This book bridges the gap by merging psychological concepts with maximum clinical ‎relevance for your medical and dental training. We did not focus on abstract theories but ‎rather on practical applications and tips that will help you in providing accurate diagnosing ‎and better services. Therefore, you will find many practical boxes such as: key learning ‎point, human diversity, evaluate yourself, psychology on the ground, critical thinking and at ‎the end of chapter a box with practical tips under the title Do & Avoid. Additionally, this ‎book is equipped with and electronic platform that provide you with unit summary, unit’s ‎PowerPoint, and multi choice exam trials to test your understanding.  ‎

This book is structured over seven units, these units progress from foundational ‎psychological concepts to applied skills:‎

Psychology in Healthcare: This unit is about the vital role of psychology in health care system ‎as well as exploring the fundamental principles of psychology and its basic theoretical framework ‎and its clinical implementations.‎

Attention, Perception, Memory and Language: This unit explores the fundamental cognitive processes ‎of attention perception, memory, and language, which are essential for understanding how ‎humans interact with the world and process information. As future healthcare providers, gaining ‎a deep understanding of these processes will enable you to better diagnose, manage, and treat ‎patients who may experience impairments in these areas due to neurological, psychological, or ‎developmental conditions.

‎Human Development: This unit is about Human development, a fundamental area of ‎psychology that explores how individuals grow, learn, and change throughout their lives, from ‎infancy to old age. ‎

Anxiety and Psychosomatic Illnesses: This unit is about Anxiety and psychosomatic ‎illnesses, which are prevalent conditions that significantly impact patients' physical and mental ‎health. As future healthcare providers, understanding these conditions will enable you to ‎diagnose, manage, and treat patients more effectively.‎

Pain Management: Medical students will be introduced to the psychological theories, ‎principles, and therapies that are essential to understanding and treating pain holistically. The ‎material is designed to enhance empathy, diagnostic insight, and therapeutic effectiveness by ‎integrating psychological science into medical practice.‎

Interpersonal Skills: This unit is about providing information about the core interpersonal skills ‎that every worker in the medical field need to achieve success and professionalism.   ‎

Burnout in Healthcare: This unit focuses on work-related burnout among healthcare ‎providers, the symptoms, consequences, and burnout management at organizational or personal ‎level with practical information about self-care strategies.  ‎

Therefore, We challenge you to read this book differently than your anatomy texts! The ‎knowledge here won't just help you pass exams – it will help you to provide better human ‎empathic services as well as sustain your own passion for medicine when exhaustion and ‎burnout hits. ‎

This is the psychology that makes good clinicians great and distinguished! We're honored ‎to guide your journey.‎