The real doctor will see you shortly

a physician's first year

323 pages

English language

Published Dec. 12, 2015

ISBN:
978-0-8041-3865-9
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OCLC Number:
884298076

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5 stars (2 reviews)

"This funny, candid memoir about the author's intern year at a New York hospital provides a scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, taking readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. After his professional baseball career failed to launch, Matt McCarthy went to Harvard Medical School and on to a coveted residency slot in New York. But when he almost lost a patient on his first day after making what he believed to be a terrible error, he found himself facing the harsh reality of a new doctor's life--one in which even overachievers find themselves humbled, and in which med school training has little to offer in navigating the emotional rollercoaster of dealing with actual patients. Luckily for McCarthy, his second-year-resident adviser (whom he calls "Baio", owing to a resemblance to a Charles in Charge-era Scott Baio) was an offbeat …

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Subjects

  • Medical students
  • Residents (Medicine)
  • Biography
  • Interns (Medicine)

Places

  • New York (State)
  • New York

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