We hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season! While not the year we expected, 2021 brought many challenges that only helped us all grow stronger in both our medical knowledge and practice. It has been great and encouraging to see our interns become more confident in their abilities to see and treat patients in such a short period of time.

Halfway into this year also means that our seniors are actively searching for jobs. Some have already signed their contracts for July 2022 while others patiently awaited the results of fellowship match. We cannot wait to see where everyone will end up!

Weekly didactics have gone back to in-person and it is nice to be able to see all of our co-residents at least once a week, especially with so many being on out rotations. Guest lectures continue to bring us knowledge outside of our department and are very welcome. We are also using this time to prep for the ITE, which is coming up much sooner than some of us would like.

We celebrated our annual Residency Holiday Party and white elephant gift exchange during the holiday season. With all the restrictions last year due to COVID, this is a tradition that only the current seniors have been able to experience, so we were very excited to be able to share this experience with our fellow residents. Stay tuned to find out who is lucky enough to get THE gift in the gift exchange and who wins the title for ugliest Christmas sweater! We are very excited to see what 2022 brings for us. ■