Learning the Art of Medicine

Gordon Noel grew up in Montana and studied English literature at Harvard. When he started medical school at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in the 1960's, he found himself less well prepared than many of his classmates who had studied science in greater depths and knew the ropes of how to succeed in medical school. With humor and often painful honesty, Dr. Noel tells the stories of his successes and failures in highly competitive and inspiring training programs, as an Ar