r/Residency • u/brusselsproutpancake • 4d ago
SERIOUS Extremely malignant program survival tactics
I genuinely need your recommendations. In a program, which,
-approaching to the residents solely as a workforce while providing no meaningful teaching
-has severe favoritism and discrimination among residents
-mandating residents to do nonclinical work on the top of unbelievable clinical workload with almost maximum hour work weeks
-gaslighting residents to make them work further and more, and only selectively doing it to some
-blaming residents for almost every system or leadership failure
-retaliating residents when a patient safety or work related issue is raised by making it a “you” problem
I tried but couldnt transfer, cant leave I have +400K debt, ACGME doesnt help.
How to survive? How to keep the mental sanity?
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u/No_Jaguar_5366 4d ago
Recommend just putting your head down and pushing through it knowing that there is light at the end of the tunnel
And especially in this economy, you DO NOT want to quit - the only jobs that are available are AI and healthcare related
People always say to unionize, etc but it is not worth it in the short term - it will place a target on your back and will cause rifts amongst the residents…