The difference between medical practice and medical training
I have never experienced a military boot camp. I have however completed a rather intense three-year residency in internal medicine followed by another grueling, three-year fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine. I like to think that my experiences were not unlike those of military training.
As a matter of fact, being on the medical wards at the county hospital was referred to as being, “in the trenches.” It was true. …
