Interviews usually started at 8 a.m., lasted 20 to 30 minutes per professor, and ended at 4 p.m.
To prepare for the interview, I practiced seven mock interviews with a friend who was a resident at Stanford University Hospital and my advisor, but I was really nervous for my first interview.
Although the mock interviews I conducted several times were very helpful, the interviews were by no means easy.
Unexpected questions also poured in.
“Tell me about a time when you had a problem while working as a team member, and how you resolved it through leadership.”, “How would you resolve a conflict with a senior resident, and how would you deal with other residents disliking you?”, “Tell me about your plans for the next 5, 10, and 20 years.”, etc. ---p.
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Faculty members who received inadequate teaching evaluations from residents were required to enroll in special programs to receive continuing education in resident education.
This evaluation is reported to the higher-level ACGME and has a significant impact on the promotion of the professor, so as a professor supervising the residents, you must 'take good care of' the residents.
Therefore, during your residency, make sure to utilize this effectively and seek maximum assistance from your professors to successfully complete your training and further develop your skills.
By the way, there is a question I always ask residents when I meet them in the morning.
“How are you doing this morning? Is there anything I can help you or make it better?”---p.
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One time, I was doing my internship in general surgery.
I had so much work to do that I couldn't even go home and it was already midnight.
I once snuck out to sleep on the hospital couch because I had to come back at 5 a.m. anyway, but the chief resident found out the next day and took my pager away.
He told me to go home and rest and not come to the hospital until tomorrow, as he would have my pager.
Honestly, I was so tired and exhausted that day that I was grateful for the consideration.
But it's not all about being thankful.
If this happens repeatedly, you will be labeled as a resident who cannot work and works late. ---p.
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To make the difficult decision of whether or not to enter academia, you should first consider the following:
First, you need to think about your life goals and values.
As mentioned earlier, if it aligns with your life goals and values, there will be no problem.
Second, you need to think about whether it is suitable for your aptitude.
As a university professor, let's examine whether educating medical students and residents, writing research papers, and working to secure research grants is a good fit for you.
If it doesn't fit your aptitude, each and every process can be stressful.
Third, there is the economic issue.
As I said before, if you are in college, your salary is bound to be lower than if you are a private practitioner.
Therefore, it may not be an easy choice for those with a lot of student loans and a large family to support, and it requires full support from the family.---p.
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American and Korean doctors have many similarities and differences in their professions, but if I had to pick one key difference, it would be that doctors may not be hospital employees.
In the United States, doctors and hospitals are generally separate entities, so there is no reason for a doctor to be restricted to only one hospital.
A doctor's work is not very different from seeing outpatients in a clinic to performing surgery and seeing inpatients in a hospital, but there may be more than one clinic and, of course, more than one hospital that performs surgery and sees inpatients. --pp.
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Doctors are also workers.
This proposition will not change in the future.
Unless a doctor is a hospital owner and specializes solely in management, he is at least partly a worker, and in many cases fully a worker.
In many cases, they are even emotional laborers.
The treatment and respect for doctors in the United States, which Korean doctors often talk about, is actually labor-related.
It's not that special compared to the treatment and respect given to the whole person.
Therefore, it would be good to come to the realization that the United States is not a country that treats medical professionals particularly well, but rather a country that has a better attitude and treatment of workers in society as a whole.
Of course, the United States is better, but it still has a long way to go before it can be called 'good.' --- From p.219

The discrimination and glass ceiling that permeate society is not limited to racial issues.
We face a wide variety of glass ceilings and discrimination in our respective organizations and societies, and the most serious problem is that we don't even recognize that they are glass ceilings and discrimination.
Of course, American society is far from ideal.
Although it still has many problems, at least if I were to simply compare the two societies I've experienced, I think the United States is a little ahead in that there is a more widespread awareness of discrimination and there are stronger punishments for it. ---p.
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Residents don't have as much control over their schedules as attendings, but they do have more personal time than Korean residents.
Residents are also guaranteed personal time, as outlined in the ACGME work hours rules, and engage in a variety of hobbies.
The hospital I work at has a violinist who busks around New York City.
There are also residents who are active as YouTubers.
To summarize again, work-life balance is possible for American doctors.
That's why it's most important to know what you want and then build the skills to achieve it.

---p.
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