intern Blues. He held up his hand to stop me. Got up. Went over to his shelf. And pulled out his copy. From that point on, things were a bit more relaxed. This is an excellent book, by the way.