How Residency Affects Your Relationship: What Couples Need to Know
Residency doesn’t just exhaust you—it depletes the emotional reserves you need for your partner. When you’re working 70-hour weeks, intimacy becomes another item on a list you can’t complete. The problem isn’t that you don’t care about your relationship; it’s that the system leaves you with nothing left to give. Understanding this dynamic—and communicating about it honestly—is the first step toward protecting your partnership during training.
Early Physician Exits Reshape Recruiting Strategy Imperatives
Physicians are increasingly leaving medicine before age 50, compressing expected career tenure from 25 years to as few as 10. This structural shift demands fundamental recalibration of recruiting economics, retention timing, and competitive positioning strategies for health systems competing for physician talent.