Hi all. I'm very interested in CNMC in DC but I have a classmate doing an away elective there who hasn't been too impressed with the residents. She says they aren't too friendly, seem clique-ish and a little catty, and overall a little arrogant. Does anyone have any opinions confirming or disagreeing with this opinion???
I rotated through there for PICU and EM, and it was . . interesting. granted this was 04-07, and things change, but they did seem clique-ish-- especially toward outside rotators. tehy also have times when residents would take what amounted to a 4 hour timeout (or leave early) for their REACH time-- i think it's supposed to be for research, but i found it was more often used to get out of clinical time (in the PICU no less) at less than opportune times for the rest of the team
😡 "sorry we're so busy, taking my REACH time, see ya!" lol
they are also unionized i think, but i'm not sure how this changes anything-- heck, with the new 16 hour intern rules they don't even need a union.
as far as clinical experience goes-- there's definitely a variety of pathology from all walks of life there, and the subspecialists (and fells) while worked hard, are friendly and were, in my experience, helpful (with the exception of a PICU fellow or two you may have gotten on a bad night).
i also found a variety of residents ranging from "i don't want to do procedures because i won't do them in my community health private practice setting" to "i want to be a neurocardiothoracicvascular surgeon and will eat my own young to get there." that happens everywhere i'm sure, but it's a bummer to be on call with one of the "ewww, blood!" people in the PICU. . .
just an outide perspective, and 3 years old, so take it for what it's worth. overall i think it's probably a good education, and heck, it's *only* 3 years.
--your friendly neighborhood non-REACH time eligible caveman
