If you or someone you know is graduating from residency (or fellowship!), this is a massive cause for celebration. A parade should be thrown in the streets. In the meantime, you can consider this list of gift ideas.
- A quality espresso machine for home! Most people either go into residency training with a taste for espresso, or develop it during the years of sleep deprivation. Help them invest in quality espresso brewed at home for this major turning point and celebration in their lives!
- Tiffany ballpoint pen with caduceus clip. This is a retractable sterling silver ballpoint pen with the famed caduceus image – this is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and is widely used as a medical symbol.
- Infrared sauna or sauna blanket. Infrared saunas are all the rage (due to evidence that they have multiple cardiovascular benefits and promote relaxation) and if you can fit a 1-2 person one in your home, there’s several versions on the market. For a much more wallet and space-efficient option, there are infrared sauna blankets such as this one from Higher Dose.
- Personalized stationary. There are a variety of quality paper and design options, and the personalized monograms are a nice touch!
- Hermes throw blanket. Does this new graduate have impossibly chic style and love a well-curated home interior aesthetic? Nothing says, Welcome to the next chapter, like a Hermes throw blanket.
- Silk pajama set. Everyone needs a pair, and for completing the whirlwind marathon of residency training, you deserve them.
- Artistic chess set. For the cerebral chess playing physician in your life who may also appreciate an artisan’s take on the pieces.
- Engraved Veuve Clicquot champagne bottle. Residency graduation calls for Veuve Clicquot, and for champagne lovers it’s a thoughtful gift with personalized engraving.
- A large luxury candle. Diptyque makes the best candles and the large and XL sizes make for great outdoor décor or pots for plants when repurposed. I recommend baies or rose scents for first timers.
- Away travel set. After residency and fellowship, many new options for travel and PTO use will likely open up! Away carry-on suitcases and everywhere bags are phenomenal for quick getaways or international jaunts.
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