Between Expectations: Lessons from a Pediatric Residency - Softcover

Weir, Meghan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439189080 ISBN 13: 9781439189085

Publisher: Free Press, 2014

Synopsis

A pediatric physician recalls her time as a resident at Children's Hospital Boston, revealing the exhilaration, exhaustion, dangers and rewards of training in one of medicine's most challenging fields.

About this title

About the Author:

Meghan MacLean Weir, M.D. obtained her undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology at Princeton University with work on viral protein expression and then went on to study medicine at Stony Brook University.  She also was awarded a Master’s in Medical Anthropology from the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology at Oxford University for work done there on the impact of poverty, undernutrition, and infections on children in sub-Saharan Africa.  She completed her residency training in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston and Boston Medical Center and during this time held the position of Teaching Fellow in Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine and Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School.  She has participated in research and training programs in South Africa, Liberia, and Sri Lanka that have been funded in part by the Stony Brook School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Her essays have appeared in hospital publications at both her former and current institutions and excerpts of her writing have been used in the Humanism in Medicine curriculum for interns at the Boston Combined Residency Program.  She and her husband continue to live in Boston where she will soon assume a position as Staff Pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital.

Review:

“A searing, compassionate, well-written and inspiring account by a young woman doctor out on the leading edge of caring for children. A marvelous book.” --Samuel Shem, M.D., author of The "Spirit of the Place" and "The House of God"

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"Between Expectations" is a beautifully written and profoundly personal account of learning the often strange and often sad realities that make up a doctor's life. Dr. Weir's humanity is impressive as she describes the vivid stories of her journey, and the patients who helped shape her as a doctor. -- Perri Klass, MD, author of "Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor"

"A searing, compassionate, well-written and inspiring account by a young woman doctor out on the leading edge of caring for children. A marvelous book." --Samuel Shem, M.D., author of The "Spirit of the Place" and "The House of God"

"In this intensely personal work, Meghan Weir has skillfully captured both the struggles and triumphs of residency training. She has pulled back the curtain to reveal a demanding world most readers will not have seen. Her honesty describing her own transformation from medical student to physician and in addressing issues often left unexplored is refreshing and moving. " --Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine

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"Between Expectations" is a beautifully written and profoundly personal account of learning the often strange and often sad realities that make up a doctor's life. Dr. Weir's humanity is impressive as she describes the vivid stories of her journey, and the patients who helped shape her as a doctor. -- Perri Klass, MD, author of "Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor"

"It's a given that doctors-in-training will suffer through sleep deprivation and stress, but pediatrician Weir brings something more heartfelt--and joyful--to this achingly personal chronicle of her residency." --"Publisher's Weekly"

A searing, compassionate, well-written and inspiring account by a young woman doctor out on the leading edge of caring for children. A marvelous book. --Samuel Shem, M.D., author ofThe "Spirit of the Place"and "The House of God"

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"Between Expectations" is a beautifully written and profoundly personal account of learning the often strange and often sad realities that make up a doctor's life. Dr. Weir's humanity is impressive as she describes the vivid stories of her journey, and the patients who helped shape her as a doctor. -- Perri Klass, MD, author of "Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor"

"An eviscerating chronicle of life as a pediatric resident...Weir's sharp honesty begets the doctor's best friend: trust." --Kirkus Reviews

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"Between Expectations" is a beautifully written and profoundly personal account of learning the often strange and often sad realities that make up a doctor's life. Dr. Weir's humanity is impressive as she describes the vivid stories of her journey, and the patients who helped shape her as a doctor. -- Perri Klass, MD, author of "Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor"

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1439189080
• ISBN 13: 9781439189085
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288