Lately I have found myself asking one question over and over again: “Where do I fit?”
I am young, I am black, and I am male. I completed both an MD and a PhD in medical
school. And I decided to pursue a residency in obstetrics and gynecologic (OBGYN),
which has one of the lowest percentages of MD-PhDs of any residency subspecialty in
the United States. So, plainly put, where do I fit?
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Publication history
Published online: June 30, 2017
Accepted:
June 26,
2017
Received:
April 25,
2017
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The author reports no conflict of interest.
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