Residents Are Being Exploited (And Everyone Knows It) | Cut & Tell with Dr. Liz Malphrus
Cut & Tell is where medicine gets honest.
In this episode, Dr. Liz Malphrus gets real about the hidden economics of residency training, and why so many residents feel trapped, undervalued, and burned out before they ever become attendings.
With just weeks left before finishing plastic surgery residency, Liz reflects on what she wishes someone had told her on day one: know your worth.
She shares:
Why residency is a job—not “just training”
How the system keeps residents financially powerless
The reality of working 80-hour weeks for low pay
Why residents can’t simply “leave” like other…
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