Surviving medicine - Will Sloper

Being a medical student is challenging, intimidating andrewarding in equal measure. Medical students often get hung up on thestresses and strains of learning such a vast amount of information and theexpectations upon them. Surviving Medicine: the med school years is the perfectantidote to this stressful environment - the cartoons are light-heartedreflections on life as a medical student and highlight some of the absurditiesyou are likely to encounter.

But this book is much more than just a collection of funny,and often irreverent, cartoons. It provides real practical advice on survivingward rounds, coping with doubt and anxiety and preparing for exams, amongstothers. It also contains a weath of medical tips and knowledge to help yousurvive your time at medical school.

Most of the situations described in this book will crop upat some point as you progress through medical school and beyond. Consider thema rite of passage as you rack up the experience and confidence to look back andthink, I can't believe I was scared of that...!