 It attracted me to Jersey Shore's pediatric program. This program pushes you to work and pushes you to learn and become autonomous. Coming from Jersey Shore, I feel like I'm prepared to function on my own as a resident, as a fellow, and eventually as an attending. Our ICU attendings, both in the PICU and the NICU, are in-house, but they really try to be hands-off and let you run the unit in a way that you're comfortable. If you call in the morning and say, you know, these are the things that I did overnight that I'm comfortable with, these are the questions I have, they're there for you. So they really are allowing us to practice medicine in a way where we feel that autonomy but we have a wonderful safety net. So we get a lot of exposure to the pediatric sub-specialties. We always have specific weekly rounds with our sub-specialists to go over their patients that are on the floor, to go over high-yield topics, and I've never had a problem calling any of them at two o'clock in the morning with a question and they're always very willing to help out. The pediatric department, I think, does a really great job prioritizing resident wellness. We have a Thursday lecture block every week to meet the academic requirements for the ACGME, and then every couple of weeks we have a resident wellness activity. The one reason I picked this program was when I went to my interview dinner, the residents all seemed to enjoy each other and get along and seemed like a little family, and so when I started here, that was actually true. We're always at each other's house as we hang out with each other all the time. When we work together, we're able to be honest with each other and be able to help patients better because of how close we are. Our attendings are phenomenal, they're here to support us, we're here to learn. It's been a tremendously great experience so far, and I could not have done any of it without my co-residents. If you're looking for a small community program that will give you a really excellent balance of autonomy and education, I think this is the program for you.