# @nickpappasmd on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQMGqxOLzB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67423692-nickpappasmd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-01T14:05:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nick Pappas, MD (@nickpappasmd) — https://gondola.cc/nickpappasmd

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🎉🩺 July is the month when new doctors who have recently graduated from medical school start in hospitals. For many years, there was concern about a possible “July Effect” 📅, in which patients experience increased numbers of complications as a result of there being inexperienced doctors taking care of them.

📚 However, a 2023 meta-analysis of 113 studies on the topic published in the Annals of Surgery found that there is no July Effect, as the number of hospital complications does not increase during the month of July compared to other months (PMID: 33914485). ✅

🤔 So your odds of experiencing a complication are basically the same in July as they are during any other month, which may surprise some people.

👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ New resident doctors may appear young, but they have completed 4 years of medical school 🎓 and extensive time on the clinical wards. They are certainly more than capable of taking care of you and your loved ones. ❤️

💡 They are bright, knowledgeable, and incredibly eager to learn and gain experience. They will often go above and beyond to make sure their patients are well cared for. 🙌

🤝 In addition, there is always a senior resident or attending physician supervising them to help ensure everything goes as planned.

🏥❤️ Rest assured that you and your loved ones are safe going to the hospital no matter what month it is.

🎊 Best wishes to all the new resident doctors starting in July! We are all very proud of you and what you have already accomplished. 👏 You have the opportunity to truly make an amazing difference in people’s lives! 🩺

#hospital #dr #residency #julyeffect #intern

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