Best Residency Prep

[kiwisun]

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Now that the cycle is coming to an end, during interviews I have heard people speak about schools in which prepare very well for residency while others do not. I have heard the sentiment that people were able to see where some students were ill-prepared compared to some of their peers. I was wondering which schools are known for preparing super well for residency and ones that maybe students have graduated from and needed some more adjustment.

 

[Lifeblood_20]

Super dependent on specialty.

 

[AJS59]

Only an M1 here, but I'd argue that as long as you have good quality rotations and sub-I's in your specialty of choice (i.e. you're not relegated to the sidelines and left to shadow), you'll be fine. The expectations for interns in most specialties (yes, even surgery, just having spoken with neurosurgery residents) is that on day 1 you won't know a lot, but as long as you have the soft skills down (notably: the patient interview, general physical exam, how to present and develop your DDx/treatment, and how to write notes) the harder, specialty specific skills will come with time.

If you're personally trying to decide between schools to assess education quality, I think its worth asking how much leeway med students got on their mandatory rotations to actually do things, and for the older med students, how much independence they got in their sub-I's

 

[iforget2]

I’m a PGY-3 so I see a lot of auditioners from a lot of different schools. Honestly it really comes down to the student. I’ve seen really good students from a particular school and really bad ones from the same school, and this applies for pretty much any medical school that sends core rotations students or auditioners. I found that what you put into med school is what you get out of it, so if you want to do well in clinical rotations and beyond thats largely up to you

 

[FlowRate]

Barring any egregious outliers re: unpreparedness, programs are generally expecting a pretty wide range of intern ability. By month 3, most people are on a relatively level playing field and definitely by month 6 they should be.

I'd almost view it as an inverse--which med schools give opportunities for you to feel (and be) prepared for intern year? I found that the "intern boot camp" our school offered in like Mar or Apr was very helpful.