I'm not sure how much I've related in previous posts, but here's the scoop. I left my previous job as an OB resident back in mid-February. My decision had as much to do with subjecting myself to another two and a half years of OB residency as it did with needing a change in career path. I think both reasons were equally vaild. It was around the beginning of November that plans began to coalesce. My girlfriend was subletting a place on the west coast. I would go live with her while I continued interviewing for family medicine spots and studying for Step III of the medical licensing exam. I'd have a nice little vacation coming up because residency programs universally start at the end of June. By the end of November I had my plans in order and I went to inform my program that my last day of work would be January 1st. They, of course, had been gracious enough to provide letters of recommendation so they knew I was leaving. It was certainly no suprise to them.
They went BALLISTIC. The department chair actually accused me of being "unethical" for leaving with such short notice (i.e. 30 days). I'm not sure how much notice I was required to give. My contract specified 30 days. On what day would it have become ethical for me to leave? We had a long argument about it. In the end, not wanting to leave on bad tems, I gave them another 6 weeks and left in mid-February.
And now I'm enjoying myself on the beautiful, sunny west coast in anticipation of starting over again as a family medicine resident. We start June 16th.
Last thing - until I figure out where to put my contact info on this blog, you can email me here: jamesNOSPAM AT jamesloganmd DOT com. Make sure to get rid of the 'NOSPAM' part :)
