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The Dark Side of Residency. Is It Time to Reassess? #450 Part 3

Docs Outside The Box

Dr. Nii Darko

Career, Education, Doctor, Medicine, Careers, Job, Business, Health & Fitness, Finance, Investing, Premed, Black, Money, Lifestyle, Mindset

4.9516 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! We unpack the emotional and psychological impact of residency training on medical professionals. From the undeniable stress that comes with this phase to how it can transform personal interactions and overall well-being. Join us as we share our real-life stories from when we were residents and the challenges we faced. FREE DOWNLOAD - 7 Considerations Before Starting Locum Tenens - https://darkos.lp...

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0:00.0

Another F-around and find out time. Y'all see that?

0:03.6

GOP may cut off student loan forgiveness for 4.8 million health care workers.

0:11.7

So the government giveth and the government take us away.

0:15.5

I think that people always need to be on plan A and plan B.

0:22.7

If you think something that you can't control is the thing that you're going to peg your life on,

0:30.7

you need to plan B because you cannot control the PSLF.

0:34.1

Let's shift gears.

0:35.5

Let's get into our next topic.

0:37.2

Real quick, actually, this is a very

0:38.6

quick topic I want to talk about in residency and stress. So one of the best parts about

0:44.7

podcasting over the last nine years, almost we're getting close to 10 years next year,

0:49.4

is being in contact with the folks who listen to the show. They keep me young. They help me think about

0:55.6

where I was during their time because we have residents who listen to the show. We have

1:00.3

med students who listen to this show. And one of the residents who listens to our show just,

1:06.6

you know, reached out to me and said that they're taking some time off. And, you know, I'm not going to

1:10.9

name any names or anything like that. But they ended up being in a very good situation that's

1:16.6

very healthy for them and also healthy for the residency program. And kudos to them. But it had me

1:22.4

thinking about residency and stress and, you know, where I was, you know, close to almost 15 years ago.

1:30.3

And I'm going to tell you something right now.

1:32.1

Like, I did not realize that I let residency change my personality.

1:37.3

I didn't realize that I didn't realize how much of a different person that I became during residency and even after

1:45.7

residency.

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