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Perhaps you\u2019ve dreamed of becoming a doctor for as long as you can remember. Now that you\u2019re in medical school, the finish line is in sight. But what happens after you finally cross it and are a practicing doctor? What can you expect and how will the demands of healing others affect the rest of your professional life?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Residency is the toughest time of a doctor\u2019s life, said Anjali Bharati, DO, an attending physician in the emergency department at Lenox Health Greenwich Village in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cYour time is spread so thin. You have so many responsibilities in addition to learning the art and craft of medicine. It\u2019s a very stressful and rigorous time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Maddie Mitchell, DO, a first-year resident in the emergency department at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York, agreed and said it can be exciting and overwhelming, especially at first.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are in charge of your patients, you call the consults, you put in the orders, you admit or discharge the patients, you explain lab and imaging results \u2014 good or bad,\u201d she explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t escape the stress of the job, said Sanjay Desai, MD, chief academic officer for the American Medical Association. But it\u2019s part of the privilege of being a physician.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how much medical training you\u2019ve gone through in medical school, for the most part, you have not had the experience of what it is to be accountable for the health of that patient sitting in the bed or chair in front of you,\u201d Desai said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finding ways to manage it early on will set the foundation for a healthy work-life balance throughout your career.<\/p>\n

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Medscape\u2019s Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2024<\/a> looked at how physicians try to do this.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over 9000 doctors in more than 29 specialties completed the online questionnaire. It asked how they mind their mental and physical health and keep a good work-life balance:\u00a0<\/p>\n