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How is it possible to maintain a healthy balance between your personal and academic life during medical school? Quite a challenge! This is a practical, hands-on, experiential book about how to achieve well-being during medical school. Premedical and medical students as well as those in the helping professions will benefit from reading it. You can diagnose yourself and assess how well you are fulfilling your needs in ten lifestyle areas: time management; exercise and physical activity; relaxation, meditation, visualization, and imagery; spirituality; communication skills and social support; cognitive and coping skills; nutrition; substance use; humor; and touch and massage. Following each self-evaluation, you are provided with practical information and easy, engaging, and enjoyable exercise to enhance your health and well-being.
Communication Skills and Social Support: The Art of Medicine
Communication Skills and Social Support: The Art of Medicine
Diagnose Yourself
- Do you have family and friends with whom you feel close?
Yes___No___
- Are you open and appropriate in expressing your feelings to others?
Yes___No___
- Do you listen to your classmates/patients and respond to their concerns?
Yes___No___
Effective communication is a basic survival skill. Your ability to communicate with family members and friends is a major determinant of your personal happiness and quality of life. Your ability to communicate effectively with patients is a key ingredient in their recovery and overall well-being. The groundwork for your personal and professional well-being as a practicing physician is largely developed during your medical school years and is reflected in the quantity and quality of ...
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