KevinMD September 27, 2024
The nickname bestowed on us residents by our internal medicine residency program director was “city savages.” There was a tremendous amount of pride amongst the residency programs in Boston back in the late 1980s, and it was no different in my program.
I recall exploring residencies in Boston. While interviewing at another highly regarded Boston Hospital, I asåked the chief resident many questions, including a quiet question about the residency program at Boston City Hospital (BCH). He responded, “Those residents are angels. I have no idea how they do what they do.” In that moment, I was sold, not on his hospital but on BCH.
We saw everything at BCH, as did most of us training in medicine at that...