Blog Post Focus This post explores CV building for residents. We finally made it to residency…and yet there is more work than ever to be done. Especially if we want to go the fellowship route. There are many ways to build a CV for fellowship, but it may make the most sense to tailor it […]
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Blog Post Focus This blog post explores the fluctuating reality of rest as a resident. Rest is not always readily available to residents. Sometimes a short break from the demands of the day is all that can be expected, but at other times perhaps more substantive rest can be attained. Personal Experiences with Rest in
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Blog Post Focus–Navigating Institutional Review Boards Is a hassle The blog post explores Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) at institutions and navigating them as a resident. For certain scholastic activities they are necessary for approval. However, they generally will be difficult to contact and gain such approval. Expect any project to require a lot of paperwork
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Blog Post Focus This blog post focuses on the fear of missing out during residency. Residency is a busy time and unique to anything outside of medical training. While one is busy and tired and stressed during residency it can be easy to think of a life outside of medicine as more attractive than a
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Blog Post Focus This blog post focuses on considerations for the partially matched resident. That is, someone who applied for advanced positions and an initial training year who only matched for one and not both. It can be a particularly distressing situation and one that has a dearth of information on. Here are some thoughts
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Blog Post Focus: An Abnormal Start Behind The Rest of the Cohort This post focus is on a late start to residency. That is, starting later than the typical ACGME schedule. Starting later than normal is a unique situation, but one that has been experienced by other residents. It likely will affect residency completion time.
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Blog Post Focus: Studying in Residency This blog post is about studying and residency. Is it still necessary? To be a resident one had to pass medical school. Now you will be learning on the job…right? Unfortunately, studying is still necessary as a resident. Often, studying will be active while treating patients, but studying is
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Blog Post Focus This blog post focuses on the idea of screen time. As residents in the modern age we generally are facing screens much of our day. We are facing screens whenever we look up or input patient information, which generally makes up a large amount of the workday. Then, outside of work we
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Blog Post Focus This blog post focuses on pros and cons of living with a friend during residency. I explore some of my personal experience, which was mostly positive. Depending on where one matches it may or may not be possible to live with a friend. For those who matched to a location near a
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Blog Post Focus: Pros and Cons of Living with Parents/Family as a Resident This blog post will discuss pros and cons of living with parents as a resident. Depending on where a resident matches it may or may not be possible. Depending on one’s relationship with parents it may or may not be a good
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