List of books that have been recommended by faculty members that you may find helpful for your development as a faculty member, teacher, or clinician.

Please email fmfacdev@dal.ca with any titles you would like to see added to the list. 

Medicine

• Range; Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein

• Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, by Harriet A. Washington

• Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimaging Life by Louise Aronson

Leadership

• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett 

• How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen

• Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less by Greg McKeown

• Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

• (Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor  by Sylvia Ann Hewlett 

• Act like a leader, think like a leader by Herminia Ibarra 

• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan 

• Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone and Bruce Patton 

Self Care and Wellness

• Burnout: The Secret of Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

• The Art of Living by Sharon Lebell

• Just Sit: A Meditation Guidebook for People Who Know They Should But Don't by Elizabeth Novogratz

• The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy is Essential in Everyday Life by Brian Goldman

• The Power of a Positive No by William Ury of the Harvard Negotiating Project

• The Resilient Physician by Wayne Sotile and Mary Sotile

• A Physician’s Guide to Coping with Death and Dying by Alan Cooper and Jan Swanson

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by Dr. David Burns

• Finding Balance in a Medical Life by Dr. Lee Lipsenthal

• Full Catastrophe Living by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn