To become a doctor, you spend so much time in the tunnels of preparation — head down, trying not to screw up, just going from one day to the next — t… - Atul Gawande

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To become a doctor, you spend so much time in the tunnels of preparation — head down, trying not to screw up, just going from one day to the next — that it is a shock to find yourself at the other end, with someone shaking your hand and offering you a job. But the day comes.

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