Aspiring doctors have chosen a career that demands long hours on little-to-no sleep, constant continuing education to keep up with advances in research and technology, and a tough decision on which type of medicine to practice. On Becoming a Doctor covers the educational, physical, and emotional realities of the process, including: Financing medical school The ups and downs of working with insurance companies Interviews with doctors in many different specialties Perspectives on a variety of medical fields A unique overview of the entire process of becoming a doctor, and the first book to tackle the emotional difficulties The only overview of the whole process of becoming a doctor, from undergrad through practice Special insights from compelling and useful interviews with specialists A frequent reader complaint about the comps is the lack of information on the emotional difficulties of the process, which this book covers at each step