Medicine Is Not a Job!

Medicine Is Not a Job!
Author: J. N. Olayiwola
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692270417

Are you a high school student contemplating a career in medicine? A college student or postbaccalaurate following the pre-med path? A resident physician thinking about next steps? A practicing physician challenged by the realities of your work? This book is meant for you. Medicine is Not a Job is the written version of a highly acclaimed speech Dr. Olayiwola gave to 250 high school students interested in careers in medicine in 2014. The book delves into some of the inspiration and motivation behind becoming and continuing as a physician and understanding the difference between a job and a calling. With concise real life examples, any physician or physician-hopeful can surely draw motivation.

Careers Beyond Clinical Medicine

Careers Beyond Clinical Medicine
Author: Heidi Moawad
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199860459

Doctors at any stage can use this book to clearly evaluate the issues involved when considering a career change. This book shows physicians how they can serve society and patients in innovative ways, and make a notable impact on health care delivery, policy and quality when they use their medical background in a non-traditional career pursuit. are explored and a step-by-step route with practical advice for finding the best career is described.

Becoming a Physician

Becoming a Physician
Author: Jennifer Danek
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1997-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780471121664

"I have advised countless medical students and applicants over more than two decades and I repeatedly found myself agreeing with the advice given by the Daneks." --Michael V. Drake, M.D.Professor and Associate Dean, School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco "These authors have the experience, knowledge, and writing skills to lead the lost through the maze of uncertainties of medical schools and beyond."--Robert H. Shapiro, Ph.D.Academic Dean and Provost U.S. Naval Academy "Any student thinking about a career in medicine should have this book."--Tyrone D. Taborn Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Career Communications Group, Inc. Here, at last, is the book that will help you realize your dream of a career in medicine. Whether your goal is to work in a busy city hospital ER, as a country doctor, or in research, here you'll find innovative ways to actively plan and tailor your medical school education to meet your specific needs. Explore your many options with: * Straight facts on the medical school admissions process * Up-to-date information on the MCAT * Advice on selecting the right medical school * The current medical trends and the most attractive specialties

Careers in Medicine, 3rd Ed.

Careers in Medicine, 3rd Ed.
Author: Terence J. Sacks
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2006-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071458743

Careers in Medicine explores specific professions within the medical field and helps you decide which job suits you best.

Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout

Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2020-01-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309495474

Patient-centered, high-quality health care relies on the well-being, health, and safety of health care clinicians. However, alarmingly high rates of clinician burnout in the United States are detrimental to the quality of care being provided, harmful to individuals in the workforce, and costly. It is important to take a systemic approach to address burnout that focuses on the structure, organization, and culture of health care. Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being builds upon two groundbreaking reports from the past twenty years, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System and Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, which both called attention to the issues around patient safety and quality of care. This report explores the extent, consequences, and contributing factors of clinician burnout and provides a framework for a systems approach to clinician burnout and professional well-being, a research agenda to advance clinician well-being, and recommendations for the field.

What Every Science Student Should Know

What Every Science Student Should Know
Author: Justin L. Bauer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2016-05-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 022619888X

In 2012, the White House put out a call to increase the number of STEM graduates by one million. Since then, hundreds of thousands of science students have started down the path toward a STEM career. Yet, of these budding scientists, more than half of all college students planning to study science or medicine leave the field during their academic careers. This guide is the perfect personal mentor for any aspiring scientist. Like an experienced lab partner or frank advisor, the book points out the pitfalls while providing encouragement. Chapters cover the entire college experience, including choosing a major, mastering study skills, doing scientific research, finding a job, and, most important, how to foster and keep a love of science.

Not Discussed

Not Discussed
Author: Charles Michael Stein
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2018-08-04
Genre: Academic medical centers
ISBN: 9781721625024

Starting a career in academic medical research is daunting. This book tells you what you need to know. It provides unvarnished "how to" advice in clearly written chapters that cover a wide range of topics such as career tracks and stress points, choosing a project and mentor, time management, navigating NIH, writing and reviewing papers and grants, giving a talk, tenure, getting promoted, interviewing, negotiating a job, leadership, and many others.

Is Work Good for Your Health and Well-being?

Is Work Good for Your Health and Well-being?
Author: Gordon Waddell
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006-09-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0117036943

Increasing employment and supporting people into work are key elements of the Government's public health and welfare reform agendas. This independent review, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions, examines scientific evidence on the health benefits of work, focusing on adults of working age and the common health problems that account for two-thirds of sickness absence and long-term incapacity. The study finds that there is a strong evidence base showing that work is generally good for physical and mental health and well-being, taking into account the nature and quality of work and its social context, and that worklessness is associated with poorer physical and mental health. Work can be therapeutic and can reverse the adverse health effects of unemployment, in relation to healthy people of working age, for many disabled people, for most people with common health problems and for social security beneficiaries.

Overcharged

Overcharged
Author: Charles Silver
Publisher: Cato Institute
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1944424776

Why is America's health care system so expensive? Why do hospitalized patients receive bills laden with inflated charges that com out of the blue from out-of-network providers or demands for services that weren't delivered? Why do we pay $600 for EpiPens that contain a dollar's worth of medicine? Why is more than $1 trillion - one out of every three dollars that passes through the system - lost to fraud, wasted on services that don't help patients, or otherwise misspent? Overcharged answers these questions. It shows that America's health care system, which replaces consumer choice with government control and third-party payment, is effectively designed to make health care as expensive as possible. Prices will fall, quality will improve, and medicine will become more patient-friendly only when consumers take charge and exert pressure from below. For this to happen, consumers must control the money. As Overcharged explains, when health care providers are subjected to the same competitive forces that shape other industries, they will either deliver better services more cheaply or risk being replaced by someone who will.