Welcome! We hope the opening class was useful and engaging to you. Take a look at the resources we shared with you. Find one or two that speak to you and start there for a deeper dive. In this way, you can begin to build your writer's palette in a way that works for you.
Don't feel that you have to read all of these! Pick one that speaks to you and read to learn more about the craft from these outstanding writers. Contact your Northwell/ZSOM Librarian or reach out to your public library to see if access is available in e-book form.
On Writing
byBird by Bird
byStory, not study : 30 brief lessons to inspire health researchers as writers
byWrite It Up : Practical Strategies for Writing and Publishing Journal Articles
byThe African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction
byScholarship Reconsidered
byScholarship Assessed
byStyle: Lessons in Clarity and Grace
byThe Quotable Osler
byHarvey Cushing: A Life In Surgery
byMemoir of Susie King Taylor: A Civil War Nurse
byLittle Women
byThe Complete Poems of Walt Whitman
byComplete Poems and Selected Letters of John Keats
byThe Complete Sherlock Holmes
byDr. Jia H Ng, MD MSCE is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell and a board-certified Nephrologist practicing at the Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension. Dr. Ng has great interest in patient-centered outcomes research, with a particular focus on improving outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury. She is the founder of PublishedMD, which has great advice on academic writing in medicine. Check out her website Published MD and her youtube channel.
Black Man in a White Coat
byThe Kite Runner
byNola the Nurse
byThe Emperor of All Maladies
byThe Gene
byThe Covenant of Water : A Novel
byMy Own Country: A Doctor's Story
byHealing: When a Nurse Becomes A Patient
byDeath Without Cause: A Healthcare Mystery
byBeing mortal : medicine and what matters in the end
byFinal exam : a surgeon's reflections on mortality
byHealth Care Reboot
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