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MGH/McLean
I left my folder at a hotel, so apologize this is all off the top of my head/website.
1. Ease of Communication: ERAS. Fill out surveymonkey after initial invite, with interests and preferred dates.
2. Accommodation & Food: No accommodations. Dinner will be either after your interview day or night before. Best meal I had on the trail. Breakfast at McLean, egg muffins etc. lunch sandwiches.
3. Interview Day (Schedule, Type of Interview, Unusual Questions, Experiences): This was first year they consolidated interview into one day - met around 0815 @ MGH for shuttle to McLean. Beautiful view of the Charles on the way. After breakfast and presentation by PD and aPD (McLean), 3 interviews 30-45 mins each. Loved all my interviewers that day - everyone had gone through my application thoroughly. Lunch with sandwiches, brief tour of McLean then shuttle back to MGH for tour followed by additional 2 interviews. Wrap up from Dr. Smith (PD) around 430, optional tour of child facilities if so desired. Dinner was around 630.
4. Program Overview:
PGY1: 1 mo elective, 6 mo medicine at either Newton-Wellesley or MGH (you pref one before ranking). 1 mo neuro consult @ MGH, 1 mo neurology elective (one option is at McLean I believe), 1 mo clinical evaluation center (interviewed w/ attending who directs this service, said it's a nice intro into psych interviews/eval, gives you plenty of time to spend with pts), 3 mo inpatient psych at MGH on Blake 11.
PGY2: 3 mo MGH acute psych service (psych ED w/ 9? beds), 3 mo McLean on bipolar/sz unit, other 6 mos split b/t McLean and MGH. Outpt begins PGY2.
PGY3: 4 mo CL @ MGH, 2 mo @ jail, 2 mo McLean partial hosp. addictions, 4 mos electives.
Start your own private practice PGY4 - thought that was unique.
Call: PGY 1: 6 wks NF. PGY2: 6 wks NF + q10-11 24 hr call when not on NF?. PGY3-4: 16 weekend calls per year.
Moonlighting oppys begins PGY3. They now pay you for backup call ($100-$150 per pt?) - evidence of responsiveness to residents' requests.
5. Faculty Achievements & Involvement: The name speaks for itself - I think opportunities for virtually any area of psychiatry can be found here. Neuropsych/neurosciences particularly strong, program in psychodynamics (PiP), research were highlights I remember.
6. Location & Lifestyle:
Need a car to commute to McLean. Otherwise MGH is accessible on red line via T. Residents were extremely happy and down to earth. They do work hard, but I didn't get the sense that they were really tired. 16 per year. Boston is well, Boston. Historic, beautiful, expensive, New England charm, however you want to define it. Not for everyone, I personally loved it.
7. Salary & Benefits:
60k starting salary, standard benefits. Again moonlighting starting PGY3, plus get paid for backup call.
8. Program Strengths:
- Opportunities for wherever your interests may lie. Ability to go anywhere after you graduate fellowship wise.
- Location +/-
- MGH, McLean are pretty
9. Potential Weaknesses:
- COL in Boston is third only to NYC/SF (~2k for a 1 BR if you want to live in a decent area). Weather?
- Workload, though I doubt it's more than any other top program
Summary: I found the residents to be friendly, brilliant, and quite a cohesive group. A program for those who aspire to be leaders in psychiatry. Supportive faculty, though definitely not a warm and fuzzy/handholding program (unlike CHA). Despite contrary belief, research opportunities available but definitely a superb clinical training residency. That is to say, research isn't emphasized as some believe. Residents stated after APS @ MGH you will be prepared for anything 2/2 both volume and degree of pathology. (this is where backup call is done often)
I left my folder at a hotel, so apologize this is all off the top of my head/website.
1. Ease of Communication: ERAS. Fill out surveymonkey after initial invite, with interests and preferred dates.
2. Accommodation & Food: No accommodations. Dinner will be either after your interview day or night before. Best meal I had on the trail. Breakfast at McLean, egg muffins etc. lunch sandwiches.
3. Interview Day (Schedule, Type of Interview, Unusual Questions, Experiences): This was first year they consolidated interview into one day - met around 0815 @ MGH for shuttle to McLean. Beautiful view of the Charles on the way. After breakfast and presentation by PD and aPD (McLean), 3 interviews 30-45 mins each. Loved all my interviewers that day - everyone had gone through my application thoroughly. Lunch with sandwiches, brief tour of McLean then shuttle back to MGH for tour followed by additional 2 interviews. Wrap up from Dr. Smith (PD) around 430, optional tour of child facilities if so desired. Dinner was around 630.
4. Program Overview:
PGY1: 1 mo elective, 6 mo medicine at either Newton-Wellesley or MGH (you pref one before ranking). 1 mo neuro consult @ MGH, 1 mo neurology elective (one option is at McLean I believe), 1 mo clinical evaluation center (interviewed w/ attending who directs this service, said it's a nice intro into psych interviews/eval, gives you plenty of time to spend with pts), 3 mo inpatient psych at MGH on Blake 11.
PGY2: 3 mo MGH acute psych service (psych ED w/ 9? beds), 3 mo McLean on bipolar/sz unit, other 6 mos split b/t McLean and MGH. Outpt begins PGY2.
PGY3: 4 mo CL @ MGH, 2 mo @ jail, 2 mo McLean partial hosp. addictions, 4 mos electives.
Start your own private practice PGY4 - thought that was unique.
Call: PGY 1: 6 wks NF. PGY2: 6 wks NF + q10-11 24 hr call when not on NF?. PGY3-4: 16 weekend calls per year.
Moonlighting oppys begins PGY3. They now pay you for backup call ($100-$150 per pt?) - evidence of responsiveness to residents' requests.
5. Faculty Achievements & Involvement: The name speaks for itself - I think opportunities for virtually any area of psychiatry can be found here. Neuropsych/neurosciences particularly strong, program in psychodynamics (PiP), research were highlights I remember.
6. Location & Lifestyle:
Need a car to commute to McLean. Otherwise MGH is accessible on red line via T. Residents were extremely happy and down to earth. They do work hard, but I didn't get the sense that they were really tired. 16 per year. Boston is well, Boston. Historic, beautiful, expensive, New England charm, however you want to define it. Not for everyone, I personally loved it.
7. Salary & Benefits:
60k starting salary, standard benefits. Again moonlighting starting PGY3, plus get paid for backup call.
8. Program Strengths:
- Opportunities for wherever your interests may lie. Ability to go anywhere after you graduate fellowship wise.
- Location +/-
- MGH, McLean are pretty
9. Potential Weaknesses:
- COL in Boston is third only to NYC/SF (~2k for a 1 BR if you want to live in a decent area). Weather?
- Workload, though I doubt it's more than any other top program
Summary: I found the residents to be friendly, brilliant, and quite a cohesive group. A program for those who aspire to be leaders in psychiatry. Supportive faculty, though definitely not a warm and fuzzy/handholding program (unlike CHA). Despite contrary belief, research opportunities available but definitely a superb clinical training residency. That is to say, research isn't emphasized as some believe. Residents stated after APS @ MGH you will be prepared for anything 2/2 both volume and degree of pathology. (this is where backup call is done often)