The Medical School Experience Dr Alex Vasquez |
| Introduction: In this narrative report, I'll describe many of my experiences and observations from being in medical school for the past 4 years. Readers can expect to be surprised by what they read and to be confirmed in some of what they might have expected.
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| "I was an intern a decade ago now," Jauhar writes, "but I still remember it the way soldiers remember war."
Dr. Sandeep Jauhar talks about his memoir, Intern, which documents his trial-by-fire introduction to the medical profession. Jauhar describes 80-hour weeks and the chronic exhaustion that is the trademark of first-year doctors completing their residencies.
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"Recent estimates suggest that each year more than 1 million patients are injured while in the hospital and approximately 180,000 die because of these injuries. Furthermore, drug-related morbidity and mortality are common and are estimated to cost more than $136 billion a year."
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