NEURO CONSULT — b20260823-1SERIES: CALL ROOMTHE GENERAL NEUROLOGIST
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Intern in July: "I'll check with you before I do anything.

Intern in July: "I'll check with you before I do anything." Intern in August: "I already started the workup." Me: "Started it where." August interns. Two months of survival and the confidence curve goes vertical. Nobody warns you that the scary part of the year isn't July. Send this to whoever is supervising an August intern right now.

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Residency training grants trainees progressively more independent clinical decision-making across the academic year; supervision requirements are graduated by level.

Common graduate medical education structure (ACGME graduated supervision). Trivially verifiable.
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