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I am an emergency physician. It's been 10 years since I completed my residency and skipped off into the big wide world where my name is the one marked "attending physician" on the ER chart. This 10-year marker apparently qualifies me as an "expert" (medical educators use this benchmark to assign expert status--apparently you've seen enough to be smart about what's going on, but haven't yet forgotten enough to be behind the times). Further reflection forces me to admit that comments I used to dread, like being asked if I was old enough to be a doctor, or if I'd ever done the procedure before that I was preparing to do, have disappeared--and now I miss them. I suppose if you're going to be an expert, you may as well look the part!
Since I am beginning the peak of my career, I felt it was time for some reflection. People are always asking me if I like my...
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