Medical Student Well-Being: An Essential Guide

198 Pages·2019·2.436 MB·English

by  Dana Zappetti, Jonathan D. Avery

Dana Zappetti
Jonathan D. Avery Editors
Medical Student
Well-Being
An Essential Guide
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Medical Student Well-Being
Dana Zappetti • Jonathan D. Avery
Editors
Medical Student
Well-Being
An Essential Guide
Editors
Dana Zappetti Jonathan D. Avery
Weill Cornell Medical College Cornell University
New York, NY Weill Cornell Medical College
USA New York, NY
USA
ISBN 978-3-030-16557-4 ISBN 978-3-030-16558-1 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16558-1
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To current and future
students – may you find
your way to a wonderful
life in medicine
Preface
Medicine finds itself at crossroads. Technology and advances
in biomedical science allow us to practice sophisticated medi-
cine using precision techniques and ever-evolving pharma-
ceuticals to fight disease more successfully than our
predecessors. We can cure more, comfort more, and offer
more hope to those facing illness. In many ways, it is more
satisfying to practice medicine now than ever before. Yet the
physician workforce is increasingly burned out and frus-
trated. Attrition, depression, and suicide are frequent topics
of discussion at national meetings, in all specialties of medi-
cine. Why now?
As our profession focuses on the systems issues of medical
practice in 2019 – the pros and cons of the electronic medical
record, the debate over fee-for-service insurance plans, and
how to accomplish the ever-increasing need and interest in
access to timely care – our students need to learn skills that
will allow them to work within this complicated system and
still love the practice of medicine.
It is a privilege to watch students grow from wide-eyed
first-year students to seasoned house staff. It is clear that the
energy, enthusiasm, and altruism common among our students
are the bases for their strength as physicians. We hope that the
suggestions and discussions within this book help students to
build skills for a successful and happy life in medicine.
New York, NY, USA Dana Zappetti
New York, NY, USA Jonathan D. Avery
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Contents
1 The Physiology of Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Joséphine Cool and Dana Zappetti
2 Mental Health and Medical Education . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lisa M. Meeks and Joseph F. Murray
3 Medical Students and Substance Use Disorders . . . . 59
Kristopher A. Kast and Jonathan D. Avery
4 Mindfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chiti Parikh
5 Incorporating Exercise into a Busy
Life in Medical School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Kerri I. Aronson and Dana Zappetti
6 Religion and Spirituality Among
Medical Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Paulette Posner, Muhammad Ali,
and Stephen Douglas
7 Wellness for All: Diversity, Challenges, and
Opportunities to Improve Wellness for Medical
Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey, W. Marcus Lambert, and
Heather Krog
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8 Financial Wellness for Medical Students . . . . . . . . . . 155
James M. Dahle
9 Beyond Graduation: Next Steps in Wellness . . . . . . . 171
Janna S. Gordon-Elliott
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
List of Contributors
Muhammad Ali, MM, MSS, MA Pastoral Care and Education
Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell
Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Kerri I. Aronson, MD Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical
College, New York, NY, USA
Jonathan D. Avery, MD Cornell University Weill Cornell
Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Joséphine Cool, MD New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
James M. Dahle, MD, FACEP The White Coat Investor,
LLC, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Stephen Douglas, MDiv, MFA Pastoral Care and Education
Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell
Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Janna  S.  Gordon-Elliott, MD New York Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Kristopher A. Kast, MD New York Presbyterian Hospital/
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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xii List of Contributors
Heather Krog, MA Cultural Mentor and Inclusion Facilitator,
Copenhagen, Denmark
W. Marcus Lambert, PhD, MS Weill Cornell Medicine, New
York, NY, USA
Lisa M. Meeks, PhD, MA University of Michigan Medical
School, Department of Family Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI,
USA
Joseph  F.  Murray, MD Weill Cornell Medical College,
Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
Chiti  Parikh, MD Weill Cornell Medicine/New York
Presbyterian Hospital/Integrative Health and Wellbeing,
New York, NY, USA
Paulette  Posner, MA Pastoral Care and Education
Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell
Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey, MA, EdD Weill Cornell Medicine,
New York, NY, USA
Dana Zappetti, MD Weill Cornell Medical College, New
York, NY, USA