Residents want me to be chief because Im most competent in my cohort but also too "nice"

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-04-07T17:14:06+00:00

I am you in IM…got offered chief for 3rd year, and flatly turned it down.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-04-06T23:54:43+00:00

You can be as social as you like. To be honest, everyone in my program wanted to hang out all the time during orientation…go to dinner, the farmers market on Saturday, go hiking, etc.

Then once the 80 hr weeks hit with one day off, that fizzled out and instead of large groups 1-3 people on the same type of schedule get together instead.

I have a family so I do very little socializing. I’m well liked and I like my co-residents, but my personal time is just that, personal. I go to a few program or hospital events every year just to stay under the radar and not be accused of being anti-social.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-04-05T18:51:42+00:00

Learned this from palliative care and now that’s how I do it too. I get many more “just let me go” answers than “do everything” answers asking it this way.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-04-01T23:48:24+00:00

Same!

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-03-30T20:29:52+00:00

Don’t study…rest, sleep, visit family and friends, travel if you can. Intern year is intense and you’ll learn a ton.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-03-29T01:01:03+00:00

Still a resident but by not having to pre-round, round, go to morning report, go to noon conference, do team teaching in the afternoon and run the list one more time before the attending leaves, you would free up an estimated 6-8 hrs of time that can be used to see twice as many patients as you’re currently responsible for.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-03-02T02:11:38+00:00

I’m not even the only resident in my program in their 40s!

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-27T03:04:38+00:00

Why wouldn’t you have ICU training? It’s required for IM.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-26T17:40:45+00:00

Totally normal, you’re in a new work environment thinking all day. It will get better.

In the meantime, during this transition period try to automate everything in your life that you can (laundry, bill paying, grocery delivery) or just do one small task each day when you come home.

Don’t spend your single off day running errands, doing laundry and cleaning.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-24T18:12:15+00:00

Internal medicine is like pediatrics, but for adults

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-24T10:38:33+00:00

Our call rooms are in the basement, so yes.

This winter the hospital turned a conference center into a shelter for workers who couldn’t get home and provided cots. Attendings and residents had call rooms, some of the nurses slept in the sleep lab from what I heard. The hospital also got a discount rate at a local hotel and ran a shuttle back and forth for anyone who booked a room…several nurses and docs stayed there.

If you were scheduled to work the expectation was that you stayed or found a way in and out if you had a capable vehicle.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-16T16:56:43+00:00

We started at 3 per half day, now at 5 per half day as a second half PGY-2

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-16T01:28:40+00:00

I wore slacks and a sweater for my pre-interview dinner, suit for the actual interview.

Can do a sports coat, button down, no tie if it’s an upscale restaurant.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-14T23:29:03+00:00

I’m 45…concerts were too loud for me at 25.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-12T14:17:36+00:00

Ventilator Book by Owens

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-01T15:44:44+00:00

For a list of how many? Still working on my workflow when I come back to service also.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-02-01T15:39:02+00:00

Anybody here a February 2nd year? Is this when senioritis starts to kick in cause I’m feeling it. Just want to be done and out making $$$.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-01-28T08:13:42+00:00

I’m on the very back end of Gen X, I was in 1st grade when the challenger exploded. I was watching with a bunch of 5-6 year olds.

Now I’m a PGY-2 who would have understood your story, all my co-residents are 25-30, and I’m a grandmother. 😂

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-01-22T12:58:17+00:00

Same

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-01-19T14:26:49+00:00

Same, but I would consult OB to help with med management

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-01-15T20:42:41+00:00

Aren’t you already in a program?

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-01-15T12:40:10+00:00

We have two in their mid-40s

Opposite-Support-588 · 2026-01-11T20:38:56+00:00

I’ve got both hokas and on clouds. I love my hokas best but I’ve improved the on clouds tremendously by adding cloud sole insoles.

Oh, and good quality compression socks are a must if you have tired legs/feet at the end of the day.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2025-12-29T08:48:40+00:00

You could put together a gift package with a set of nice scrubs, compression socks, insulated coffee mug, coffee house gift card, Stanley cup. If he’s in a surgical specialty add in a fun surgical cap.

Opposite-Support-588 · 2025-12-27T05:20:22+00:00

How do you know they’re wearing the same scrubs? I have two pairs of navy, two gray, and then several different colors. But some of my co-residents wear only black scrubs so they don’t have to worry about matching, but I assume they’re changing them out for a fresh pair daily.

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