First-generation physician: Navigating the first attending contract
I just signed my first attending contract.
It should feel like pure celebration. Mostly, it does. But it is also a moment that forces reflection. For first-generation physicians, the hardest part of the journey often is not medical school or residency. It is learning how to navigate what comes after, inside systems we were never born into.
You are just as capable, compassionate, and prepared as anyone else. You have worked harder …
First-generation physician: Navigating the first attending contract
