Why is this article important? We’ve spent years studying gender differences in evaluations, feedback, and operative experience. But in Emergency Medicine—where procedural competence is core to training—we’ve had surprisingly little data on something fundamental: Do men and women residents actually get the same procedural experience? Because in EM, opportunity = experience = competence = confidence.

1. HOBBIES: TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST 2. SUPPORT SYSTEM: DEPENDING ON FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND YOUR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT 3. SCHEDULE 4. CONFIDENCE MINDSET: OVERCOMING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING Medical school can be challenging for many students. The pressure to learn numerous courses quickly while pursuing extracurricular activities, maintaining hobbies, and building friendships can be overwhelming. Here are some of my most important lessons/tips for incoming or current medical

Every woman in medicine can relate to being in a role once thought of as only for and occupied by men. In motorsports, females are few and far between, but that is changing every day as more women get involved in the field. Overall, women account for about 4% of racing drivers, but they also represent other areas within the field of motorsports–team principals, engineers, pit crew members, and safety and medical staff.

I really can’t believe my first year of residency is over! This year has gone by so fast. The saying I first heard in medical school, “the days are long but the years are short”, continues to be extremely true. Being a doctor is such an amazing, crazy, weird job. I honestly still feel like it hasn’t sunk in that I get to do this for the rest of my life. Even though I am excited to be a senior resident (in most specialties this refers to a resident that is in their second yea

During medical school and residency, we focus on learning all the medical knowledge we need to become adept and proficient physicians. So many of us push through to the end of residency, to achieving that proficiency, while sacrificing our self-care. And then we aren't prepared for what comes NEXT. We are not prepared mentally and/or physically for #attendinglife. Dr. Kristin Yates joins us on the blog today to discuss the habits we should learn during residency in order t

I’m going to be blunt. Intern year was hard. There were days this past year when I left work after a hard shift and found myself unexpectedly in a variety of positions — tearful on the stair climber at the gym or exhausted eating leftovers over my kitchen sink. Sometimes you don’t even know why you feel this way. Patient acuity, the draining hours, sometimes it all adds up. All of the stressors of medical school compound with increased responsibility, even more hours, and boo

Hello everyone! I am Dr. Natasha Bhalla, a first year (almost second year!) surgical intern going into Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery . All across the country, interns will be beginning their residency around this time. Here are some tips on what to expect and perhaps even how to survive your first year. 1. Expect it to be difficult. When I look at the responsibility that a fourth year medical student versus an intern is given, I realize the vast, vast difference. A medical s

It's that time of the year. July 1st is almost here and hospitals around the country will welcome in their new interns. To those starting on the wards as interns, this series is for YOU! We're sharing advice from SheMD authors on how to not only SURVIVE but THRIVE during your intern year. Wishing you all the best next week. You CAN do this! January 1st may be the start of the New Year, but for everyone in the medical field we all know that the year really begins on Jul

I wish I really knew how hard it would be. “It” being these 4 years of my clinical training called residency. Throughout residency everything has been tried including my patience, sanity, mind and marriage. When we are in medical school we are so concerned with graduating and getting to the next step, not realizing that this next step is unlike anything we have ever experienced. You thought medical school was hard but residency brings a whole new meaning to the word hard. You

Currently, I am a neurology resident and neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. As a neurology resident, I conducted my intern year rotating within internal medicine. In less than 2 weeks, I will be a PGY-2 neurology resident. As I reflect over my experience, it has been a year of tremendous excitement and extreme difficulty. I have grown into becoming a more independent physician-scientist. For those transitioning from medical student to physician, here my words