A book every medical person needs to read, Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018, This is an important book and one that I only recently discovered after the passing of the much-respected Chief of Invasive Cardiology at Oakland's Highland General Hospital (Dr. Walter Stullman). --Melvin Konner, M.D. Intern by Sandeep Jauhar--Audiobook Excerpt Listen to this audiobook excerpt from Sandeep Jauhar's book Intern: A Doctor's Initiation. Since then Intern: A Doctor's Initiation textbook was available to sell back to BooksRun online for the top buyback price or rent at the marketplace. Please try again. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. At first glance Intern appears to offer much of the usual fodder, like stories of a young physician's discomfort with breaking bad news, his attempts to coax a Do Not … Please try again. He recalls only having to say "no" and "I don't have time" to patients and does not recount any emotional connection to anyone (even his girlfriend or family), any empathy or compassion or warmth, hardly even any personal growth. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition (January 1, 2009). Unable to add item to List. You can only learn so much in a book and then you have to practice on patients. This book as title suggests is about life of an intern in the U.S.the author is pretty honest and gives in depth view of his life as an intern.if u would like to have an idea of how intership is before u reach urs,u would like this.it does have many useful infos... A true insight on what it is like to be an intern and let me say. Who hasn't written their memoir of becoming a doctor? FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Unable to add item to List. Ph.D., author of Becoming a Doctor, "In this era when medical shows abound on TV, Jauhar demonstrates the power of the written word in the hands of a sensitive, thoughtful observer and an experienced, gifted writer. Wow awesome book! This is a book that belongs on the reference shelf of anyone involved with medicine today (at any level), as our modern scientific and technological prowess threatens to overwhelm our humane intuitions and feelings. "Intern is Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a prominent teaching hospital in New York City. [Among his other published works is another I would strongly recommend: 'The Heart: A History']. Intern is Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question his every assumption... Free Shipping on all orders over $10. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation by Sandeep Jauhar Farrar, Straus, Giroux Copyright 2008 299 pp ISBN 13: 978-0-374-14659-7 $25.00. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation: Author: Sandeep Jauhar: Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007: ISBN: 1429939532, 9781429939539: Length: 320 pages: Subjects My feet ached as my oversize leather sandals slipped on … To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. So relatable on so many levels for those who went thru the R1 year. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I think you will enjoy this book as I did, since it's...if you'll pardon the jest...'straight from the heart! Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. While his writing style is enjoyable and his experiences detailed, Jauhar seems to be in medicine for entirely the wrong reasons. And in the later chapters of the book "walked" up from the Bellevue campus towards the upper east side retracing his thoughts and reflections after internship, and mine as well. So he finally makes his parents happy by going to medical school ... and (as written in the stars at his birth) on to a crisis of self-confrontation in his internship, a decidedly nonacademic environment where he immediately senses he doesn't fit in and feels overwhelmed by having to act without thinking. Sandeep reveals himself in this book as he takes us on a wondrous journey through one of the most difficult years of his life. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. A must read for all Doctors & Interns... Little confused as is Internship in Abroad as heavy as India looking at Doctor : Population ratio there... After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. As he discusses his constant self-torture and self-doubt, we the readers are left to listen to every failure, every insult that a doctor says about a patient behind his/her back, every callous and cold remark or attitude in the hospital, leaving us wondering if there is truly any joy to working in medicine. As his internship progresses, he romances his future wife (an affair he describes with the passion of one buying a used car); cracks under self-doubt and the expectations of his traditional Indian family, and suffers a serious depression. Required reading for anyone seriously considering a career in medicine.” ―Kirkus Reviews, “What sets Jauhar's internship story apart from the norm is his candor.” ―Booklist, “Honest and vivid... A well-written medical memoir.” ―Library Journal. --Abraham Verghese, author of My Own Country and The Tennis Partner. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. A true insight on what it is like to be an intern and let me say, it is kind of dreary. Details. Dead bodies lead a long list of aversions. Founded in 1771, New York Hospital is the second-oldest hospital in the United States, a mecca for doctors and patients from all over the world. Dr. Jauhar's academic background (he holds a PhD in physics as well as credentials in journalism) has enabled him to put a unique and valuable personal perspective on his experiences as a young doctor that is both refreshing and extraordinary. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? Please try again. Dr. Jauhar's writing draws you in to the entire experience of internship, Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2019. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. It's a crisis of meaning and of personal significance. It's also a courageous critique, a saga of an immigrant family living (at times a little uneasily) the American dream, and even a love story. I had been an intern less than an hour, and already I was running late. An interesting take on this MD's internship. In spite of his self-assessment that he isn't quite brilliant enough to do theoretical physics, he goes on to write a dissertation on quantum dots. He wants to stop thinking and start acting. He wants to stop thinking and start acting. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. He grew up in a country in Asia and has an older brother who also had the dreams of being … Chapter one. He spends an unusually long time in the "moratorium" phase of that process, in which there's an active but uncommitted exploration of differing personal values and roles. And i even enjoyed the different hospitals and cities he took us to throughout the book. What makes him such a stimulating companion is his willingness to couple candid insights into the state of modern American medicine with equally revealing glimpses into the soul of a young doctor.” ―Shelf Awareness, “Jauhar's candid account of his stressful journey is enlightening, educational and eye-opening. Dr. Juhar lucidly describes the challenges and ordeals awaiting those who choose medicine as a profession, but just as importantly he reflects upon the underlying ethical and moral humanity that is a requisite underpinning in the diagnosis and treatment of human afflictions. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Medical Education & Training (Kindle Store), Biographies of Medical Professionals (Kindle Store). This is a book that belongs on the reference shelf of anyone involved with medicine today (at any level), as our modern scientific and technological prowess threatens to overwhelm our humane intuitions and feelings. A book every medical person needs to read, Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018, This is an important book and one that I only recently discovered after the passing of the much-respected Chief of Invasive Cardiology at Oakland's Highland General Hospital (Dr. Walter Stullman). Intern is a compelling, accurate and heartfelt chronicle of what that year is really like. Textbook and eTextbook are published under ISBN 0374531595 and 9780374531591. In his book, Jauhar reflects on the experiences that led to his choice of cardiology as a specialty, and anyone who has followed that incredibly arduous path from medical school to professional practice will experience many moments of satori in its pages. In this autobiographical novel, Jauhar is interning at a New York Hospital. For me, reading this memoir was an experience of intense immersion in the author's psyche as he navigates the process of development psychologists call identity formation. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. 'Intern' Chronicles Grueling Medical Initiation December 27, 2007 • Dr. Sandeep Jauhar talks about his memoir, Intern, which documents his trial-by-fire introduction to the medical profession. He suffers angst and anomie from feeling more oriented to the random quantum than to the orderly classical world. I appreciate his honesty though. By the time I got halfway through this book, I had to put it down- I couldn't take the incessant unhappiness, doubt, depression, and overall negativity that the writer talks about any longer. It was refreshing to find that in the recounting of Dr. Jauhar's story, he was very quick to admit the inadequacies and limitations he possessed. This is one of them. Residency--and especially the first year, called internship--is legendary for its brutality. The books are coming fast and furious these days. He suffers angst and anomie from feeling more oriented to the random quantum than to the orderly classical world. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. by Sandeep Jauhar, MD. This is one of them. Book. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation - Kindle edition by Jauhar, Sandeep. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Jauhar kept records of his days during his time in training by writing in a journal about his days, patients, and interaction with other doctors. A great read and a valuable addition to the literature--and I use the word advisedly--of medical training." That event prompted me to reflect on my own years at Highland in the cath lab, back in the late 70s/early 80s, and led to my discovery of Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's very insightful recounting of his own formative years as an intern and resident. Sandeep Jauhar has written three books, all published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Please try again. This is something I may read through again in a few years. “In Jauhar's wise memoir of his two-year ordeal of doubt and sleep deprivation at a New York hospital, he takes readers to the heart of every young physician's hardest test: to become a doctor yet remain a human being.” ―Time, “Brutally frank . Published: Dec 31, 2020 Intern is Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's story of his days and nights in residency at a busy hospital in New York City, a trial that led him to question his every assumption about medical care today. For a med student (and hopefully future intern), it makes me look at med school and go, "Can I stay here forever and get paid?". Dr. Juhar lucidly describes the challenges and ordeals awaiting those who choose medicine as a profession, but just as importantly he reflects upon the underlying ethical and moral humanity that is a requisite underpinning in the diagnosis and treatment of human afflictions. At Cal berkeley, where Dr Jauhar finished a PhD in physics prior to his medical internship, i found myself driving around telegraph hill and up and around the campus towards the Lawrence Berkeley labs and down past international house just to get a feel for what he was leaving behind. To this young physician, it brought back visceral feelings, and I hope this is not the last literary gut punch we receive from Jauhar.” ―Noah Raizman, The Lancet Review, “This is no made-for-TV sitcom: Dr. House wouldn't last a night in Dr. Jauhar's world.” ―San Diego Union-Tribune, “Following in the path paved by doctor-writers like Lewis Thomas and Richard Selzer, Jauhar writes with grace, precision and passion. Intern : a doctor's initiation by Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-Publication date 2009 Topics Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-, Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-, Medical students, Interns (Medicine), Residents (Medicine), Physicians, Internship and Residency Publisher New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux Collection Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! So he finally makes his parents happy by going to medical school ... and (as written in the stars at his birth) on to a crisis of self-confrontation in his internship, a decidedly nonacademic environment where he immediately senses he doesn't fit in and feels overwhelmed by having to act without thinking. While his writing style is enjoyable and his experiences detailed, Jauhar seems to be in medicine for entirely the wrong reasons. Does this book contain inappropriate content? Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition (December 26, 2007). . We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation is a 2007 nonfiction autobiographical account of Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's first year as an medical intern, fresh from medical school. After ten successful years in the profession, the author dolefully admits that he is unfazed by the 'small injustices' in hospitals today. That event prompted me to reflect on my own years at Highland in the cath lab, back in the late 70s/early 80s, and led to my discovery of Dr. Sandeep Jauhar's very insightful recounting of his own formative years as an intern and resident. Intern by Sandeep Jauhar is an autobiography nonfiction novel that tells the story of struggles on his journey to becoming a doctor. Free shipping for many products! ', Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2014. Sandeep survived and even went on to become a cardiologist. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. 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