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let's start a med-peds interview thread

offering:

Cincy
Med Coll of Virginia
WVU
Greenville, SC
U Ten-Memphis

Any others?
 
I've heard from Phoenix Hospitals Program, Rush, and USC-LAC. Still waiting on UCLA, Uof Chicago.
Anyone else out there?
 
SUNY- Stony Brook
 
a few more to add...

Minnesota
Michigan
Pittsburgh
Maryland
UMass
Baystate
 
USF
UAB
U Kentucky
Greeneville, NC
MUSC
Univ Arkansas
 
Add...

Kansas
Texas
Mississippi
 
also,

Albany
Georgetown
Hershey
 
I also heard from U of Maryland med-peds
 
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heard from:
usc
mt sinai
g'town
unc
st. vincents-manhattan

still waiting on:
ucsd
ucla
harvard
dook
miami
 
add christiana care

still waiting to hear from a bunch of places that Ive seen on the list, hope its just that our deans letter hasnt been sent out yet... 🙁
 
agent149 said:
add christiana care

still waiting to hear from a bunch of places that Ive seen on the list, hope its just that our deans letter hasnt been sent out yet... 🙁
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Don't know the timetable for Deans Letters, or whatever they call them now, on the school side, but ERAS has not uploaded them to residencies. yet.
 
vandy med-peds anyone?
any UNC besides the one?
still no dook?

add..
-lewyville, ky (sent actual paper letter)
-greenville, s.c.
 
I've heard back from the following schools

OU
Baylor
UT Houston
Kentucky
Louisville
USF
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
KU
Missouri

Got rejected by Duke 😱 but i'll get over it
 
Case Rainbow
Maine
 
great list megacolon....sounds awesome, congrats...out of curiosity, how/when did you hear about from dook?
 
Heard from

Baystate
OSU
CWRU - metrohealth
Cincy
Minnesota
VCU
Christiana
UAB
Rush
Rochester
Miami

Also got an invite from Loma Linda, not sure about this program, does anyone have any thoughts or heard anything about them?
 
from what ive heard, loma alinda is supposed to be a good hospital....the major complaints are the location (way, way, way outside of la in the desert) and its a major religious hospital that doesnt serve any caffeine or meat
 
dacunc1 said:
great list megacolon....sounds awesome, congrats...out of curiosity, how/when did you hear about from dook?
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I heard from Duke just recently...I checked my deleted email...they emailed me on 10/20/05.
 
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Hey guys and gals,

Add Michigan St.
Tenn-Memphis

I still have not heard from the following programs:

Harvard
Vandy
UCSD
Michigan

I saw one other person mention Michigan on here, so add that to my axe list with puke..err...i mean duke 🙄 haha. I just wish they would tell you a deadline to when they'll let you know. It's just rude to make people buy plane tickets at the last minute. Duke was kind enough to email me and let me know. Does anyone know if they just don't respond, or if they do like some med schools did back in the day of letting you know you were rejected way later, when it was painfully obvious.

Another question...has anyone heard anything about the differences between the 1 and 2 day interview process? Do they just show you around less/more, make you interview with a ton more people or less? Just curious since it's split about 75/25 at the places I'm interviewing.

Signed,
Bankrupt, Compulsive ERAS checker
 
Got interview at UNC on 10/20, Georgetown on 10/24

Still waiting on (rejections from?) Harvard, Penn, Duke, Vandy
 
Hey all,

I heard back and got an offer to interview at vandy via email!
 
Got interviews from all the schools I applied to! Really surprising - I guess my LORs were really good.

UNC
Duke
Vandy (just heard from today, my last one)
MUSC
ECU
U of MD
Baylor
VCU

:laugh:
 
dacunc1 said:
from what ive heard, loma alinda is supposed to be a good hospital....the major complaints are the location (way, way, way outside of la in the desert) and its a major religious hospital that doesnt serve any caffeine or meat
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Very, very bad air, but San Bernadino, Redlands, and Riverside are hardly 'desert'. We're not taking about Barstow or some other backwater.

Re caffeine and such - bring a thermos. You're doing this for the education, not the food.
 
forncroj said:
Very, very bad air, but San Bernadino, Redlands, and Riverside are hardly 'desert'. We're not taking about Barstow or some other backwater.

Re caffeine and such - bring a thermos. You're doing this for the education, not the food.
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No actually, I am doing this for the food. I need Starbucks, and I need steak. Any clinical training picked up along the way is gravy (which can go on top of my steak).

👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
 
forncroj said:
Very, very bad air, but San Bernadino, Redlands, and Riverside are hardly 'desert'. We're not taking about Barstow or some other backwater.

Re caffeine and such - bring a thermos. You're doing this for the education, not the food.
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So what do you think about the quality of the program? Also Loma Linda is not offering a thing...I am hard pressed not to go simply because of cost etc. but I do not want to miss out on a really good program.
 
Tar Heel Born said:
No actually, I am doing this for the food. I need Starbucks, and I need steak. Any clinical training picked up along the way is gravy (which can go on top of my steak).

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👍 go heels
 
I'm new around here, but I'll pitch in with thoughts on my M-P interview trail:

Christiana
Cincy
Baystate
UNC
MUSC
Vandy
Rochester
Indiana
Duke
Michigan
Brown

Still waiting on Harvard and Yale.

I realize that many of these are repeats, but the more the merrier, right?
 
yobabydoc said:
So what do you think about the quality of the program? Also Loma Linda is not offering a thing...I am hard pressed not to go simply because of cost etc. but I do not want to miss out on a really good program.
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I suspect they feel they'll fill with or without you. 🙁

A friend did med-peds there. She worked hard. They get all the Ped referrals between LA and Phoenix. Don't know how humane the program is (don't let the religion part fool you) - you'll be pushed to the limit as you will at most places. Are there better programs? Probably, but you'd be splitting hairs.

If it meets your needs otherwise, you'll learn plenty.
 
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Christiana
Yale

waiting for:
UNC
Brown
Harvard
 
heard from:
usc
mt sinai
g'town
unc
st. vincents-manhattan
ucsd
dook
miami


still waiting on:
ucla
harvard.............
 
UCLA just now-

To update:
UCLA
USC
Phoenix Hospitals
Rush

Still waiting on U of Chicago
 
I've been freeloading for a few weeks, so thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

Only a few places to add:

U Illinos-Chic
Loyola
UMDNJ
SUNY- Stony Brook
U Chicago (today)
 
I just decided to combine the lists together... (+) for multiple offers

offering interviews:

Albany Med+
Albert Einstein
Baylor+
Baystate+
Brown
Case Western (Metrohealth)
Case Western (Rainbow Babies)
Christiana+++
Cincy++
Duke++
East Carolina+
Georgetown++
Indiana+
KU
Loma Linda+
Loyola
Maine
Marsfield
Med Coll of Virginia++
Med Coll of Wisconsin
MUSC+
Michigan State
Minnesota+
Mt. Sinai
OU
Ohio State
Penn State
Phoenix Hospitals
Rush++
St Vincent's-Manhattan+
SUNY- Stony Brook
U Arkansas
UAB
UCLA
UCSD
U Chicago+
U Illinos-Chic+
U Kentucy
U Louisville
U of MD+
U Mass
UMDNJ+
U Miami+
U Mississippi
U Missouri
UNC++
UPMC
U Rochester++
USC++
USF
U Ten-Memphis+
UT Houston
Vanderbilt++
WVU
Yale

Does anyone have any thoughts on programs that didn't fill their positions last year? I'm specifically concerned about Albert Einstein in Philly and St Vincent's-Manhattan which did not fill their spots through the match in 2005 and didn't match anyone at all in 2004. Does this mean that their programs are not well-supported and residents are not happy? Thanks for any input!
 
u have made it look like an awesome job

CTKN2 said:
I just decided to combine the lists together... (+) for multiple offers

offering interviews:

Albany Med+
Albert Einstein
Baylor+
Baystate+
Brown
Case Western (Metrohealth)
Case Western (Rainbow Babies)
Christiana+++
Cincy++
Duke++
East Carolina+
Georgetown++
Indiana+
KU
Loma Linda+
Loyola
Maine
Marsfield
Med Coll of Virginia++
Med Coll of Wisconsin
MUSC+
Michigan State
Minnesota+
Mt. Sinai
OU
Ohio State
Penn State
Phoenix Hospitals
Rush++
St Vincent's-Manhattan+
SUNY- Stony Brook
U Arkansas
UAB
UCLA
UCSD
U Chicago+
U Illinos-Chic+
U Kentucy
U Louisville
U of MD+
U Mass
UMDNJ+
U Miami+
U Mississippi
U Missouri
UNC++
UPMC
U Rochester++
USC++
USF
U Ten-Memphis+
UT Houston
Vanderbilt++
WVU
Yale

Does anyone have any thoughts on programs that didn't fill their positions last year? I'm specifically concerned about Albert Einstein in Philly and St Vincent's-Manhattan which did not fill their spots through the match in 2005 and didn't match anyone at all in 2004. Does this mean that their programs are not well-supported and residents are not happy? Thanks for any input!
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Adding USC, UCLA, Brown, Phoenix, Utah, U of Illinois Chicago, Stonybrook, Loma Linda, Maine Med, UMass and Yale:

Albany Med+
Albert Einstein
Baylor+
Baystate+
Brown+
Case Western (Metrohealth)
Case Western (Rainbow Babies)
Christiana+++
Cincy++
Duke++
East Carolina+
Georgetown++
Indiana+
KU
Loma Linda++
Loyola
Maine+
Marsfield
Med Coll of Virginia++
Med Coll of Wisconsin
MUSC+
Michigan State
Minnesota+
Mt. Sinai
OU
Ohio State
Penn State
Phoenix Hospitals+
Rush++
St Vincent's-Manhattan+
SUNY- Stony Brook+
U Arkansas
UAB
UCLA+
UCSD
U Chicago+
U Illinos-Chic++
U Kentucy
U Louisville
U of MD+
U Mass+
UMDNJ+
U Miami+
U Mississippi
U Missouri
UNC++
UPMC
U Rochester++
USC+++
USF
Utah
U Ten-Memphis+
UT Houston
Vanderbilt++
WVU
Yale+
 
Went to see Christiana Care's program in Delaware recently. I was using it mostly as a warmup, but I have to say I was more impressed with the program than I expected.

Strengths include two big hospitals, including a freestanding children's hospital, a director who is by all accounts a great advocate for his residents, a very cohesive-seeming program, and a somewhat more rigorous intellectual environment than I had been set up to expect.

Weaknesses include the fact that the main adult hospital and the children's hospital are widely separated (~20+ min shuttle between), a strange division of labor in peds, where Christiana does births, NICU, and incoming peds traumas, but the only PICU is at duPont, which has a postsurgical NICU only. For me, the location is not ideal either, and physical beauty is not a strong attribute of the area immediately proximate to the hospital.

The interview itself was benign and informative, although you do 5 interviews over a single 9-hour day that includes morning report and some tours. Residents were eager to talk and didn't seem to hold much back. No one was very negative about the place as a whole, and they retain a lot of alumni.


Hope this is helpful- I see Cincy next.

NS
 
thanks for the info, NorthernSun!

this is just a random (and weird) question for anyone: if you're doing a 2-day interview at a program, are you going to wear the same suit on both days?? (I know, silly question, but I'm really wondering...!)
 
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Are there any D.O.'s interviewing?? Also, is it worth it (financially) to do a critical care fellowship after Med-Peds?
 
forncroj said:
I suspect they feel they'll fill with or without you. 🙁

A friend did med-peds there. She worked hard. They get all the Ped referrals between LA and Phoenix. Don't know how humane the program is (don't let the religion part fool you) - you'll be pushed to the limit as you will at most places. Are there better programs? Probably, but you'd be splitting hairs.

If it meets your needs otherwise, you'll learn plenty.
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"Splitting hairs"? I do not understand this phrase in context of your statement, could you clarify? Also any thoughts on Christiana?
 
NorthernSun said:
Went to see Christiana Care's program in Delaware recently. I was using it mostly as a warmup, but I have to say I was more impressed with the program than I expected.

Strengths include two big hospitals, including a freestanding children's hospital, a director who is by all accounts a great advocate for his residents, a very cohesive-seeming program, and a somewhat more rigorous intellectual environment than I had been set up to expect.

Weaknesses include the fact that the main adult hospital and the children's hospital are widely separated (~20+ min shuttle between), a strange division of labor in peds, where Christiana does births, NICU, and incoming peds traumas, but the only PICU is at duPont, which has a postsurgical NICU only. For me, the location is not ideal either, and physical beauty is not a strong attribute of the area immediately proximate to the hospital.

The interview itself was benign and informative, although you do 5 interviews over a single 9-hour day that includes morning report and some tours. Residents were eager to talk and didn't seem to hold much back. No one was very negative about the place as a whole, and they retain a lot of alumni.


Hope this is helpful- I see Cincy next.

NS
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So did the program impress you enough to rank it high? I am interviewing there in a few weeks and I was close to canceling it when I read your post. Have never been to Delaware, not sure why I even applied here...Anyone out there at Christiana can speak to the quality of this program?
 
😍

Recently interviewed at UNC for Med-Peds. Where do I begin?
Everyone knows that this is one of the oldest programs in the US but it was still amazing to see how well integrated this program was into both categorical programs. Med-peds residents in this program are well respected by residents and faculty in both categoricals.

The faculty is amazing. It's a little unsettling to find out after holding a relaxed conversation with one of them that he/she is the foremost leading authority on X or wrote the first paper on Y. Since I have an interest in international medicine, I was pleased to hear that the faculty has collective ties to almost every region of the world and will work with residents to facilitate electives abroad. Several of the residents had just returned from Uganda.

The PD is young and energetic and is apparently a very strong advocate for his residents. They, in turn, had nothing but enthusiastic praise for him.

The residents themselves seem very happy and cohesive. The pre-interview dinner is at one of their houses. Some people may turn up their noses to such an informal dinner but I really had a good feel for the group by the end of the night that I doubt I would have had after a dinner out. Spouses seemed to know each other well and were open about their perspectives. Residents were just as honest and eager to brag about their program. They seemed like old friends.

Academically speaking, this program is strong. Residents have their choice of several pediatric or medicine conferences on any given day. Board review materials are provided and residents' strengths and weaknesses are assessed every year to tailor board review. They have no problems passing their boards.

The facilities are nice too. While the medicine wards are older, the children's hospital was finished in 2002. All the hospitals are connected by a pretty, sunlit lobby (? don't really know how to explain it, but it's aesthetically pleasing anyway). The MICU is brand new. The Pediatric Heart Center hasn't opened quite yet and a new cancer center is being built. Scutwork is decreased by having IV teams and a PICC team. Pharmacists round with the teams in the morning.

Residents work hard here, but of course adhere to the 80 hour work week. The MICU is q3. Ironically, the residents love MICU because of the amount of autonomy and procedures they get, despite being so tired. Everything else is q4.

Residents also rotate through Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh (approx. 30 min away) and Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro (approx 50 min away). They get $200 for gas. Rounds start later in these hospitals, which means they don't really need to get up any earlier in the AM. None of the residents complained about the commute and most thought that rotating through these hospitals was a plus because they saw a different patient population, were given more autonomy at these hospitals and generally thought that their education was more "rounded out" b/c of this.

Okay, I think I'm done now. All in all a great experience!

PS: Wear comfortable shoes for this interview. You'll do some walking
 
awesome whorek, 9hrs.....are you also interviewing at dook? thoughts?

great insight....keep up the reviews all
 
Interviewing at Dook at the end of the month. From what I hear the residents there start out with a little more "independence" in that on some months, the interns work directly with the attending without an upper level resident. Personally, I may need just a bit more "hand-holding" in the beginning but we'll see how the interns are holding up.

VCU coming up this Friday. I'm looking forward to this one, as Richmond is a pretty nice little city. Will post reviews later
 
CTKN2 said:
Does anyone have any thoughts on programs that didn't fill their positions last year? I'm specifically concerned about Albert Einstein in Philly and St Vincent's-Manhattan which did not fill their spots through the match in 2005 and didn't match anyone at all in 2004. Does this mean that their programs are not well-supported and residents are not happy? Thanks for any input!
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Recruiting's been tough, don't know how much to read into the fill rate. A lot of programs didn't fill last year, good ones.
 
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yobabydoc said:
"Splitting hairs"? I do not understand this phrase in context of your statement, could you clarify? Also any thoughts on Christiana?
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Didn't think I was that oblique... if you compare to 10 other programs, you'd probably be hard-pressed to tell us why Loma Linda is better (or worse) than most of the others.

I know the PD at Christiana from his role as former president of the Med-Peds Program Director Association and can vouch for him. A real advocate, knows which way the wind is blowing in the Med Ed world, and if he's as accessible to his residents as he is to people like me, you'd probably be happy to work with him for the duration.
 
forncroj said:
Recruiting's been tough, don't know how much to read into the fill rate. A lot of programs didn't fill last year, good ones.
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Have you noticed more applicants to med-peds this year? I've been hearing from med-peds residents that the interview groups have been quite large. Is this just a rumor?
 
I've been holding off on giving a review of Albany because it's my home base, and I feel weird doing this. However, I feel that it's a good program that a lot of people might not know about (e.g. we all know the big name ones like UNC and Rochester which are the two oldest med-peds programs in the country and are great programs)...

Albany's program is also one of the most well-established programs in the country - it's been around since 1980. It has the oldest continuity clinic and is staffed by six med-peds faculty with 2 more coming soon. It's free-standing and away from the hospital, and it functions like a private practice. It has more than 10,000 patients, and residents insist that they really do see 50/50 peds/adults. One of the best things about the program is the med-peds faculty who are dedicated, take turn making rounds at the hospital, and participate in teaching at the medical school - they teach residents in both peds, medicine, and the medical students (one of the faculty is a the third-year medicine clerkship director). As a first-year, you'll go to the clinic once a week for a half-day session, and after that, you go twice a week for the rest of residency. I think it's great to have so many role models that can show you how a med-peds practice might function. They are also continually expanding - they are likely adding a sports medicine area of the clinic in the next year. I think the only "problem" with this clinic is that it does function like a private practice - since it's in a suburban area, very few of the patients are on MediCare/Medicaid. So, if you're looking for a more urban population, this would not be it...However, the in-patient experience is different since Albany Medical Center is a tertiary care center with wide referral base...

Rotation blocks are 2-months which is different from the guidelines of 3-6 months, but Albany wrote to the boards because they had been doing this for a long time and felt that it was working well for them. And it does work pretty well for them - residents feel less stressed out when switching between departments and are pretty happy having the 2-month blocks. They're pretty well-integrated into both pediatrics and medicine departments as well. They are treated like they are residents in each separate department.

Albany Medical Center itself is a large tertiary care center with 650 beds and a wide referral base (upstate and eastern NY, western part of Mass, and southern part of Vermont), so you'll see a wide variety of interesting cases. There is no free-standing children's hospital but there is a "children's hospital" considered "a hospital within a hospital" with inpatient beds, NICU, PICU and many different pediatric subspecialties. Residents also rotate through the VA hospital across the street for medicine. There is a night float system. And short-call for medicine inpatient is q4 and short-call for peds inpatient is q2.

Peds faculty at Albany are great. They love to teach, are very knowledgeable, and they tend to be nice (this is probably like most programs though). Med faculty - it depends on who the attending is (I think that's also like a lot of programs). You'll find some really great teachers, and then, those who don't teach a lot. I find that all the med-peds facultry love to teach, and again, they're great role models!

Med-peds residents at Albany are pretty well-respected and they tend to be the best residents. They also seem very happy, enthusiastic, and they enjoy going to clinic. I haven't heard that anyone has had problems with getting fellowships. One grad last year is doing Peds-cardio at Stanford this year.

Anyways, I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions, and then (hopefully) I'll be able to answer them...
 
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