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PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 1 January 2004, pp. 182-183

Academic Physicians Just Don’t Get It!

James F. Brennan, MD, FAAP
Lee-Davis Pediatrics Mechanicsville, VA 23111-3682, USA

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To the Editor.—

As a practicing pediatrician for 25 years, I would like to respond to Drs Moreno and Bergman’s commentary on "Resident Stress." Residency training should prepare one to enter private practice, and, I fear, if residency training is softened too much, it will rob physicians in training of much valuable experience.

Dr Moreno notes: "Residents will always struggle with setting a balance between their personal and professional lives." This struggle does not diminish or disappear when one enters practice.

They add: "The adage that patient needs invariably take precedence over family needs" is in fact the nature of what we do. As physicians we accept a commitment to those who entrust their care to us, and we and our spouses need to come to grips with this reality early in our training.

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