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Program: Emory, 3-years
Residents: The most diverse group of residents I've met. There are 18/class making Emory one of the largest programs in the country. Residents are both married & single, several have taken time off for varied pursuits before medical school, also very good racial diversity. They are all incredibly happy, too. There was a fantastic turnout at the dinner the night before. They have a lot of fun together outside the hospital. There was a big "ER" party in October that many residents from other programs attended as well.
Faculty: the PD is a standout. He's a huge resident advocate, one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Many faculty are nationally very well-respected, including the chair Dr. Kellerman and the acting chair Dr. Heilpern.
Facilities: the primary location is Grady Memorial Hospital, the quintesential county experience. The ED is big, smelly, and crazy fun looking. The 3 (expandable to 6) trauma bays were full in the middle of the day during a tour. Grady is the only Level 1 trauma center for the entire city of Atlanta plus most of the surrounding area (I think the next closest is in Chatannoga, TN). Emory has a helicopter service and the main city EMS response is affiliated with Grady, so all 911 calls basically go to the Grady ambulances. The ED is huge, old, but well-lit. There is still a white grease-board (adds character?) and all paper charting, but labs and old EKGs and old hospital admission records are all computerized. The other facilities include Emory University Hospital (tertiary care facility, computerized, patients with weird rare complaints referred from all over the Southeast) and Crawford Long Hospital (very nice community hospital [where James Brown went right before he died], bread and butter EM, has a 24-hr cath lab, computerized on same system as Emory Hospital).
Peds: affiliated with 2 different peds hospitals, Egleston and Hughes Spalding. HS is the "county" like peds hospital right across the street from Grady. Egleston is the fancy "Emory" like hospital where all the rare interesting things go. Peds seems very strong here.
Trauma: Huge trauma volume. EDPs manage the airway, trauma team is activated on all major stuff. Some of the original research on the FAST scan came from the trauma surgery department at Emory, so the trauma team does most of the scans in the ED. The EM resident, of course, rotates on the trauma service a couple of times.
Curriculum: didactics were not emphasized a ton on the interview day, I sense that this program is more of a learn by autonomy and doing lots and lots of stuff program. But there are lectures once a week for 5 hours or so, whatever the RRC requirement is. Also requires the standard quality improvement and scholarly projects.
Patient population: classic county population at Grady - poorest of the poor, prisoners, disenfranchised ex-middle class, lots of trauma and very sick medical patients. More upper class professer types at Emory, everything in between at CLH.
City: Atlanta has a lot to offer. There are some beautiful sections of town like the Virginia Highlands and Decatur that are reminiscent of some of the walking cities of the Northeast, but there are also lots of modern developed areas like Buckhead with fancy shopping, clubs, bars, restaurants, etc. The cost of living is also very do-able for a big city; you can easily get a 2-bedroom in one of the nicest sections of town for $1200. You could get a 1-bedroom in a less-nice section for as little as $500.
Overall: The most autonomy I've seen in any three year program. Huge volume, no competition with other area hospitals for trauma and sick patients. Residents come out super-prepared as they get to run an ENTIRE zone of the 110K ED as a PGY-3. The only downside is that it seems if you want to read a lot and focus on brainy stuff you have to be really focused and motivated to self-teach. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of bedside teaching, but studying for the boards and didactic stuff might be a little lacking in the curriculum. I absolutely fell in love with this program, it will probably end up very near the top of my list if not number one.
ps - Grady isn't scary, it looks fun as hell. That's why we all became EP's, for the chaos! Also, the ancillary staffing issues in the ED are reportedly much-improved (no more taking patients to X-ray, no more blood draws).
Residents: The most diverse group of residents I've met. There are 18/class making Emory one of the largest programs in the country. Residents are both married & single, several have taken time off for varied pursuits before medical school, also very good racial diversity. They are all incredibly happy, too. There was a fantastic turnout at the dinner the night before. They have a lot of fun together outside the hospital. There was a big "ER" party in October that many residents from other programs attended as well.
Faculty: the PD is a standout. He's a huge resident advocate, one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Many faculty are nationally very well-respected, including the chair Dr. Kellerman and the acting chair Dr. Heilpern.
Facilities: the primary location is Grady Memorial Hospital, the quintesential county experience. The ED is big, smelly, and crazy fun looking. The 3 (expandable to 6) trauma bays were full in the middle of the day during a tour. Grady is the only Level 1 trauma center for the entire city of Atlanta plus most of the surrounding area (I think the next closest is in Chatannoga, TN). Emory has a helicopter service and the main city EMS response is affiliated with Grady, so all 911 calls basically go to the Grady ambulances. The ED is huge, old, but well-lit. There is still a white grease-board (adds character?) and all paper charting, but labs and old EKGs and old hospital admission records are all computerized. The other facilities include Emory University Hospital (tertiary care facility, computerized, patients with weird rare complaints referred from all over the Southeast) and Crawford Long Hospital (very nice community hospital [where James Brown went right before he died], bread and butter EM, has a 24-hr cath lab, computerized on same system as Emory Hospital).
Peds: affiliated with 2 different peds hospitals, Egleston and Hughes Spalding. HS is the "county" like peds hospital right across the street from Grady. Egleston is the fancy "Emory" like hospital where all the rare interesting things go. Peds seems very strong here.
Trauma: Huge trauma volume. EDPs manage the airway, trauma team is activated on all major stuff. Some of the original research on the FAST scan came from the trauma surgery department at Emory, so the trauma team does most of the scans in the ED. The EM resident, of course, rotates on the trauma service a couple of times.
Curriculum: didactics were not emphasized a ton on the interview day, I sense that this program is more of a learn by autonomy and doing lots and lots of stuff program. But there are lectures once a week for 5 hours or so, whatever the RRC requirement is. Also requires the standard quality improvement and scholarly projects.
Patient population: classic county population at Grady - poorest of the poor, prisoners, disenfranchised ex-middle class, lots of trauma and very sick medical patients. More upper class professer types at Emory, everything in between at CLH.
City: Atlanta has a lot to offer. There are some beautiful sections of town like the Virginia Highlands and Decatur that are reminiscent of some of the walking cities of the Northeast, but there are also lots of modern developed areas like Buckhead with fancy shopping, clubs, bars, restaurants, etc. The cost of living is also very do-able for a big city; you can easily get a 2-bedroom in one of the nicest sections of town for $1200. You could get a 1-bedroom in a less-nice section for as little as $500.
Overall: The most autonomy I've seen in any three year program. Huge volume, no competition with other area hospitals for trauma and sick patients. Residents come out super-prepared as they get to run an ENTIRE zone of the 110K ED as a PGY-3. The only downside is that it seems if you want to read a lot and focus on brainy stuff you have to be really focused and motivated to self-teach. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of bedside teaching, but studying for the boards and didactic stuff might be a little lacking in the curriculum. I absolutely fell in love with this program, it will probably end up very near the top of my list if not number one.
ps - Grady isn't scary, it looks fun as hell. That's why we all became EP's, for the chaos! Also, the ancillary staffing issues in the ED are reportedly much-improved (no more taking patients to X-ray, no more blood draws).