Not sure which part of this specifically you'd like an update on (feel free to ask a specific question), but pretty much BPEI is unchanged from the above comments. It's a great place to train, there is definitely a Bascom "family" culture that makes your hard days seem fine (this isn't really mentioned above, but it's certainly the way things are at Bascom, and always has been). We have good supervision for procedures, diverse and insane pathology, and the days are long and tough for first years and sometimes in other years as well (depends on the rotation). Again, as stated above, nothing compared to gen surg. In speaking with friends at other ophtho residencies with an eye ER or similar patient populations, there are tough hours across the board.
No one will ever sugar coat that at BPEI, you will work you butt off. Don't want long hours, or you have questions of if that's a fit for you...then that's fine, and totally normal. It's not for everyone. But, don't rank highly places with eye ER's and large indigent patient populations. It's the same for everywhere that's like BPEI...Wills, MEEI, UCLA, USC, Emory, etc, etc (just naming some off the top of my head, not meant to be an exhaustive list). They may have different training philosophies/environments at each program, but the hours are all the same. Hope this helps.
