I'm a third year resident. I've been very happy with the training experience. We have an exceptional ED that is a well oiled machine. It is brand new and compared to the national average, I believe we have above average patient to resident ratio, providing intensive training with all the patients that you can shake a stick at. We have physicians assistants that provide 12 hours of fast track coverage. This results in a higher level of acuity as most of the small stuff gets seen by them. However, at night, you do see an adequate number of sniffles and sneezes and peds with ear infections to become proficient. The attendings are all nice people. Sure, a couple of them are grumpy from time to time, but overall, they are very non-malignant. (I've had some experience doing away rotations at other places, and ours are much nicer. Of course that was probably the fact that I was a student, and was probably a general nuisance.) The off service rotations are rigorous, but you have several cush rotations in your first year that make life bearable (rad/ultrasound, intro month, anesth, EMS). Omaha is a nice place to live, at least for me and my family. The cost of living is very cheap, and we get paid better than the average residency. Right now we are making 49,000 as 3rd years. So, in summary, it is a solid residency. No, we are not staffed by people who are all pioneers of Emergency Medicine like some of the old programs. Also, Omaha does not have the reputation of being the most exciting place to live especially compared to New York, or Las Vegas. If you are looking for a solid program to train at with a very efficient ED and a very non-malignant program, then come on out. PM me if you need more information.
I'm thinking of doing an externship there next year and was wondering if anyone has experience with this program? I'm looking for programs in the midwest to rotate at, any others people would recommend?
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I'm thinking of doing an externship there next year and was wondering if anyone has experience with this program? I'm looking for programs in the midwest to rotate at, any others people would recommend?
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