Chattanooga OB/GYN residency

[rabok416]

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I was wondering if anyone out there knows anything about UT Chattanooga's program. I saw that it recently got put on probation:
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/oct/23/ob-gyn-program-put-on-probation/
Anyone have any more info? I am quite interested in this program but this news doesn't sound too good.

 

[pinkanml]

I'm not sure if this is 100% true, but while interviewing at another Tennessee university a couple weeks ago, I heard that there may have been an issue with residents getting sufficient surgical numbers. Not sure if that was cases in general, or certain types of procedures such as vag hysts, etc. They may also have an issue with work hours violations, but that's pretty common in OBGYN residency programs.

Regardless, I already accepted an interview at UT Chattanooga before they notified applicants of their probation status and plan on keeping it. I'd like to get the honest facts from their residents and PD when I visit in January. My own med school here in D.C. is currently on probation and it had nothing to do with the quality of education, so I will reserve my judgment.

On the interview trail I met an applicant who had already interviewed there and she thought well of the program despite their being on probation. I didn't get the chance to get any more info from her than that, but she seemed to be looking for similar things in her ideal program that I'm looking for, so I'm feeling pretty optimistic.

 

[gynObMD]

The program is off probation and now has a 4 year accreditation. The current PD, Dr Stumpf, came on board to fix the issues with the program about two years ago. He is a former member of many big national committees and a recent chair of an ACOG committee. I believe that this is the third program that he has rescued and turned around in a big way. All of the residents get plenty of procedures from intern year onward, and the faculty genuinely enjoy teaching. Chattanooga has almost 50% males in the program which is more than any other program I interviewed at by far. They have a MIGS fellowship, and the incoming residents should be robot certified by graduation. They have started a novel "rural OB/GYN" component that entails a resident accompanying an attending to a rural site (~1 hour drive) one day a week on your outpatient month. The area they go to has no OB/GYN in the entire area, so you are providing a real outreach service along with seeing your own patients. They have all of the sim labs you would expect at any major program with endless support from University of Tennessee. This is a solid program.

In short, the program is very (if not completely) different from the program with the former PD under probation.