Breaking Scrub: great women in surgery

When quitting is not a failure


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Lindsay McNair started out on a very typical pathway. Biology degree. Research experience. Surgery residency. 

But when her research years were more appealing than getting back to the OR, she realized she needed to make a change. 

Medical students rarely get any exposure to medical careers outside of clinical medicine. Not finishing a residency is almost exclusively portrayed as a failure. Lindsay McNair is here to tell why that is a false narrative and why a non-traditional career can be valuable and fulfilling for the right people. 

 

 

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Breaking Scrub: great women in surgeryBy Breaking Scrub