Finding meaning in medical school

Of the book's three sections - "Discovering who you are," "Reinventing yourself" and "Blazing a path to your deeper self"- [Jeremy Spiegel] is most successful in the first. The development of greater self-awareness, Spiegel argues, is fundamental to a healthy journ...

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Published inCMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal Vol. 182; no. 7; p. E300
Main Author Sum, Denise
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa Joule Inc 20.04.2010
CMA Impact, Inc
Canadian Medical Association
Subjects
Humanities
Medical schools
Nonfiction
Spiegel, Jeremy
Students
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Summary:Of the book's three sections - "Discovering who you are," "Reinventing yourself" and "Blazing a path to your deeper self"- [Jeremy Spiegel] is most successful in the first. The development of greater self-awareness, Spiegel argues, is fundamental to a healthy journey through medical training. The themes of Spiegel's book centre on the notion of a multifaceted identity. He describes a "true self" and a "false" (or performing) self and how, through conscious effort, a student can learn to nurture the former and deconstruct the latter. Balancing the theoretical discussions are vivid real-life anecdotes from medical students.
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.100314