General Surgery Residency Survival Guide / edited by Asanthi Ratnasekera, Marc Neff, Kahyun Yoon-Flannery, Alec Beekley.

Part I. Basic Survival Skills -- Sleeping -- Nutrition -- Self Care -- Stress Management and Dealing with Burnout -- Exercise -- Vacations/Holidays/Occasions -- Hobbies -- COVID and other illnesses/injuries -- Part II. Relationships/Finances -- Relationships -- Family -- Kids -- Holiday/occasions -- Pregnancy/Maternity -- Leave or lack thereof -- Household chores -- Bills -- Loans -- Home Purchase -- Death of a loved one -- Part III. Academics -- Mentorship: How to spot a good mentor and hold on tight -- Board Preparation -- Talent versus hard work -- Acquiring wisdom and judgment -- Developing surgical skills/practice/skills trainers/labs -- Studying -- Research -- Tools for Purchase -- CV Preparation -- Part IV. Clinical Duties -- List management -- Office Hours -- Triaging clinical duties -- Surviving night call/ED call/Weekend Call -- Teaching residents and students -- Interaction with nurses, OR and office staff -- Interaction with other residents and attendings -- How to deal with CurbsideConsults -- Part V. Leadership/Ethics -- Leadership -- Professionalism -- Delegation -- Dealing with Bullying and micro and macroaggressions -- Complications -- The difficult patient -- The difficult attending -- How to be empathetic -- Just another day in paradise.