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Cambridge Wischnitzers Residency Manual Selecting Securing Surviving Succeeding by Saul Wischnitzer , Edith Wischnitzer
Residency is a defining period in a physician's life because it is the decisive stage for personal growth, intellectual challenge and emotional stress. It is a major transitional period transforming a medical student into a practice-ready physician. This role-change for the physician-in-training usually takes place in a new setting and necessitates coping with conflicting demands, heavy responsibility and long work hours. Adding to the residents' burden is the ongoing need to manage their financial, social and work demands. This manual was designed to help medical students on this final critical segment of their journey to become practicing physicians. It will enhance the students' awareness of the potential obstacles along the way and provide them with guidance on how to avoid them. The book includes: selecting an appropriate specialty, maximizing the chances of being selected, surviving residency and beginning practice. Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods; 2. Growing up in Denver and Chicago: the neighborhood study; 3. Good and bad neighborhoods for raising children; 4. The effects of growing up in a bad neighborhood: initial findings; 5. Critical dimensions of neighborhood organization and culture; 6. The effects of neighborhood organization and culture; 7. Family influences: managing disadvantage and promoting success; 8. School climate and types of peer groups; 9. What matters most for successful youth development?; 10. Successful development in disadvantaged neighborhoods; Appendix A; Appendix B.