By Natalie Tully, MD, MPH So, you find yourself a freshly minted doctor, headed off to Family Medicine, Urology, Radiology, or any other non-General Surgery residency, and yet here you sit stand t...
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When the job of your dreams, isn’t.
By Melissa Alvarez-Downing This time of year always brings me back to when I was starting a new job following fellowship training. After months of searching I’d found an opportunity close to hom...
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A Stealth Misconception
By Monica Farrulla Five years have elapsed since I took the Hippocratic oath and was bestowed the highly-coveted “MD” (Medical Doctorate) to follow my name. In these years of training I have e...
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Time Out: Optimizing Time Management as a Surgeon
By Kimberly Hoang “I am going to take a course on time management…. just as soon as I can work it into my schedule”. – Louis E. Boone As Mr. Boone and Einstein’s theory of relativit...
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Ten Essential Lessons from a Senior Surgical Mentor
By Jaime D. Lewis One of the privileges that comes with working in academic medicine is caring for mentors and colleagues, those who make it their mission to pass along the wisdom and art of medic...