INTRODUCTION

People enter different medical professions for a variety of reasons. From caring and nurturing to researching and exploring, there are many different motives for joining this dynamic field. Inevitably, your experiences, values, and approaches will vary based on your chosen discipline.

Whether your chosen career path is clinical, research, or administrative in medicine, nursing, or allied health, the lens through which you see colors your perception and influences your behavior. While this often promotes a healthy interdependence among colleagues, it may also lead to divergence and tension. It is only through understanding another’s position, background, training, work obligations and potential stressors that you can recognize choices and reduce potential conflict.

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