Roadmap for Residents Planning to Enter Academia Contracts: What to Ask Before Signing
Part 1 of 2
So you’ve decided to start your career in academia? As a young attending nearly two years into my first academic job, I can confidently say that a career in academics is stimulating, exciting, and fun. I can also say that I felt unprepared for negotiating a job and then navigating the world of fiscal and academic productivity. A friend in academia once said: “Time, money, space� …
Part 1 of 2
So you’ve decided to start your career in academia? As a young attending nearly two years into my first academic job, I can confidently say that a career in academics is stimulating, exciting, and fun. I can also say that I felt unprepared for negotiating a job and then navigating the world of fiscal and academic productivity. A friend in academia once said: “Time, money, space� … 
Residency is your golden opportunity. While stressful and demanding, it offers the chance to learn everything you can about dermatology before stepping into the real world (which you haven’t seen since before medical school).
While I did much to prepare for my dermatology career, there are few things I should have paid more attention to during my training.
The most obvious for me now is CODING … 
Hi! Good morning, I'm Naomi Dolly and I'm currently the fellow in Advanced Medical Dermatology at NYU Medical Center.
I would like to talk to you today a little bit about your journey as a resident and some things that I [feel] that you should probably do or know while doing your residency.
First of all, I know that I should congratulate you on becoming a resident. But just know that your jour … 
Life for much of my residency,
I struggled to find the right balance between the formidable amount of reading expected of derm residents, and maintaining a healthy life outside of residency. In fact, this was the greatest source of stress for me as a resident. I wish I had known that derm residency is a marathon, not a sprint. So, as tempting as it may be to shoot for ridiculous amounts of study … 
In dermatology residency, my focus was, appropriately, on learning all that I could about dermatology so that I would pass my board exams and provide great care to my patients, in that order. These were necessary and important priorities, but retrospectively, I wish I had known:
1. Patients care that I care.
First and foremost, each patient wants to be remembered, to feel special, to feel well c … 