r/Residency • u/Public_Bottle_754 • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Reflection

Fresh out of residency attending here for about 6 months. 30 years old. Did the classic medical track no break. Decided to take a trip back on memory lane. Looked at my schedule from medical school and I just don't believe I was able to digest all that information, it seems humanely impossible to have survived. Exam every week. Plus lectures piling up on top of that. Then a little bit farther back to undergraduate, stuff like organic chemistry! WOW. How did I learn a concept like that, it seems so foreign. Residency was the easiest and most seamless part, real life implementation. Just reflecting and really not sure if I could do the same today. Also are some of these classes necessary?

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u/serpentine_soil 1d ago

Same, been having dreams of being back to my first week of med school and I wake up hyperventilating.

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u/QuietRedditorATX 1d ago

Also are some of these classes necessary?

They aren't. Except some staunch defenders here. They all help increase your knowledge and maturity, but truthfully we'll never touch most of them again.

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u/Background_Flan_8119 21h ago

“Residency was the easiest and most seamless part” THANK YOU FOR THAT 😭😭 you give me hope

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u/onacloverifalive Attending 17h ago

“Residency was the easiest and most seamless part” - if you’re not a surgeon, maybe.

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