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What It's Like to Become a Doctor: A Year-By-Year Journey from Medical Student to Practicing Physician (Paperback)

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Dr. Matthew Moeller steps up and provides an educated voice on the challenges confronting all doctors-in-training, ultimately seeking a way forward for more efficient and better patient care. This book is for students who are thinking about a career in medicine, patients who are frustrated with America's healthcare system, and lawmakers who need an insider's perspective when making healthcare laws. Read Dr. Moeller's honest and multi-angled stories of Call Night, Match Day, the rigorous academic schedule of medical school, the tireless hours of internship, his years of fellowship training, and humanistic accounts of patient care as he transforms from student to practicing physician. As a bonus, he provides an insiders analysis on how to fix the healthcare system so physicians can focus more time on taking care of patients and less time on meaningless work that has nothing to do with patient care. EARLY PRAISE ...a gripping profile of the sacrifices, both personally and financially, it takes to become a highly specialized physician. Dr. Moeller also dispels several myths regarding physicians. A must read Dr. Moeller gives insight, wit, and an intelligent analysis of healthcare today. As a patient, I see now the challenges of becoming a physician and the continued hurdles they face in their career. Dr. Moeller's book is an accurate depiction of the training of an American physician. It is a must read for politicians and hospital administrators and anyone planning on medical school.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780997284706
ISBN-10: 0997284706
Publisher: Greenbranch Publishing
Publication Date: February 1st, 2016
Pages: 142
Language: English