General info
Hospital based program with stipend between 42-47k
There are some "class fees" or tuition, most of which you get reimbursed through GME.
4 new residents each year.
The hospital portion is at the Children's Hospital of Michigan. This is where you take call, OR cases, and complete your rotations. There is also a two chair dental clinic in the hospital where primarily cleft patients or emergency call patients are treated.
The main clinic is two blocks from CHM. This is where you will spend most of your time.
OR Experience
You do not go to the OR until second year, typically. There are times first year you might go for an emergency or to observe. The hospital has cut back on our OR time but you still get plenty of OR cases.
Sedation experience
Sedation meds: Hydroxyzine, Versed, Valium, intranasal versed. Residents are scheduled with 2 sedation cases per day.
Ortho experience
The program has a dual trained ortho/pedo faculty who works with residents one day per week in the resident ortho clinic. Basic appliances and space maintenance are the primary objectives. However, like many things, how much you learn to do is up to you.
On call
All the residents split call. Call is at home for one week approximately every 8 weeks. You still have a regular schedule of clinic, class, or rotations while on call. First years split all holiday call. An average week on call would be 7-15 pages with approximately 5-7 calls requiring you to go into the hospital. Of course, some weeks are much slower and some can be pretty busy.
Research
This area may be changing due to a new program director, however, I believe this is very similar to other hospital based programs.
Rotations
2 weeks in the emergency department
1 week in pediatric medicine
1 week in pediatric infectious disease
4 weeks in anesthesia
2 weeks in hematology/oncology
Academic classes
Classes are arranged around clinic hours. Typically you should expect to have class from 7-8am throughout the week. And occasionally during lunch and after clinic hours. Some classes have exams while others do not. A large part of this time is spent discussing articles we read prior to class. Other Courses include micro, stats, oral pathology, treatment planning, trauma, ect.
Clinic
We have clinic hours Monday through Thursday from 8-4, and Fridays from 8-1. You will see 1-2 patients per hour based on the procedure. You gets tons of experience! It is a very busy place.
Each resident has their own op room. There are two sedation rooms. And 3 chairs used for ortho and hygiene. During second year the residents spend approximately one day per month in the cleft clinic.
Assistants/Hygienists
Each resident is assigned an assistant. Plus there is a "float" assistant. This is a huge plus! I would encourage applicants to ask about assistants at their interviews.
There are 2-4 hygienists each day who typically see 2 recalls per hour.
On a side note, Detroit as a city has been nothing like I expected. There are some shady areas but there are several nice areas too! I have been pleasantly surprised how much I enjoy the city
Best wishes!