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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.
Your Faculty I: Attending Physicians
Your Faculty I: Attending Physicians
You are a student doctor and a lot like a rookie in the major leagues. The attending physicians are your manager and coaches, and the house staff members are veteran players with significantly more experience. This chapter will prepare you to work with attending physicians. (House staff and others are discussed in the next chapter.) We will emphasize windows of opportunity and alert you to possible shortcomings.
Profile of the Attending Physician
The attending is the chief doctor on your assigned unit with ultimate responsibility for quality patient care. Your attending physician may be a full- or part-time faculty member or a physician in private practice with a “clinical faculty” appointment. Residents and students report to and seek ...
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