Abstract
When JACR was first published 10 years ago, most of the current radiology residents were in college, unaware of the intricacies of medical practice and the need for a radiology journal addressing issues in clinical practice, practice management, education, and health services research. It probably seems like yesterday to some, but 10 years is half a generation. Not only has the technology and practice of the specialty evolved in that time, the generational constituency of radiology has changed. In addition to the traditionalists (the silent or greatest generation), the baby boomers, and generation X, we now have generation Y, also known as the millennial generation, as part of the workforce [1]. Generation Y includes people born between approximately 1981 and 2005 [1]. Most of our medical students and residents are part of generation Y, children of the baby boomers. Perhaps some understanding of the characteristics that define this newest generation can help us work together with less frustration. Generation Y members had overscheduled, highly structured childhoods and were raised by parents who praised them for everything [2]. David McCullough Jr gave a commencement speech to the 2012 high school class of Wellesley, Massachusetts, an affluent suburb of Boston. The speech went viral because it resonated with people that someone told generation Y, “You’re not special” [3]:
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