Overcoming the Fear

Overcoming the Fear is Resident Bolde's answer to the blog post The Fear at the Resident Bolde website. The purpose of this book is to teach entering women residents the lay of the land they are going into when they transition from medical school to residency training. The ACGME lists what its milestones are but what is not clearly understood is that residents will have to achieve these milestones within a high overhead, high risk business model. The resource that gets severely restricted within this business model is time. The restriction of such a vital resource breeds fear, tribalism and discrimination within a hierarchy with a very steep power gradient which essentially subjects women physicians to the domestic violence dynamic seen in intimate relationships. Given the universality of misogyny, women cannot rely on institutions to be supportive. This book gives a specific strategy and tactics for women to apply to protect their economic agency when there is no support within the workplace.