Brittney Lemon shares Five Tips to Surviving Surgical Residency
Brittney Lemon discusses Five Tips to Surviving Surgical Residency I am Brittney Lemon, a general surgery resident at Mount Sinai hospital in Chicago, IL. The journey from medical student to resident to surgical attending is a notoriously steep trek. Medical school is 4 years and surgical residency is approximately 5-7 years. General surgery is one of the most difficult residencies based on its duration and high matriculation rate of approximately 20%. Brittney Lemon understands the pressure surgery interns and residents feel. These feelings are augmented by the added challenge of continuous high-stress situations and the need to develop surgical abilities in a field with notoriously high attrition rates. As I am about to enter my fifth year of a surgical residency, here are a few key tips I have learned over the years to not only survive but also be successful during your surgical residency program. 1) Find a program that you will be happy at for 5+ years. While you ...