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[PhakeDoc]

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Any info about the neuro program at Emory? All I've heard anecdotally is that the residents work quite hard - a friend of mine on the interview trail was told by another applicant on the trail that several of the Emory residents advised her to not go there because of the overwhelming workload. I do like the fact that the program covers an indigent hospital, tertiary care hospital, private hospital, as well as a VA med center, so you see a lot of varying pathology.

Anyone else care to comment?

Thanks!

 

[95439]

Any info about the neuro program at Emory? All I've heard anecdotally is that the residents work quite hard - a friend of mine on the interview trail was told by another applicant on the trail that several of the Emory residents advised her to not go there because of the overwhelming workload. I do like the fact that the program covers an indigent hospital, tertiary care hospital, private hospital, as well as a VA med center, so you see a lot of varying pathology.

Anyone else care to comment?

Thanks!

Hey, if your name starts with a 'C' and you may have just met me on the interview trail, shoot me an email..😉

 

[PhakeDoc]

Hey, if your name starts with a 'C' and you may have just met me on the interview trail, shoot me an email..😉

I don't think either of those conditions were true, but you can still tell me what you think... 😉

 

[95439]

I don't think either of those conditions were true, but you can still tell me what you think... 😉

I'm sorry, but I don't help out anyone I don't know....😛 jk, I heard from someone on the interview trail, the same thing about Emory. Supposedly their residents are worked very hard, and alot of it is scutwork. But you never know when you hear this stuff, how reliable it is. So definitely take it with a grain of salt..

 

[ecoscuba]

Any info about the neuro program at Emory? All I've heard anecdotally is that the residents work quite hard - a friend of mine on the interview trail was told by another applicant on the trail that several of the Emory residents advised her to not go there because of the overwhelming workload. I do like the fact that the program covers an indigent hospital, tertiary care hospital, private hospital, as well as a VA med center, so you see a lot of varying pathology.

Anyone else care to comment?

Thanks!

I know for a fact that the workload at the emory program for the neuro residents was cut by approximately 60% through the implementation of night float. The 4th year residents graciously took one for the team and began taking call again in the transformation of this previously front-loaded program. With the addition of a new NICU at grady this year and more neurocritical care staff coming on board, resident life in neurology has become much more palatable to incoming residents. With the recent change (approximately a year ago), I would be surprised if emory neuro residents worked any more than any other neuro residents.

 

[Head]

Really? Nightfloat cutting the workload by 60%? I've never been to Emory, but I'm very skeptical of those results. The only way that could happen is if there were 60% fewer Neurology admissions, otherwise the workload remains the same. I would imagine it's cut down considerably on work hours violations, but not changed the work load much. Trust me, 6 12 hour days a week instead of Q4 with 30 hour call shifts isn't much different.

 

[AlternateSome1]

There is a huge difference between doing 6 12-hour shifts on night float while staying on a routine schedule for two weeks prior to switching back to the real world and shifting your schedule ever four days with a 30 hour shift for a month+ at a time. Having experienced both, I would highly recommend a night float system.

Really? Nightfloat cutting the workload by 60%? I've never been to Emory, but I'm very skeptical of those results. The only way that could happen is if there were 60% fewer Neurology admissions, otherwise the workload remains the same. I would imagine it's cut down considerably on work hours violations, but not changed the work load much. Trust me, 6 12 hour days a week instead of Q4 with 30 hour call shifts isn't much different.

 

[typhoonegator]

There is a huge difference between doing 6 12-hour shifts on night float while staying on a routine schedule for two weeks prior to switching back to the real world and shifting your schedule ever four days with a 30 hour shift for a month+ at a time. Having experienced both, I would highly recommend a night float system.

There is a huge difference, but not everyone would agree that night-float is superior. I have always found night float far more disruptive to my life than q3 or q4 call. Personally, if given a choice, I would take call over nightfloat any day.

I'm not trying to disagree with you, I just want to give the med-students another viewpoint.

 

[Neurologee]

I don't know one thing about Emory, but on the night float vs overnight call debate, I vote for a program with night float, no question about it. 👍

Night float was actually my favorite part of PGY-2 year - much less scut at nights (no discharge arrangments, social work, prerounding, etc), more time to read, more quality time to spend with patients (the patients who are in the ED or awake at those hours seemed to have genuine issues more often than not). Night float at my particular program is also only from 10PM until after morning report at 8:30AM, so it's nice and short 🙂 🙂

When I did q4 call as an intern in Internal Medicine, it seemed like the cycle went something like this: first night was in house on call, second day was spent recovering, the third day was spent trying to stay awake and dreading the next call, and then it was day 4 all over again ...

 

[Neurobonk]

is Emory a joint A/P program? do they "guarantee" a prelim IM spot?
thanks,

 

[PhakeDoc]

As of approx Jan 1, they did guarantee a prelim.