Charlotte, N.C.
You thought this day would never come. When you walked into your hospital as a PGY-1—five, six, seven or more years ago—it seemed inconceivable that you would be finally finishing your chief surgical residency year and now ready to embark on the process of being a “real surgeon.”
Even though the graduation dinner, chief’s roast and additional hoopla may not be over, you can at least begin focusing on the issues that you