![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |a Surgeons |z United States |v Biography. |a Orthopedists |0 |z United States |0 |v Biography. |a Hot lights, cold steel : |b life, death and sleepless nights in a surgeon's first years / |c Michael J. With unparalleled humor, he recounts the disparity between people's perceptions of a doctor's glamorous life and the real thing: a succession of run down cars that are towed to the junk yard, long weekends moonlighting at rural hospitals, a family that grows larger every year, and a laughable income. ![]() This story of Collins's four-year surgical residency traces his rise from an eager but clueless first-year resident to accomplished Chief Resident in his final year. All too soon, the euphoria of beginning his career as an orthopedic resident gives way to the feeling he is a counterfeit, an imposter who has infiltrated a society of brilliant surgeons. But compared to his fellow residents Collins feels inadequate and unprepared. A natural overachiever, Collins's success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo Clinic. When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. ![]()
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