The Med School Survival Guide: How to Make the Challenges of Med School Seem Like Small Stuff

This book is a very quick read, but the information it has to offer spans everything from learning how to succeed on the wards to taking care of oneself, physically, spiritually and emotionally. It contains 101 survival tips, backed up with vivid and entertaining personal examples. Jennifer Danek helps assuage the fears that medical students may have upon entering their chosen careers. Her carpe diem attitidue and incredible humanism permeate the book and help future and current physicians learn how to approach their careers and lives with optimism in the face of death, empathy in the face of despair, and courage in the face of challenge.

Every time I did poorly on a test (never!), every time I was overwhelmed by the amount of reading, every time I was just frustrated about medical school in general, wondering if it was the right path for me, I turned to this book. Not only does Dr. Danek give you strength, inspiration, and the feeling that you're not alone, but she gives you practical advice and a little *spark* of common sense also, something that you desperate need when you feel like you're drowning in medical school. The book is divided into chapters such as "Excel in your studies," or "Live a balanced life," and then subdivided into topics. These include such comical topics as "Imagine your attending placing his or her first IV" as well as several very practical, easily forgotten ones, such as "Sleep," "Exercise," "Accept that you are not in control," and my favorite, "Repeat the manta: P=MD!"This book is a must have for every medical student, and a perfect gift for the medical student in your life. I have given one to every one of my friends who has gone on to medical school, and luckily my school (New York Medical College) included one in our orientation packet (freebie!) This truly is a book that you will never regret spending the $$ on...

On first glance, it's just a small book with some commonplace advice. You might even read the whole thing in an hour. But don't underestimate the book's power. There are times in med school when you'll stray from the path, this book will save you during those times by keeping you in perspective.

This book provides wonderful ideas and motivational words for surviving med school. It provides the pre-med student with a neccesary foundation to be successful, and the med student with an important guide to help them focus and capture the most important lessons from their experiences.

This is a small, easily readable book (especially amongst piles of anatomy and physiology texts) containing lessons a medical student should learn vicariously rather than through the exhausting process of trail and error. This book reminds a student to keep the proper perspective on their journey and not become overwhelmed. It is organized into 101 "tips," each a page or two in length, and easily slips into a backback. It's like the book "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," but applied to medical school. This book would make a wonderful present for anyone in medical school, especially first year students.