How Taking Time Off in Medicine Can Help You Regain Control of Your Life — The Female Professional

Whether you’re a resident preparing for fellowship, or a fellow preparing to finally, actually, enter the real world, or in any other field and changing jobs, I have one piece of advice:

Take time off. DO NOT go straight from one part of life to another.

I know this is not always possible. In medicine, fellowships start on July 1 stand you have no choice but to comply. So for those of you who do…