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A medical student's clinical clekship is characterized among other things by long hours, insufficient sleep, daily frustrations, and emotional burdens. It will be not only a defining professional experience, but a rewarding life experience. Clinical Clerkships takes the third or fourth year student through the unstated curriculum of the clerkship to address those difficulties not often discussed by deans, educators, practitioners, professors, or lab assistants. Through practical discussion and germane vignettes, the authors not only describe the difficult issues involved in clerkship, they also provide solutions and stimulate discussion.
Self-Care II: Taking Care of Your Head, Heart, and Relationships
Self-Care II: Taking Care of Your Head, Heart, and Relationships
We don't need to burn out or burn up; we just need to keep burning on.
This chapter addresses the prevention and care of emotional stress and personal depletion with particular attention to the wounds of the hidden (unstated) curriculum (Part III), We offer several strategies for maintaining emotional/spiritual health: the “routine,” controlling the alter self, healthy attitudes, adequate rest, patience, emotional support, asking for help, and living in day-tight compartments. Further strategies specific to affective blunting and loss of intellectual vitality are in the self-care boxes of Chapters 15 and 16. This chapter also speaks to preserving relationships. Other books in this series will cover self-care ...
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