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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.
Cognitive and Coping Skills Training
Cognitive and Coping Skills Training
Diagnose Yourself
- Are you more likely to perceive stressful events as challenging or threatening?
Challenging___Threatening___
- Are you more likely to engage in positive self-talk or negative self-talk?
Positive___Negative___
- Do you feel you have to excel in all areas of medical school?
Yes___No___
Your thoughts and self-talk in response to the stressors of medical education are a major determinant of your physical and psychological health and well-being. It is not what actually happens to you but how you appraise it that is important (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). Several persons can appraise the same environmental stressor differently. For example, some of you might regard an upcoming major exam as a big-time threat and experience an overriding fear of failure reminiscent of past ...
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