Balance of Prestige and Lifestyle for Ortho program

[bonemann]

I know we are all supposed to pretend that we don't have these things, but I have a serious question about what ortho residency programs have a good mixture of name recognition, solid, fairly high volume training, and that treat their residents like humans.
Any programs close to this that exist, particularly on the West coast?

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[qwerty89]

Not an ortho doc/resident...

But I know personally that residents and former grads speak well of Medical College of Wisconsin.

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

UF. Vermont. Geisinger. Also anywhere the residents are allowed to take call from home as seniors (during or after PGY3). Usually that implies a somewhat chill atmosphere.

 

[Decremaster]

UF. Vermont. Geisinger. Also anywhere the residents are allowed to take call from home as seniors (during or after PGY3). Usually that implies a somewhat chill atmosphere.

This issue with home call though is that you are not required to get a post-call day off...


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[OrthoTraumaMD]

This issue with home call though is that you are not required to get a post-call day off...


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You still don’t need to be in the hospital, which is a huge plus. Additionally, some programs do count it as actual call.


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[bonemann]

@OrthoTraumaMD
When considering residencies, how much stock should I put into the general sense that many big name residencies (Harborview, HSS, even Stanford) have many fellows who do a lot of the surgeries which negatively impacts the training of residents?
I hear that thrown around about a lot of top programs and was wondering if that's actually a reason to avoid.

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

@OrthoTraumaMD
When considering residencies, how much stock should I put into the general sense that many big name residencies (Harborview, HSS, even Stanford) have many fellows who do a lot of the surgeries which negatively impacts the training of residents?
I hear that thrown around about a lot of top programs and was wondering if that's actually a reason to avoid.

I address this in my AMA thread. I would stay away from places with many fellows who will compete with you for cases.


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[VincentAdultman]

@OrthoTraumaMD
When considering residencies, how much stock should I put into the general sense that many big name residencies (Harborview, HSS, even Stanford) have many fellows who do a lot of the surgeries which negatively impacts the training of residents?
I hear that thrown around about a lot of top programs and was wondering if that's actually a reason to avoid.

The purpose of going to a big name residency is to do research and network so you can get that big name fellowship and go on to be a department head/leader in your field.