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anyone know about the USC program??...in terms of rep, malignant..etc??
thanks
thanks
anyone know about the USC program??...in terms of rep, malignant..etc??
thanks
The USC residents were not as happy as above posts suggest when I interviewed. New county will be good, but they let it slip at the interview that there is no room for anesthesia administration offices in the new building... weird. This, among other reasons, are why it is my lowest ranked Cali program.
dzm- I would argue that both UCSF and Harborview (Seattle), where UW and VM rotate, offer superior trauma training. Just a thought.
Basket- not sure how the new call rooms will work. It wasn't really a discussion, but a slip-up from one of the secretaries. The topic was quickly changed, but it was definitely somehing that the other applicants and I talked about on the walk out to our cars...
it's a weak program with an arrogant pair of leaders, dr. patel and dr. lumb. the attendings are exclusively fmg. u train with student nurse anesthesists in a number of your rotations, u'll cross the street and do a few rotations at the cancer center where dr. thanga runs the icu and O.R.. for someone who's being doing anesthesiology for decades, he does not share any pearls or for that matter won't teach u anything. if u want to work with a snobby leadership, and weak attendings, this is the place for u.
USC hasn't changed much. Still FMGs who hate Americans.
it's a weak program with an arrogant pair of leaders, dr. patel and dr. lumb. the attendings are exclusively fmg. u train with student nurse anesthesists in a number of your rotations, u'll cross the street and do a few rotations at the cancer center where dr. thanga runs the icu and O.R.. for someone who's being doing anesthesiology for decades, he does not share any pearls or for that matter won't teach u anything. if u want to work with a snobby leadership, and weak attendings, this is the place for u.
how is usc for away rotations for medical students?
are the PD's happy to have visiting students and willing to write LOR if asked?
I will say that my experience there raised several red flags about the program.
Know USC Anesthesia program well, was once a Resident there. Strengths: good overall variety of cases, lots of challenging cases due to County patients, lots of trauma, more than than other local programs like UCI and UCLA. You definitely come out of that program comfortable handling pretty much any kind of case. Weakness and there are a few that may prompt you to seek another program: weak teaching, daily lecture program pretty useless, could do it on your own, with the exception of VERY few, weak faculty with STILL a lot of FMG whose English is questionable and thus can't teach much; weak regional, pretty much what you make of it since only a few attendings are interested in doing blocks or teaching them; very little research; and last but not least, aimistrative staff not very responsive to residents concerns or their own attending staff concerns, more preocupied with the CRNA/SRNA program than the residency program (residents have to share Neuro/Cardiac rotations with SRNAs including important procedures such as line placements/TEE, Dr. Lumb more supportive of his SRNA than his own residents)
Ergo: if you are looking to become comfortable doing tough cases and be comfortable in private practice USC is an OK program, you will see and get to do a lot, more than in most other places due to the nature of County Hosp and the varied places where you get to rotate. But if you are looking for a more academic experience and strong regional training, it I'd
is probably not the place for you!!!
i was told anesthesia doesnt even run any codes at usc. this student that rotated at ER there said ER runs the codes all over the hospital. sounds ridiculous, anyone know if its true?
Could someone explain what desi std time is? PM if you prefer...
Sorry, just an ignorant white boy here.
I know this is an old thread, but couple years later...what do you guys think of USC now especially for those who rotated there or from current residents?
From my interview day, I thought they made some positive changes for the program. The new PD Dr. Varner seems to be a strong residents advocate (residents no longer share or compete cases with SRNA/CRNA, all the residents I've talked to said this used to be a problem but it's a non-issue now). Strong networking espcially for PP jobs in cali, good cases, good hours, residents seem really happy. Their only weakness seems to be not as much research but again I think they said they're trying to recruit some researchers