Duke Neurology?

[kerimwedding]

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Any impressions of this program?

Anyone interviewed there yet - what's it like?

What kind of reputation does it have in neurology?

Living in Durham?

 

[drgirl]

Any impressions of this program?

Anyone interviewed there yet - what's it like?

What kind of reputation does it have in neurology?

Living in Durham?

One more question about Duke--there's an 'interesting case conference' the evening before the interview, followed by dinner with the residents. Can anyone who's been to the interview tell me what the dress code was for the case conference? How were all the interviewees dressed? I'm assuming faculty will be there, so it won't be all out casual, but there is a casual dinner afterwards which we go to directly from the case conference...hence my dilemma--I'm thinking business casual??

 

[Fermata]

Any impressions of this program?

Anyone interviewed there yet - what's it like?

What kind of reputation does it have in neurology?

Living in Durham?

Durham has a higher per capita murder rate than East Los Angeles.

I'm not kidding.

 

[scm]

i generally liked the program, will post more later on. however i was kinda surprised by the number of FMGs, half, 1/3? not sure, but i met 4-5, just had me wondering if american grads werent ranking this place for some reason i didnt pick up on, or if in fact the chair/PD werent as biased at other places and were taking strong FMGs etc. anyone have any clue?
scm

 

[drgirl]

i generally liked the program, will post more later on. however i was kinda surprised by the number of FMGs, half, 1/3? not sure, but i met 4-5, just had me wondering if american grads werent ranking this place for some reason i didnt pick up on, or if in fact the chair/PD werent as biased at other places and were taking strong FMGs etc. anyone have any clue?
scm

At my interview at Duke, the PD actually talked about this in his program overview. He said they like to take the most qualified candidates, regardless of their country of training. I would think that if US Grads were not ranking it en masse for a particular reason, it would be more obvious why. There are a larger number of IMG's at Duke than you would find at some other well known places--It pleasantly surprised me. I wish that more programs took the initiative to accept strong IMG's but unfortunately it won't change until the number of IMG's in a progam ceases to be a negative factor to US Grads.

 

[TommyGunn04]

Any impressions of this program?

What kind of reputation does it have in neurology?

Living in Durham?

I've been living in Durham for a few years now and I continue to be pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoy the area! I'm from the North, so the weather here is a huge plus, and the cost of living is simply unbeatable for such a top-tier school! People here are just downright nicer too, and the patient population is astoundingly diverse...large Hispanic population in the area, lots of medicaid/medicare patients, a HUGE Veterans Hospital across the street that's staffed mostly by Duke docs, etc. etc. There's really quite a lot to do here too...don't let anyone tell you to avoid Duke because of Durham (unless of course you're a 100% hardcore inflexible city person who would only be happy in NYC)

Regarding the Neuro program though, I'd be very interested to hear how Duke "ranks." I honestly have no clue, but my impression as a student was that an overwhelming proportion of the residents were from overseas. I don't mean to imply there's anything wrong with that, but it's unusual compared to the other residency programs at Duke. In fact, I found most of the neuro residents to be quite pleasant, nice people, but I've also found a higher-than-normal proportion of them to be quite slackerish compared other residents, especially those in medicine or surgery, although still very bright. I mean "slackerish" as in more "lazy" than laid-back; not something I'd want in my physician! I don't know what to make of it - maybe neuro draws more of these sorts of people, or maybe it's just Duke's program - but that's the message I got in my 4 weeks on the rotation. I don't mean any offense by this, it's just the impression I got and I thought it might be helpful for people to know.