Practical writing for the first year

Transition shock is not one problem. Naming the five pressures — clinical, legal, emotional, professional, and financial — makes the first year navigable.

The most valuable thing a mentor teaches is a reproducible way to reason — formulation, differential, options, and escalation — not a list of answers.

Defensible documentation is not about writing more — it is about recording your reasoning, your risk assessment, and your plan, concisely and consistently.