Bittersweet Finale

This is it y’all. My chief year is officially coming to an end. Cleaning out my desk last week to make space for the new chief residents of the program made this fact feel all the more real. They officially took over chief duties this past Tuesday, leaving my co-chiefs and I in this ambiguous […]

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Graduating Into Chief Year

Chief year got very real, very fast. Soon after my last blog post, I started the first week of my second Chief rotation, which also served as my last rotation of residency. Like I said in a previous post, this rotation was designed to allow my co-chiefs and I to smoothly transition into the chief […]

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Victory Lap

Now Christel, why in the world are you talking about a victory lap when you haven’t even hit the halfway point of third year yet? Don’t you think it’s a little premature to be claiming victory over completing your residency training? 🤔 Yes, it is true that I haven’t finished residency yet and that it […]

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Double Down & Level Up

Okay so I’m about a month into my residency training and do I feel any more like a doctor than the day I was officially granted my M.D.? Marginally. Do I have a long way to go until I begin to feel like an actual physician who can comfortably treat all kinds of ailments? Clearly. […]

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Life After Graduation

Hey there! Good to see you again, I missed ya! 😄 So I’m sure that by now, you’ve already noticed that there have been a “few” changes to the layout of the blog. Okay, a little more than a few; the blog looks completely different and I love it! 😊 It’s been a long time coming […]

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