Playing Doctor; Part Three
Chief Resident: Tumbling Towards Medical Practice
by John Lawrence
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Pub Date 25 Aug 2022 | Archive Date 4 Sep 2022
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Description
Ready to learn how (not) to be a doctor? Well, neither was John.
John's adventures in medical training continue with this insightful, often hilarious, self-deprecating medical memoir of tumbling into the senior year of residency feeling unprepared for the real world of working independently as a doctor. This third part in the series brings John's unique, irreverent and candid med-school storytelling to his year as Chief Resident and into the first months of medical practice.
Initially, John penned email blasts while being held captive on call nights. His descriptions of the escapades, mishaps, disorder, and terror that surrounded his training, led several friends to enquire if he has broken into the hospital pharmacy. Eventually, someone asked to publish the stories, so John replied that he'd write down the whole adventure of becoming a doctor from medical school through residency.
Advance Praise
"""John weaves laugh-out-loud moments with heartfelt tales throughout his somewhat atypical, always entertaining, rollicking journey through medical training...Like a fast-paced medical drama—except it's all real."" —Scott Wolf, Actor: Party of Five, Go, Nancy Drew, and Life Saving Doctor on many TV shows.
""Loved it! The doctor is back! Bringing some crazy stories ranging from the funny, to the sad, to the downright macabre that make TV shows look tame..."" - REEDSY DISCOVERY
""The rare admission into the brilliant and honest mind of a guy, who is scared to death because he doesn't have all the answers, but has to project complete control because he's the one who is supposed to have all the answers. Go on this hilarious ride with John as he compassionately attempts to serve his patients and maintain his sanity."" - CHRIS WADDELL (Paralympic Hall of Fame Athlete, People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People)
""John pulls the curtain back on what it's *really* like to become a doctor in this candid and self-deprecating memoir. I stayed up far too late, often crying with laughter, reading about the medical mishaps and blunders that are almost always kept under wraps--for good reason! John deftly, and with humor, reminds us that laughing at our absurd reality(more important now than ever!) is human, healthy, and exactly what the doctor ordered."" -- Lauren Weisberger, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons"
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