Practical Tips for Intern Year

July 1 is here! You’ve likely started your first job as a doctor and you are scared (petrified).

Some VERY normal questions that may be going through your mind…

How do I write notes again?

Where is the bathroom on this floor?

Will there be lunch at this lecture?

All of these were questions that were swirling through my mind as I entered my 3rd week of residency (recall that I had 2 weeks on night float to start out).

I have some practical things that I would share with myself if I could do it all over again.

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Match Week

Every year in March, type A personalities all over the country find out where they are going to be spending the next 3-7 years of their lives. To say that this month is filled with tension, anxiety, and excitement is not quite wrong, but incomplete. It is more accurate to say that this month is all of the excitement from an entire year bottled up and being shaken to Coke+Mentos proportions.

This is the story of my experience.

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So I Started a Blog…

I’ve been thinking about starting a blog for some time now, and I finally decided to do it! I am over the moon with excitement about this venture and I am hopeful that this is a relaxing and fun experience for me as well as for you.

I wanted to share some of my travels, my medical school experiences, my hair journey, topics on faith, amongst other things because some people were asking for me to share. I figured one of the best ways for me to share was on a blog platform.

I would love to hear your thoughts, comments, and questions!

 

Analise