The Mindful Medical Student: A Psychiatrist's Guide to Staying Who You Are While Becoming Who You Want to Be
“Spiegel’s work presents a valuable tool in negotiating the hidden curriculum of medical school—cynicism, loneliness, and dishonesty. Its strength lies in its practical application of psychiatric techniques and in its accessible examples based on the experiences of other medical students and physicians. . . . ‘By committing a few moments daily’ to some of these techniques, medical students and future  physicians will profit well into their careers.”—The Journal of the American Medical Association“What sets The Mindful Medical Student apart from similarly themed books is  its emphasis on achieving clarity, reflective capacity and wholeness through the  creation of a uniquely personal narrative. Spiegel’s techniques facilitate the  processing of experiences so students take an active role in moulding their own  transformation and protecting themselves against emotional shutdown and cynicism.  . . . The Mindful Medical Student is an enjoyable read with an entertaining conversational style. Despite its title, the book shares valuable insights that may be useful  for all health care providers in training. It is essentially a manual on how to  maintain sanity in an often grueling medical environment and culture, makes a  compelling argument that self-care is not a luxury. It gives students permission to step back from their textbooks, to distinguish the forest from the trees and to appreciate their special place in that forest.”—Canadian Medical Association  Journal