When you talked about introspection, that made me think of a colleague of mine who spent seven years trying to get into a residency program.

Finally, I was like, you need to tell me about one of your last interviews.

The conclusion that I came to was that you are cocky.

And this is why you're not getting into residency.

So introspection, how are you navigating your own

personality, I guess, beyond just the, I check this box and I pass the step three. Listen, check

boxes ain't going to get you everywhere. You got to learn how to relate to people. Certain people

we recommend mock interviews. You please sit down with somebody and I tell people all the time because they're like, oh, you know, I want to be myself 100% of the time. I don't want no program that don't want me. I get that. But they're also making one of these decisions and you need to treat all of these like first dates, you know? Yeah. Bring the best parts of you. All right, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to another episode of Docs Outside the Box.

I am your host today, Dr. Renee.

I am flying solo.

I kicked Dr. Ney off the podcast and he is no longer with us, okay?

I'm just kidding.

Dr. Ney may or may not be joining us a little bit later, but today we do have

a very special episode for you all and we're really excited to continue on with the kind of

partnership that we have going with the Student National Medical Association, otherwise known

as the S&MA, which is an organization that is near and very dear to my heart

that I've been a part of since I was a student

and continue as an attending being a part of.

And we are doing this particular episode

or these series of episodes

to really commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Student

National Medical Association, which started in 1964 at Howard University School of Medicine,

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