The residency experience: the woman's perspective

The surgical residency. Every surgeon has been through it: the long hours, the heavy caseload, the three-in-the-morning emergencies, the probing questions on rounds, the snatches of sleep in the on-call room, the physical and emotional rigors of the OR. Many surgeons characterize residency training as brutal, uncompromising, even harassing. It's no different for men or women. Or is it?