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There are absolutely dishonest physicians and departments out there looking to take advantage of you.
Meet with as many current attendings as possible. If the list of people you're meeting with is tiny and it's a big place, that's a red flag.
Always meet with faculty in your disease site area, especially disease site specialists or leaders and important people in other related specialties. Don't accept "they're not available." It's easy to just email them directly.
If it's a physician-scientist position, make sure you're meeting with the current and recent physician scientists in the department to find out if they're successful and being supported.
If anyone has left in the past few years or is leaving, reach out to them to find out why and get their opinions, good or bad. Current department faculty can be scared into being evasive or downright dishonest. New or recent departures are usually the best people to talk to because they have nothing to lose. It's usually not hard to find them.
Some more tips here: Evaluating an Academic Radiation Oncology Position - PubMed
Meet with as many current attendings as possible. If the list of people you're meeting with is tiny and it's a big place, that's a red flag.
Always meet with faculty in your disease site area, especially disease site specialists or leaders and important people in other related specialties. Don't accept "they're not available." It's easy to just email them directly.
If it's a physician-scientist position, make sure you're meeting with the current and recent physician scientists in the department to find out if they're successful and being supported.
If anyone has left in the past few years or is leaving, reach out to them to find out why and get their opinions, good or bad. Current department faculty can be scared into being evasive or downright dishonest. New or recent departures are usually the best people to talk to because they have nothing to lose. It's usually not hard to find them.
Some more tips here: Evaluating an Academic Radiation Oncology Position - PubMed
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