Montefiore GPR 2023
I know it’s around that time people are applying and interviewing to GPR programs. Just wanted to give my experience so far regarding the Montefiore so far. I’ll keep it short.
A little over 9 weeks in
Residents at my site average 3 rct mostly anterior 2 people have done a molar endo. The program director recently announced that she want to sent the molar endo to the endo fellowship.
4 anterior crowns average is 3
We do not have our own schedule. We can try to get continuations with a patient sometimes we get them back sometimes we don’t.
Extractions 5 total-(after my OS rotation) 1 surgical most people have done around the same amount. We don’t get to do alveoplasty , bone grafts and no implant placement
75% of the schedule consists of dentures/ exams and fillings. So you’ll be good at those.
There is still 8 weeks of rotations I have to complete where I will not be in clinic and just observing which I think is overkill
This program USED to be a really good program 10-12 years ago(lots surgical exts,implants placement etc, lots of endo). I knew someone who did their residency here. Now they have grown from 9-10 to roughly 40 people.
IMO this program is not worth it if you want to become well rounded. You’re better off doing a post-match or actually going to work where you get paid a decent amount and invest some of that money in CE courses. Instead of taking a 50k pay cut (new Gp salary~120k) to learn and do little. Especially with the debt from dental school. These programs receives roughly 150k funding for each resident they take in. On top of that here they take 5k from your offered salary(72k ) for tuition.
Reason I attended was the program director said they were doing a lot of molar endo and surgical extractions which isn’t true. At a site I rotated there’s only 2-3 assistants available, sometimes they aren’t even on the floor. Residents take their own x-rays and flip their own chairs 90 percent of the time unless endo or ext’s.
Best advice is to ask current residents about their experience and what have they done so far. That’s also for any other residencies you’re applying to.
There simply isn’t enough to go around procedures to go around. The program interviewers and directors do a good job selling it to you as they should it’s their job to get you in and fill spots. I know a couple people who did not leave because it would be a violation of match and It’d be troublesome if they wanted to specialize later on.
You’re on call about twice a month sometimes once, fairly easy to take time off and the attendings are pretty laid back from what I've seen so far. It’s a trade off they’re not a hardcore program at the same time you don’t get quality.
If you’re not trying to do much this is a laid-back residency (couple people told me they came here because of this) but if you want to become more proficient and expand your skills set as a GP there are better options.
I know it’s around that time people are applying and interviewing to GPR programs. Just wanted to give my experience so far regarding the Montefiore so far. I’ll keep it short.
A little over 9 weeks in
Residents at my site average 3 rct mostly anterior 2 people have done a molar endo. The program director recently announced that she want to sent the molar endo to the endo fellowship.
4 anterior crowns average is 3
We do not have our own schedule. We can try to get continuations with a patient sometimes we get them back sometimes we don’t.
Extractions 5 total-(after my OS rotation) 1 surgical most people have done around the same amount. We don’t get to do alveoplasty , bone grafts and no implant placement
75% of the schedule consists of dentures/ exams and fillings. So you’ll be good at those.
There is still 8 weeks of rotations I have to complete where I will not be in clinic and just observing which I think is overkill
This program USED to be a really good program 10-12 years ago(lots surgical exts,implants placement etc, lots of endo). I knew someone who did their residency here. Now they have grown from 9-10 to roughly 40 people.
IMO this program is not worth it if you want to become well rounded. You’re better off doing a post-match or actually going to work where you get paid a decent amount and invest some of that money in CE courses. Instead of taking a 50k pay cut (new Gp salary~120k) to learn and do little. Especially with the debt from dental school. These programs receives roughly 150k funding for each resident they take in. On top of that here they take 5k from your offered salary(72k ) for tuition.
Reason I attended was the program director said they were doing a lot of molar endo and surgical extractions which isn’t true. At a site I rotated there’s only 2-3 assistants available, sometimes they aren’t even on the floor. Residents take their own x-rays and flip their own chairs 90 percent of the time unless endo or ext’s.
Best advice is to ask current residents about their experience and what have they done so far. That’s also for any other residencies you’re applying to.
There simply isn’t enough to go around procedures to go around. The program interviewers and directors do a good job selling it to you as they should it’s their job to get you in and fill spots. I know a couple people who did not leave because it would be a violation of match and It’d be troublesome if they wanted to specialize later on.
You’re on call about twice a month sometimes once, fairly easy to take time off and the attendings are pretty laid back from what I've seen so far. It’s a trade off they’re not a hardcore program at the same time you don’t get quality.
If you’re not trying to do much this is a laid-back residency (couple people told me they came here because of this) but if you want to become more proficient and expand your skills set as a GP there are better options.
