Just goes to show you that despite the name, a program may not be good. As I've said countless times, though not for awhile on this forum, my younger brother got into several Ivy Leagues for art but went to the program that really was the best for what he wanted to do, Pasadena School of Design. Had he gone to Yale or Cornell the laymen might've been more impressed because they haven't heard of Pasadena's school that is light years ahead of others if you want to go into animation, video games, or film.
And that's not to take away from programs in a place with a good name but are good programs.
Anyways, about that guy I mentioned, he later was demoted, had his assistant PD title stripped, and was told to stop his shenanigans or be fired, but this was only the result of me bringing up this up to channels above the program, a new department head being hired at one of the two locations where the residency was based and she wasn't going tolerate this bull, and several staff members and even attendings (but only at one of the locations) backing what I said. It shouldn't have gone as far as it did. The only honest answer I got during this fiasco that lasted about a year was someone high up in the hospital told me of several political issues and a lack of availability of psychiatrists and why they just couldn't fire this guy. I was willing to accept that, but when it was brought out to others, they just got ticked with me...despite that patients were being put into dangerous situations because of this guy. (e.g. patient goes into seizure and the resident doesn't know what to do and this guy's not around to see that the right care happened).
I wasn't so vocal about it on the forum while I was a chief because I was still trying to figure out why the program wasn't doing anything about it, and by the time I left, the new dept head actually tried to fix it the way it should've been. It's also one of a few reasons why I wasn't so keen on going back to the alma mater despite getting an offer and some staff members I considered good friends asking me to come back.
Besides, the one clinical scenario I liked the best at the hospital where I trained was inpatient, and if I worked there, I'd have to work side-by-side with the guy or demand he be fired before I ever worked there again. I'm not going to do that when I got plenty of other offers from people and institutions I highly respect.
