M1 summer books

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Guzzling beer and watching basketball during the weekday evenings is starting to get a little old (not to mention hurting my gym routine). Do you guys recommend any good books for soon-to-be-M2s during the summer? I'm looking specifically for books that would appeal to our demographic, not just the typical ones like "House of God" or Iserson's.

 

[sprinkibrio]

Guzzling beer and watching basketball during the weekday evenings is starting to get a little old (not to mention hurting my gym routine). Do you guys recommend any good books for soon-to-be-M2s during the summer? I'm looking specifically for books that would appeal to our demographic, not just the typical ones like "House of God" or Iserson's.

Maybe we can see if we understand journals yet...? I'm interested in this question too. For my research I'm reading a book called How to Write a Paper. I'm sure there are some books on statistics for clinical research.

 

[bcat85]

Maybe we can see if we understand journals yet...? I'm interested in this question too. For my research I'm reading a book called How to Write a Paper. I'm sure there are some books on statistics for clinical research.

That sounds god-awful

 

[gdk]

i concur with bcat85, "how to write a paper" sounds terrible, i'd rather read a dictionary.
how about "choosing a medical specialty" if you're undecided or if you like medical stuff, how about "first do no harm" or some medical ethics stuff?

 

[ksav]

Guzzling beer and watching basketball during the weekday evenings is starting to get a little old (not to mention hurting my gym routine). Do you guys recommend any good books for soon-to-be-M2s during the summer? I'm looking specifically for books that would appeal to our demographic, not just the typical ones like "House of God" or Iserson's.

I picked up a few books. Here's my list thus far:
How Doctors Think (Groopman)
Into the Wild (Krakauer)
Better (Gawande)

What I want to get through:
House of God

There's a bunch of other medical non-fiction that's good though:
Stiff, Spook, Walk on Water, Polio, Great Influenza, Complications, Singular Intimacies, Final Exam, Treatment Kind and Fair, Not an Entirely Benign Procedure, Spirit Catches you and you fall down (if you want authors... google or PM me)... I can give you review/info.

 

[uhhh huh]

some books i've read and enjoyed:

atul gawande's better
atul gawande's complications
sherwin nuland's doctors
david oshinsky's polio
frank vertosick's when the air hits your brain
roy porter's the greatest benefit to mankind

one that i read and thought was middle-of-the-road
sandeep jauhar's intern

and here's three i read that didn't really have any substance. i don't recommend these over any listed above
katrina firlik's another day in the frontal lobe
christine montross' body of work
ellen rothman's white coat

there's also a ton to read on the internet. if you don't follow medical blogs, i suggest going to kevinmd and not only seeing what he has to say, but to explore all the blogs he links to. you'll find some great stuff in blogs written by people in the medical field.

 

[smuwillobrien]

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