Students Shouldn't Merely 'Survive' Medical School

Affiliations

¹ Eli M. Cahan ( eli.cahan@med.nyu.edu ) is a fourth-year medical student at New York University. He is on a leave of absence to complete a master's degree in health policy as a Knight-Hennessey Scholar at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. "Elena" and "4 North" are pseudonyms. Other details were changed to protect privacy.

Eli M Cahan. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;38(9):1585-1588.

doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05356.

¹ Eli M. Cahan ( eli.cahan@med.nyu.edu ) is a fourth-year medical student at New York University. He is on a leave of absence to complete a master's degree in health policy as a Knight-Hennessey Scholar at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. "Elena" and "4 North" are pseudonyms. Other details were changed to protect privacy.

Abstract

A medical student reflects on what can be done to address mental illness among medical trainees.

Keywords: Medical Education; Mindfulness; Residency; medical school; physician burnout; physician mental illness; physician suicide; wellness.