KevinMD August 24, 2024
“I want you to be proud of me,” my intern replied when I asked what he wanted to get out of the rest of his year. We were wrapping up the first two weeks of July—his first two weeks of being a doctor—and having our end-of-rotation feedback session. However, he had just flipped the tables on me. His comment was the type of jolting response that made me rethink my performance as an attending. As I have matured from a young, determined doctor to an older, occasionally paternal, attending, I had not realized the importance of pride and why being proud is important.
The beginning of July is a time to be proud. Academic medical centers are filled with excitement...
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