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  • Long Distance Relationship In Residency Training: A Practical Guide

    Long Distance Relationship In Residency Training: A Practical Guide

    You and/or your partner have matched into your desired specialty for residency training, congratulations! Now what…

  • Things I Wish I Knew Before Residency

    Things I Wish I Knew Before Residency

    I thought that in exchange for leaving behind a place that helped me grow immensely, I would be entering a friendly, inclusive residency program to embark on the next phase of my life. Please learn from my mistakes, and value yourself and your own worth.

  • Refusing All Cooperation With The Heart’s Death

    Refusing All Cooperation With The Heart’s Death

    It has been almost a year and a half, and while my depression is still a part of my life, it isn’t my whole life. Showing myself kindness did not make me a bad doctor, and it’s the reason I am still here today. 

  • Getting A Pet In Residency

    Getting A Pet In Residency

    I knew without a doubt that I would get a dog at some point in my life, but I had a lot to consider before taking the leap in residency. This was a common discussion in medical school, and I had heard both sides plenty of times.

  • Existential Crisis: A Medical Nomad Lifestyle

    Existential Crisis: A Medical Nomad Lifestyle

    My worries stem from the fact that I have been a nomad for so many years. I jumped around so much, rotation to rotation, hospital to hospital, city to city, office to office, year to year. Besides the Camry, nothing has been mine. Every apartment I rented has been temporary…

  • “Mama’s at Work” – Perspective From a Doctor’s Spouse

    “Mama’s at Work” – Perspective From a Doctor’s Spouse

    It’s the pain of seeing someone you love get mercilessly beaten down and the pain of not being able to do anything about it. The pain of repeating the same vanilla condolences: “I’m sorry, that’s hard, I can’t imagine, it’ll get better,” and the pain of watching those words stare back at you in empty,…

  • What is Rethinking Residency?

    Rethinking Residency is a place for residents, current, former, prospective and their families, to emerge from the darkness that is residency training and come together to share their stories and insights.

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