Ah, Lipomas is a truly educated man, although I don't think WCW is known for his haiku.
The OP was not a haiku though!
snowbank said:
So seriously - what can you do when the PD is hell bent on destroying your career? And to add insult to injury, doesnt even issue an LoR or an explanation letter?
Step 1) Recognize that 99% of the time the PD is not actually hellbent on destroying your career, but instead has one of the following problems:
-Has tried to work with resident but failed due to resident's failure to acknowledge their own deficiencies.
-Is very busy and has other things to do. Is happy to help resident but doesn't want to shoulder the entire burden when all the resident wants to do is argue with him/her.
Step 2) Analyze your own deficiencies and tabulate your successes. If you need help, ask the PD or other attendings to help you with that step.
Step 3) If you are still convinced there is a vendetta, ask another attending or go to the chairperson of the department.
Step 4) Gather evidence of the vendetta. By this point you should have actual evidence that you are being unfairly treated otherwise you should never have progressed this far.
Think about it this way: Why on earth would a PD take time out of their life to attempt to squash the career of one of their residents? Does it really make any sense? Unless there is some sort of personal vendetta (you killed the PDs dog, you got his daughter pregnant, your families used to fight over a patch of farmland 50 years ago) it is an illogical assumption. Vendettas are too time consuming.
