I've got 4 interviews left. My last is February 9th and it's a good program so I'm not making my list until after that.
Some of my favorites look extremely similar on paper. Especially without an actual in person interview experience. I'm basically ranking some places based on lame reasons like slightly less cold winters
I let EMR and free parking sway me lol
I'm on emed too. I had step 2 CK, my top choice interview, and an overnight shift all in 48 hours. Not the life.
No that actually sounds terrible.
When in doubt the food food stipend is my go to.
Oof. Idk what my program really did before covid but most of our events are BYOB and people can drink if they want to.
Wow. I don't usually drink but even that is a red flag for me.
Mind giving more deets on what happened or what they said?
I sent mine to the PD and received a favorable response.
I was gonna do PD/APD/PC all in one go. But my top program has a DO as an APD who reads all DO apps and an MD as a PD who does the same for their apps so that's why I'm sending it to the APD
I sent mine to PD, APD, PC and a couple residents. PD and APD responded favorably.
All separate and somewhat personalized. I figured they're my #1 so why not put in the time to make it legit.
I was honestly surprised I received one. But, it was very positive and I’m hoping for a favorable outcome come March 19
Mine was only like, 5 sentences. Short, sweet, concise, to the point.
Same here. And the way I look at it is: why lead me on if I've already clearly stated that I'm ranking you #1? I'm hopeful that the positive response is genuine, since it wouldn't appear that they gain anything by being falsely positive.
Mine was 3 paragraphs, and I cited specific curriculum notes and location details that added to my decision. I also talked about how awesome the residents were (that I interacted with) and how I would fit in with them.
You asked a PD at interview day how they like their LOIs?
LOVED it lol
16 PM&R, canceled 5 (22 total including a rotation which the interview was the rotation). Plus another 10+ for TY. Interviews won’t be finished until next week. Ready to be done but figuring out how to rank will be the hardest part
How many TY did you apply to to get 10 IIs?
Same! <3
About 40, really wanted to do a TY. I applied to some prelims too but not much yield on that end. I tried targeting programs that had DOs
The key to a great TY yield is applying to every florida TY lol. HCA does 1 thing good for medicine and that's having some cush TYs in warm places.
haha being that I'm in Florida where I see a ton of pretty cush HCA TYs in great locations, and not applying TY..... I kept not understanding what the problem was.
TYs in other places are competitive as hell. I felt imposter syndrome at TY interviews and none on advanced interviews for a reason.
Na, I just let it be.
Im convinced HCA is the #1 supplier for hospitalists as well. So many IM programs sponsored by HCA here in Florida haha.
is this pre-interview or post-interview?
interviewed today! although they have interviews for a couple more weeks. I think I'd be very happy and fulfilled there.
Yo it actually is. I don't have the link with me but a resident I knew had mentioned that there was a leaked audio of an HCA board meeting within the last year or two and they explicitly say that their main goal is to get more residency programs up and going to help drive down physician compensation in the South East region. Right now it's primarily IM but I think they plan to open more EM programs too
Someone could correct me if I'm wrong but second looks are really to help applicants see the program again and ask more questions. I'm sorry you've only had one interview, the stress for you has got to be quite high. If I were in your shoes I'd probably go to the second look but I'd also be trying to send some communication to PD/APD and whoever you know there about really wanting to match there.
Hca is just trying to screw up physician market. They did a genius move really because they know none of the regulating bodies will stop it. Look at EM.
