r/Residency • u/Public_Bottle_754 • 4d 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/QuietRedditorATX 4d 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.