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1. interview accomodations/food: no accom, lunch provided for PM interviewees, excellent classy dinner on upper west side
2. interview day: offer very limited date options, PD does follow-up call in 7-10 days, 4 interviews, shorter day than most, when listing interests the faculty will then ask if you want additional meetings set up with relevant persons (not interviews, extra meetings set up with pretty impressive people to ask questions to)
3. program overview: very "intense" medicine (only intern on team, ICU rotation, 10 patients, do all blood draws, very sick patients etc.), intern - 4med/1 ER/2 neuro, fully elective fourth year, narrative medicine program nearby, psychodynamic but excellent availability and supervision in all modalities, 3rd year follow pts between settings (shelter etc.) and do large write-up, can start public fellowship (large, good, 1st in country) as fourth year, not a lot of pressure to specialize, in picking residents faculty describes choosing colleagues since so many residents end up staying on as faculty, good public opportunities (as psych institute is state facility), 1000 faculty members so access to everything, articulated theme: observing patients over time, analytic institute inside building, with pt permission can videotape any session to go over with supervisors, crosstalk like "neuroscience of psychotherapy," minimum 8 hrs/week supervision 3rd year, patient load is "hand selected" 3d year to give variety (and can request certain pathologies etc.), quality > quantity of psych work (said), start long-term pt 2nd year (can be difficult to schedule), hospital has translation in 92 languages, residents all doing big ticket things, 20% protected elective time 3rd year, has CPEP, 1 and 2 year get rotation schedule by ranking different orders, 20% selective in 3rd year to do either research/psychopharm(at student mental health)/psychotherapy training, more suits worn by faculty, no scrubs at grand rounds, good mentoring provided, older applicants/residents even with prior careers
4. faculty: PD perhaps "standoffish" researcher though trying to work on it (e.g. by having dinner at her house) described as "no nonsense", assistant PD is younger who came straight out of residency to position, also involved director of psychotherapy training, dominican Washington Heights location in northern manhattan accessible to trains
5. location, lifestyle: call (on point system, e.g. less if you take holiday call): 1: no psych call, med; 2: 4 weeks NF and 1 call/mo weekend (12 or 24 hour shift) on inpatient units; 3:4 weeks NF and 1 call/mo weekend (12 or 24 hour shift) in CPEP; 4: work 4-5 full weekends or holidays/year doing C/L coverage
6. benefits: high salary, 4 weeks vacation per year (allowed to be scheduled only 3 and 4 year)
7. strengths: compreshensive therapy modalities and supervision, bountiful research and elective opportunities
8. weaknesses: no VA, community rotations are spanish speaking b/c of dominican base, perhaps political/hierarchical/formal, intense medicine, cold program (even said by students and residents doing rotations there)
1. interview accomodations/food: no accom, lunch provided for PM interviewees, excellent classy dinner on upper west side
2. interview day: offer very limited date options, PD does follow-up call in 7-10 days, 4 interviews, shorter day than most, when listing interests the faculty will then ask if you want additional meetings set up with relevant persons (not interviews, extra meetings set up with pretty impressive people to ask questions to)
3. program overview: very "intense" medicine (only intern on team, ICU rotation, 10 patients, do all blood draws, very sick patients etc.), intern - 4med/1 ER/2 neuro, fully elective fourth year, narrative medicine program nearby, psychodynamic but excellent availability and supervision in all modalities, 3rd year follow pts between settings (shelter etc.) and do large write-up, can start public fellowship (large, good, 1st in country) as fourth year, not a lot of pressure to specialize, in picking residents faculty describes choosing colleagues since so many residents end up staying on as faculty, good public opportunities (as psych institute is state facility), 1000 faculty members so access to everything, articulated theme: observing patients over time, analytic institute inside building, with pt permission can videotape any session to go over with supervisors, crosstalk like "neuroscience of psychotherapy," minimum 8 hrs/week supervision 3rd year, patient load is "hand selected" 3d year to give variety (and can request certain pathologies etc.), quality > quantity of psych work (said), start long-term pt 2nd year (can be difficult to schedule), hospital has translation in 92 languages, residents all doing big ticket things, 20% protected elective time 3rd year, has CPEP, 1 and 2 year get rotation schedule by ranking different orders, 20% selective in 3rd year to do either research/psychopharm(at student mental health)/psychotherapy training, more suits worn by faculty, no scrubs at grand rounds, good mentoring provided, older applicants/residents even with prior careers
4. faculty: PD perhaps "standoffish" researcher though trying to work on it (e.g. by having dinner at her house) described as "no nonsense", assistant PD is younger who came straight out of residency to position, also involved director of psychotherapy training, dominican Washington Heights location in northern manhattan accessible to trains
5. location, lifestyle: call (on point system, e.g. less if you take holiday call): 1: no psych call, med; 2: 4 weeks NF and 1 call/mo weekend (12 or 24 hour shift) on inpatient units; 3:4 weeks NF and 1 call/mo weekend (12 or 24 hour shift) in CPEP; 4: work 4-5 full weekends or holidays/year doing C/L coverage
6. benefits: high salary, 4 weeks vacation per year (allowed to be scheduled only 3 and 4 year)
7. strengths: compreshensive therapy modalities and supervision, bountiful research and elective opportunities
8. weaknesses: no VA, community rotations are spanish speaking b/c of dominican base, perhaps political/hierarchical/formal, intense medicine, cold program (even said by students and residents doing rotations there)
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