Each year, thousands of newly minted MDs are elevated from mere medical students to — drumroll, please — interns. If that’s you, congratulations and welcome to the world of residency.
Welcome to the world of motivation, inspiration and altruism — where you wake up every day knowing this was what you were meant to do.
And welcome to the world of the hungry, the tired, the poor. And I’m not talking about the patients.
As medical students, our duties were limited. We were there to learn, to observe, to absorb. As an intern, this all changes. Now, you’re responsible for another human life. At times, you may be responsible for another 80 human lives. Point is, your duties have vastly increased, but the number of hours in the day have not. It’s going to be tough.
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