People often ask us what life is like as a resident. Are the hours as long as they claim?
Most resident spouses do not know what it is like to be a
resident unless we have gone through it ourselves. However, we do know that it often means a lot
of hours by yourself or alone with the kids.
Here are a few book suggestions about residency and medicine
to fill those long hours alone. Feel
free to suggest other books in the comments:
House of God by Samual Shem – This classic book on residency in the 1970s can also
be pretty scary from a resident spouse perspective, but it provides a lot of
insight into the lingo and issues that residents experience.
On
Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story by Cdr. Richard Jadick and Thomas
Hayden – A story about a career Marine officer and brigade surgeon who volunteered
to serve as a doctor in Iraq in 2004.
In
Stitches by Anthony Youn M.D. – A doctor’s path from high school outsider to star
surgeon.
Another
Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina Firlik – A female doctor’s account
of practicing in the male-dominated field of neurosurgery.
Intern:
A Doctor's Initiation by Sandeep Jauhar – An account of a doctor’s time
in residency at a New York City hospital.
On
Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency by Emily R. Transue M.D. –
The doctor’s accounts of her internal medicine residency adapted from her journal, which she used as a tool to share her
stories with friends and protect herself from burnout.
Cutting
for Stone by Abraham Verghese –
Not really about residency, but a great work of literature about twin brothers starting at a hospital in Ethiopia and ending in a hospital in New York City.
Anything by Atul
Gawande.
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