PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One by John Lawrence

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PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One by John Lawrence

I showed up for my first day of medical school limping, confused, swathed in bloody gauze, armed with a liberal arts education, and to really set myself apart from the over-achieving pack of future doctors, lacking short-term memory. (PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One: Medical School)John's medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which all those years ago will likely walk away now). Those manic blogs from the hospital wards during under-slept call nights (which left a few friends wondering if he had invaded the hospital pharmacy) were the genesis for this book, Playing Doctor. This is a journey through medical training as interpreted by someone who told their college career advisor that the only thing they did not want to be was a doctor-not that medical schools want you believing their training was interpretive, like a modern dance company's version of Grey's Anatomy-and started school with a traumatic brain injury. This entertaining, heartfelt demystification of medical school via the confusion and chaos that seemed to litter John's medical trail, takes readers along the studies and clinical wards that miraculously teach students how to care for patients. The follow up books cover residency.

At the age of 77, John Lawrence began his literary career. Aiko Island, his first novella, is full of fun, fantasy, and adventure, as well as amusing dialogues in a foreign society. Please read and follow his upcoming stories, which are all extremely distinct from one another.

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ISBN 13 9781735507217
ISBN 10 1735507210
Title PLAYING DOCTOR - Part One
Author John Lawrence
Series Playing Doctor
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher R. R. Bowker
Year published 2020-07-29
Number of pages 236
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.