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I'll start us out...
I was at Mayo for a prelim medicine interview last week, and all of the prelim candidates were sitting around with a few of the residents waiting for morning report to begin. The chief resident was up front, standing by the podium waiting for people to file in. So in the back door walks some poor unsuspecting resident...
The chief says "Joe (name changed to protect the innocent), you are a prelim resident, why don't you tell these preliminary applicants about Mayo." So the guy says something like, "Well, I'll tell you about the good and bad parts about doing your prelim year here". He start off with the good, the usual "The sun and stars revolve around Mayo, everyone here is a superhero, etc" speech. Then he starts in on the bad, and proceeds to rip Mayo a new a$$hole. He complains about the workload, the elective time, the call schedule, the fact that he feels that prelims get worse treatment than categoricals, etc. He goes on and on...
So the chief is trying to shut him up, and is clearly getting steamed, but he can't yell at the guy in front of all of us. So the chief keeps cutting in, but he can't resist the temptation to take some verbal shots at the resident while he is trying to end the conversation. Each shot he takes, however, only triggers a new rebuttal by the resident. This seems to go on FOREVER, and all of the applicants are looking at each other and trying to stifle laughter. Finally it comes to an end.
Then, the rest of the day, all of the residents are in damage control mode, taking every opportunity to tell us that things are just peachy at Mayo... I bet that the resident got his butt chewed good after we had all left.
The funny thing is, it didn't really put Mayo in that bad of a light for me. I mean, prelim residents are unhappy everywhere. That happens when you spend a year working hard in a field that isn't the one you have chosen. It was actually a nice break from the phony environment that everyone tries to present on interview day...
-GB
I was at Mayo for a prelim medicine interview last week, and all of the prelim candidates were sitting around with a few of the residents waiting for morning report to begin. The chief resident was up front, standing by the podium waiting for people to file in. So in the back door walks some poor unsuspecting resident...
The chief says "Joe (name changed to protect the innocent), you are a prelim resident, why don't you tell these preliminary applicants about Mayo." So the guy says something like, "Well, I'll tell you about the good and bad parts about doing your prelim year here". He start off with the good, the usual "The sun and stars revolve around Mayo, everyone here is a superhero, etc" speech. Then he starts in on the bad, and proceeds to rip Mayo a new a$$hole. He complains about the workload, the elective time, the call schedule, the fact that he feels that prelims get worse treatment than categoricals, etc. He goes on and on...
So the chief is trying to shut him up, and is clearly getting steamed, but he can't yell at the guy in front of all of us. So the chief keeps cutting in, but he can't resist the temptation to take some verbal shots at the resident while he is trying to end the conversation. Each shot he takes, however, only triggers a new rebuttal by the resident. This seems to go on FOREVER, and all of the applicants are looking at each other and trying to stifle laughter. Finally it comes to an end.
Then, the rest of the day, all of the residents are in damage control mode, taking every opportunity to tell us that things are just peachy at Mayo... I bet that the resident got his butt chewed good after we had all left.
The funny thing is, it didn't really put Mayo in that bad of a light for me. I mean, prelim residents are unhappy everywhere. That happens when you spend a year working hard in a field that isn't the one you have chosen. It was actually a nice break from the phony environment that everyone tries to present on interview day...
-GB
