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Going from trainee to attending requires a death and rebirth. One identity dies and another is born. Stepping into the identity of an authority, an expert, an attending IS the first step. If you are studying for oral boards or about to graduate, elevating your self-concept is the best thing you can do. Here are some self-concept qualities to consider for a trainee vs attending:
Trainee:
- In service to patient first, then program and self
- Surgery looks easy (it's not)
- Self-worth is detached from outcomes
- Striving
- Revere your mentors' ideas
- Say "yes" to everything for approval and popularity (sacrifice your own needs for success)
- World is small in a good way; it's a container you signed up for
Attending:
- In service to patient first, then self and practice/employer/institution
- Surgery might seem hard or scary, until you get to know your new environment and build muscle memory and confidence, then it can get easy to the point of boredom
- Self-worth is attached to outcomes (can shrink your world)
- Stagnation (unless you learn to strive for something you desire again)
- Revere your own ideas
- Say "no" more than "yes" knowing respect matters more than approval (unless you stay stuck in trainee identity, particularly the story that you have to sacrifice yourself for success)
- World can become big if you allow yourself to evolve or world can shrink from anxiety and experiential avoidance
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