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The Transition to Independent Practice: A Challenging Time Requiring Careful Balance

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The transition to independent medical practice can be stressful and at times overwhelming with the various career development aspects to consider at the end of residency or fellowship. This period requires the integration and consolidation of medical skills as well as the ability to take on new nonclinical roles involving financial and personnel management. Given the complexity and skill-set requirements of successful transition to independent practice, diverse nonmedical professionals with valuable expertise are available to assist in this period. Maintaining a humanistic approach is crucial in the process of completing residency or fellowship. Furthermore, this is an important process to practice building leading to successful physician-patient relationships, as well as physician satisfaction and wellness.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Joseph Emerson Marinas

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Sumit Chaudhari

  3. Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, St. Peter’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, USA

    Tricia Woo

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health and Texas A&M University, Temple, TX, USA

    James A. Bourgeois

  5. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Ana Hategan

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Marinas, J.E., Chaudhari, S., Woo, T., Bourgeois, J.A., Hategan, A. (2020). The Transition to Independent Practice: A Challenging Time Requiring Careful Balance. In: Hategan, A., Saperson, K., Harms, S., Waters, H. (eds) Humanism and Resilience in Residency Training. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45627-6_6

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