Does anyone have an opinion about ECU? The program sounds great and the graduates seem to love it, but I have heard that things are changing there and no one seems to like the new Chair. kat😍
East Carolina University -- The Brody School of Medicine
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I'm a current student at Brody, did the EM AI, and interviewed there this week. PM me with questions and I'll give you a student perspective!
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Does anyone know anything about the changes at ECU? Have you head if the residents are happy with the new chair? When I interviewed there, they only said he was weird.
Also, I forgot to ask the residents how many shifts they work each month. Did anyone get this information? I also forgot to ask about moonlighting. Does anyone know where the residents moonlight and if they can moonlight on site?
Also, I forgot to ask the residents how many shifts they work each month. Did anyone get this information? I also forgot to ask about moonlighting. Does anyone know where the residents moonlight and if they can moonlight on site?
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EM-1s work 19-20 shifts
EM-2s work 18ish shifts
EM-3s work 16-17 shifts
All are 10 hour shifts.
Moonlighting is allowed, but not on site (yet). They're working on letting us do the urgent care center, but nothing is final. Otherwise, it has to be outside of the UHS system, as there are apparently Medicare rules about acting as an attending and a resident at the same place (their words, not mine). Plenty of hospitals around within an hour's drive.
The new chair is perfectly fine. The only people that didn't like him were other services, because he stopped letting people get used for scut. We didn't lose any attendings or residents, and truthfully, he didn't make any colossal changes.
This one is a blast from the past. Even Sweet Tea got in on the action.
EM-2s work 18ish shifts
EM-3s work 16-17 shifts
All are 10 hour shifts.
Moonlighting is allowed, but not on site (yet). They're working on letting us do the urgent care center, but nothing is final. Otherwise, it has to be outside of the UHS system, as there are apparently Medicare rules about acting as an attending and a resident at the same place (their words, not mine). Plenty of hospitals around within an hour's drive.
The new chair is perfectly fine. The only people that didn't like him were other services, because he stopped letting people get used for scut. We didn't lose any attendings or residents, and truthfully, he didn't make any colossal changes.
This one is a blast from the past. Even Sweet Tea got in on the action.
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And those shift numbers are for actual ~"months", not 4-week blocks. It means even first-year in the ED, it's pretty much one day off for each two days worked. It means a lot of time to moonlight third-year.
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If by "SIMS" you mean simulations, yes. Well-funded, big part of local EMS education as well as residents in multiple programs, run by a few EM faculty.
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Large sim center. Quite nice. Not on the tour for some reason typically.
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Seeing as how you weren't there before the current Chair at least get the details before you post.
There was one resident who left after his second year and 3 attendings who left while I was there.
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Sorry, wasn't there, my first experience with him wasn't until Dec 2006, and he'd been there 6-7 months. It was what I was told by the PD.
However, we have gained 3 residents from other programs, and are hiring our 4th new faculty member this year. Program operates in the black (only department in the hospital I might add). So he may have rubbed people when he first showed up, but he certainly isn't bad to work with now.
