What is PGY-3 like?
It has been a while. If you are here today, then you probably are a medical resident or student who wants to know what the last year of Internal Medicine Residency is like. Flashback to the first day of third year - July 1, 2023: I just finished PGY-2 year yesterday during the day in the ICU, and returned back to the hospital in the ICU to cover ICU nights on Saturday night 24 hours later... crazy, how just yesterday I was in my second year and in a flash, I am one of the most senior residents in our program. Third year was definitely the best year for me. I discussed PGY-1 and PGY-2 in previous posts. Combining them together, PGY-3 was a year that I was able to apply the knowledge I attained and create the efficiency I mastered which allowed me to spread wisdom during my last year. I would say I was able to manage my professional and personal life better. Of course, in any workplace, there are improvements that could happen whether at the individual level or at the system level. T