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Becoming Tomorrow's Doctor: Essays on the Practice and Future of Medicine
by Christopher M. Cirino
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What is it like to practice medicine?
What does the future hold for tomorrow’s doctors?
Dr. Christopher Cirino explains his journey into medicine to prospective medical students and the general audience.
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The book covers several elements essential for understanding a physician’s career. These include cognitive bias, medical errors, generalist and specialist, challenges in medicine, collaboration, empathy, and burnout. Included within the chapters are multiple cases that illustrate the topics. Dr. Cirino writes that empathy improves patient care by clarifying communication and closing the gap between cognitive bias and reality. Moreover, it increases rapport and satisfaction of both doctor and patient.
Burnout often leads to compassion fatigue and depersonalization as doctors strive to maintain an increasingly busier schedule. There are proactive ways future doctors can prepare for the rigors of medical school and training to prevent and raise awareness of burnout. Tomorrow’s doctors will view health from a vastly different perspective than today and use tools that enable a more accurate disease diagnosis and treatment. However, they must continue to uphold the foundation of the healing arts— the doctor-patient relationship.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christopher M. Cirino, DO, MPH, is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He endeavors to explore solutions to the health care crisis and the burden of chronic disease. Dr. Cirino’s view of health centers on the root cause of disease. Drawing from the tenets of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, he strives to guide his patients to find ways to heal from illness and reawaken their health.
He is the founder of Your Health Forum, an online medical reference that bridges wellness and neuroscience concepts. He holds seminars in the community and online that cover areas including infectious diseases, physician burnout, career advice, mindfulness, and understanding behavior’s role in health.
Dr. Cirino is a speaker, health coach, and lifelong learner. He received his undergraduate degree in Microbiology from Miami University of Ohio in 1994. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1998. Cirino participated in residency training at the George Washington University Medical Center from 1999 to 2002. At GWUMC, he trained in his infectious disease fellowship from 2004 to 2006 and completed his MPH at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Author of four children’s books, Dr. Cirino’s goal is to get the message of health empowerment out to people of all ages. He is a proud father of three boys, ages 15, 13, and 10, and lives in Portland, Oregon.
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