Reflections of a Pupil: What Your Med School and Ophthalmology Textbooks Can’t Teach You (But What Your Mentors, Colleagues and Patients Will)

This practical tapestry of short passages presents the reader with all the adages of our wise mentors in a concise and ridiculously easy read. With sound advice on every page, and a text worth it's weight in gold, Reflections of a Pupil comes in at a true discount. I strongly recommend this book to anyone in any stage of ophthalmic training, and especially to those lucky enough to enter the best field in medicine.

A must read for all med students, ophthalmology residents and fellows!Michael Politis MDVR fellowMcGill University

This book is by an ophthalmologist for an ophthalmologist. The reader, especially a senior ophthalmologists will easily identify with the various situations narrated by the author. The students and junior ophthalmologists can have a sneak peek into their future journey in ophthalmology.Dr Rishi has written the book in multiple short chapters. Each chapter is description of a situation and it ends with a take home message that reinforces the positivity, inspiration and exemplary behaviors in the life of an ophthalmologist.Congratulations Dr Gupta. Your book is a 'must ' read and I recommend it to every ophthalmologist.

What an excellent depiction about the life of a medical student, resident, and attending staff. Dr. Gupta captures the esssence of what all medical students experience during their training - from the ethical dilemmas, to disclosure of errors, to the commitment of excellence, all the while keeping in mind why we all started this journey - that we want to help others. I emphatically recommend this book to ANY medical student, regardless of if they want to pursue opthomolagy or not. It is an easy read, disarmingly genuine, and a must-read for all trainees, and staff. I am an attending, and I still found that this book gave me ‘pearls’ to apply to my practice. Way to go Dr. Gupta. Excellent book.

So honestly,humbly and beautifully written life learning vignettes.While the perspective is from Ophthalmology,the lessons outlined can transcend to any field in Medicine... and indeed to all of us,no matter where we are!!Thank you Rishi!!

I read this novel during my fourth year medical electives and found Dr. Guptas written experiences to be very relevant. It is an easy read, and provides readers with support and valuable advice for the difficult times on the path of becoming an ophthalmologist. It was enticing and difficult to put down, some chapters really spoke to me on a very personal level, and I expect that all of them will at different parts in my training. Overall, I'm very impressed with the quality and relevance of this novel and I expect to be revisiting it many times in the future.

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