
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs
The Making of a Surgeon
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John Pruden
It looked for a while like Michael Collins would spend his life breaking concrete and throwing rocks for the Vittorio Scalese Construction Company. He liked the work and he liked the pay. But a chance remark by one of his coworkers made him realize that he wanted to involve himself in something bigger, something more meaningful than crushing rocks and drinking beer.
In his acclaimed first memoir, Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Collins wrote passionately about his four-year surgical residency at the prestigious Mayo Clinic. Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs turns back the clock, taking listeners from his days as a construction worker to his entry into medical school, expertly infusing his journey to become a doctor with humanity, compassion, and humor. From the first time he delivers a baby to being surrounded by death and pain on a daily basis, Collins compellingly writes about how medicine makes him confront, in a very deep and personal way, the nature of God and suffering - and how delicate life can be.
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As a retired nurse I highly recommend this book to anyone considering going into medical school or nursing school. Yes times have changed and the use of “dummies” are used instead of real patients in most cases but hopefully teaching hospitals are still there. Interns and residents are not on call as many hours, hospital nursing schools are a thing of the past but those trained in those days past are still some of the best experiences we had.
Thank you for sharing Dr. Collins
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