Residents

Blog Post Focus This blog post will discuss the idea of geoarbitrage for residents. The cost of living varies dramatically in different regions and even can vary significantly in a local area. Residents are very limited in their ability to geoarbitrage, but can awareness may enable improved finances all the same. Personal story—Living In Two […]

Blog Post Focus — Budgeting as a Resident Adds Value This blog post will discuss budgeting in residency. It is not fun for everyone, but it is valuable. It is a way to apportion your money to things of value and to avoid waste. This helps one to avoid wasting money on what is not

Blog Post Focus This blog post is about residency pulling residents in two directions. One toward being an autonomous physician. One toward a prolonged state of submissive education. Residency may at times empower the resident and promote a sense of adulthood and at others a sense of prolonged childishness. The Duality of Residency As residents

Blog Post Focus: Vacation and Work This blog post focuses on my thoughts regarding resident mindset toward work. Some want to work as little as possible, while others seem to feel guilty about taking time off from work. This post is for the latter half. No matter how much you work or how intensely you

Blog Post Focus: Reaching Out About Job Opportunities in Residency This blog post will discuss some ideas regarding reaching out about job opportunities early in residency. Early on there is no commitment, but you can get some good information about what jobs are out there. Some representatives or groups can come to your residency to

Blog Post Focus This blog post focuses on the benefits of conferences during residency. Conferences can be great experiences for residents. Conferences provide opportunities to improve CVs, to network, and to have some time away from residency. There are many great benefits of conferences for residents. Benefits of Conferences for Residents Conferences are great opportunities

Blog Post Focus This post will focus getting sleep while on-call. Getting sleep as an on-call resident is not always possible. If you have some time free and want to rest you often will have barriers to rest. Here are some thoughts on how to get rest while being the on-call resident. General—On-call or Float

Blog Post Focus This blog post explores collaborating with attendings for scholarly activity. Attendings can be great resources for getting access to interesting and unique patient cases, submitting material for textbooks, and every scholarly activity. Collaborating with an attending who is regularly involved in research can be the easiest way to increase your publication quantity

Blog Post Focus This post explores collaboration for scholarly activity as a resident. Scholarly work encompasses tons of activities, each one valuable for fellowship applications or a future focused on academics. Collaboration is helpful for each member of the scholarly activity. Personal story—Starting Scholarly Activity Late I had not participated in much scholarly activity until

Blog Post Focus This blog post will explore ways to build up a CV for fellowship applications during residency. I will start with some of my experience and then share some thoughts on how you can prepare. Like in my experience the process changes! Do your research each year to look for any changes in