CHICAGO — Institutions that struggle to retain physicians after residency may benefit from encouraging attending physicians and staffers to view new graduates as emerging independent practitioners rather than as students.
How institutions perceive and treat residents after graduation has consequences for both professional identity and retention, according to Jennie An, a recent graduate of Saint James School of Medicine in St. Vincent and Grenadines, who spoke during the Women in Medicine Summit.
“If new attendings continue to be seen as students, it undermines their sense of legitimacy. It