Treatment during residency

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For current residents as well as graduates, how were you treated during residency by podiatry attendings, more senior podiatry residents, off service attendings, non-podiatry residents, nurses, etc.? Any instances that really stick out to you that you will always remember? If you are blatantly disrespected, do recommend standing up for yourself, or should you just take it?

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For current residents as well as graduates, how were you treated during residency by podiatry attendings, more senior podiatry residents, off service attendings, non-podiatry residents, nurses, etc.? Any instances that really stick out to you that you will always remember? If you are blatantly disrespected, do recommend standing up for yourself, or should you just take it?

Podiatry Attendings: Everyone is different and some believe in tough love and others in support and positive reinforcement.

Senior Residents: Wonderful. This is very important when choosing a residency program. This can make or break your few years of residency.

Off-Service attendings: More likely to be supportive, understanding and encouraging.

Non-Podiatry residents: depends on the resident and sometimes the program/specialty that they are from. Most have questions about our schooling and training, but as long as you hold your weight with them they are typically fine and treat you like just another resident.

Nurses: depends on the nurse. The ones that you work with all the time will know you and most likely like you as long as you are respectful. There will always be the nurse that doesn't like residents regardless of specialty.

Everyone's experience is different based on the program that they attended. Some hospitals are more integrated than others. Regardless of specialty there will always be people that you don't get along with as easily as others.

I think we forget that it is not always just because we are podiatrists that someone may not like us/you. There are plenty of other reasons for people to not get along.

Whether to stand-up for yourself? this depends on the situation. you'll have to weigh your options and realize that you will still have to work with said person after... Sometimes it pays to just take it and suck it up, other times you have to stand up for yourself, but usually going to the chief resident or program director is warented first.