Senior Resident
I can't believe that exactly one year ago i was an intern thinking about quitting medicine b/c an attending made my life hell for me for one week. Now for the last 3 weeks I'm suddenly "the senior" resident with two interns and +/- sub-intern to manage. Damn they never had a course in med-school or internship on how to be a leader. Having subordinates to manage is tough; you have this feeling they're tryin to jack you or pull a fast one. Life is certainly differnet on the other side. I used to complain to my other fellow interns that the seniors didn't teach me squat and I realize that when one goes from managing 10 patients to 20; finding time to teach is a challenge. I saw one of my buddies who was my second year senior when I was an intern and thanked him for his patience and I was sorry for not being a better intern. He just laughed and told me to stop being so damn sentimental and admit some patients.