internship and residency

As soon as Adam Kay set foot on a hospital ward for the first time, he realised there's quite a lot they don't teach you at medical school ... His diaries from the NHS front line - scribbled in secret after long nights, endless days and missed weekends - are hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns. This Is Going to Hurt is everything you wanted to know about being a junior doctor, and more than a few things you really didn't. And yes, it may leave a scar.

Hundreds of applicants from all over the world compete to be accepted into the Cardiovascular Disease Training Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. The competition is intense because only nine doctors are chosen each year. This is the story of one doctor who was accepted. The training is intense, arduous, and often unforgiving. Those who survive the pressures and relentlessly push themselves, reach the top ranks of American medicine.

Chronicles the lives of three women doctors, Stephanie Chao, Rakhi Barkowski, and Michele LaFonda, as they prepare for their residencies and complete their first year of internship. Discusses their progress and struggles as they learn to balance family and career.

Dr. Sandeep Jauhar recounts his brutal internship at a prominent teaching hospital in New York City, describing how he became disillusioned with the medical system, until he became a patient and was able to view the experience from the other side.