Any open PGY1 or upcoming PGY2 spots in Pathology you might know about for 2013-2014?

[CAthunder]

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Hi all,
I'm currently in a path residency program in the East Coast and would like to transfer to Los Angeles or anywhere in the west. I am a PGY-1 resident, love my program, but need to be near family right now. If you know of anything, please PM me if at all possible.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

-T.C.

 

[gbwillner]

Hi all,
I'm currently in a path residency program in the East Coast and would like to transfer to Los Angeles or anywhere in the west. I am a PGY-1 resident, love my program, but need to be near family right now. If you know of anything, please PM me if at all possible.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

-T.C.

I suggest you e-mail program directors at all the institutions you are considering. You never know what opens up or if there will be room for you.

 

[Internalmedicine_forever]

Hi CAthunder,

I just read your other posts. It seems you are a bit confused and not sure about what field of medicine you want to practice. A career as a physician, no matter what specialty, is hard work, especially during training. It doesn't seem like you want to put in any work and just want the rewards of being a doctor. From your posts it seems that you've switched residencies not only from anesthesia to path but now you want to switch again to another location. Being away from family is tough but it is only 4 years of training, many others have sacraficed more to train at a good institution. I think it looks poorly on future applications (fellowship, jobs) when someone keeps switching residencies, and you've already switched once. Anyway, that is just my opinion and advice, good luck with everything.

Your friend,
B. G.

 

[LADoc00]

Im not sure residency programs will care much you want to "be near your family."

Get a wooby or something if you feel lonely. If you have a sick and dying family member, visit them, tell them you love them (or dont..) and get back to work.

This may or may not apply: I knew of a resident whose "nana was terminally ill", but not literally dying mind you just sick it turns out. Old sick nana. The resident in question asked for some absurd amount of time off given he/she was stressed by training in general and the old sick nana excuse is typically good for a month or so. No dice. The program refused any time off for sick nana. Resident was angry...

So the resident in question then claimed to be clinically depressed, saw a psychiatrist and with just enough medical knowledge convinced her of the validity of the depression. The program then separated the resident for clinical depression and the resident happily sailed off to sick nana's house for nearly a quarter of a year.

Fully rested and nana now on the mend, the resident returned to said program. The program refused entry given they had reported serious mental condition "impeding proper clinical care to patients" to the state medical board as grounds for the leave. The resident needed to see a psychiatrist and be cleared. Oh no, the program had actually outsmarted the resident...The psychiatrist now unhappy she had been duped, refused to sign off on said resident. The resident was then terminated, left the program and moved back in with nana several hundred thousand dollars in student debt and with not even a valid medical license...

The end.

 

[malchik]

Great story, thanks!

 

[BlondeDocteur]

Well, FWIW I interviewed yesterday at a SoCal program where more than 4 residents in the last three years had transferred in or out solely due to family circumstances, plus another who had switched specialties. Some of these were married residents with children whose spouses' jobs were transferred to the opposite coast, etc (a situation where you could expect general sympathy), but at least one was a single guy who simply wanted to be closer to his family. [I don't think it matters which program-- they certainly weren't advertising any open spots].

The usual caveats-- if they're interested in you they'll call your current PD for the skinny and that can make life unpleasant, especially if the transfer is unsuccessful and you remain in your current program. And if you've already switched residencies once, there's very little you can say to the West Coast PD to convince them you're not going to flake out on them, too.