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Graduating senior here. Just thought i'd share some personal thoughts that I wish I knew better when I was an applicant..
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]1)Vacation. All programs give you vacation, but some places want you to do the same number of shifts that month. For example if you have a week off during a month they might want you to work extra during the rest of the 3 weeks. Some places just give you the time off. Period..[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]2)It's much more important than you think for you to go to a hospital where EM is much stronger than medicine/surgery..[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]3)A lot of programs(even the big names) don't teach their residents how to do blind central lines. It' much easier for them to teach you ultrasound guided IJs and less liability for them. There are quite a few residents out there that are graduating without knowing how to do subclavian or blind IJ lines. You NEED to know how to do those more than comfortably..[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]4)Trauma is overrated and medical resuscitations are much more important for your training. Applicants don't know that trauma in fact is a money losing service and places that get a lot of trauma depend on residents to do the work and it does not contribute as much to your overall training as you think. After a certain amount of trauma, any more than that hinders your training.
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]5)There are more people at 4 yr programs than we admit that wish we could have gone to a 3 yr program and have the choice to either graduate a year earlier or do a fellowship. Overall, we defend our programs and tell applicants otherwise.
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Other graduating residents feel free to share your advices also.
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Graduating senior here. Just thought i'd share some personal thoughts that I wish I knew better when I was an applicant..
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]1)Vacation. All programs give you vacation, but some places want you to do the same number of shifts that month. For example if you have a week off during a month they might want you to work extra during the rest of the 3 weeks. Some places just give you the time off. Period..[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]2)It's much more important than you think for you to go to a hospital where EM is much stronger than medicine/surgery..[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]3)A lot of programs(even the big names) don't teach their residents how to do blind central lines. It' much easier for them to teach you ultrasound guided IJs and less liability for them. There are quite a few residents out there that are graduating without knowing how to do subclavian or blind IJ lines. You NEED to know how to do those more than comfortably..[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]4)Trauma is overrated and medical resuscitations are much more important for your training. Applicants don't know that trauma in fact is a money losing service and places that get a lot of trauma depend on residents to do the work and it does not contribute as much to your overall training as you think. After a certain amount of trauma, any more than that hinders your training.
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[FONT=DejaVu Sans, serif]5)There are more people at 4 yr programs than we admit that wish we could have gone to a 3 yr program and have the choice to either graduate a year earlier or do a fellowship. Overall, we defend our programs and tell applicants otherwise.
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Other graduating residents feel free to share your advices also.
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