Florida EM Programs
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FINALLY! My cup of tea!
I matched at the new EM program at USF... Tampa General Hospital.
There are two other programs in FL, Univ of FL/Jax, and Orlando. Since I am a DO, and Orlando is incredibly un-DO-friendly, I can't offer an opinion on that program.
I did interview at UFL, and ranked it high (#3) on my list. I thought it was a great program. Very old, lots of residents, lots of good pathology. VERY busy though... the residency is pretty much resident-run, so if you need hand-holding, that probably isn't the place to go. JAX is a nice town, though, I liked it. The hospital is okay... in a bad part of town but whatcha gonna do.
I picked USF #1 because it has awesome pathology, its in downtown tampa (nice part) but sees a lot of inner city stuff as well. 70k visits. Tampa is a great place to live, too. And TGH is a beautiful hospital.
There is a DO program in S. FL but I will leave my comments to myself.
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I matched at the new EM program at USF... Tampa General Hospital.
There are two other programs in FL, Univ of FL/Jax, and Orlando. Since I am a DO, and Orlando is incredibly un-DO-friendly, I can't offer an opinion on that program.
I did interview at UFL, and ranked it high (#3) on my list. I thought it was a great program. Very old, lots of residents, lots of good pathology. VERY busy though... the residency is pretty much resident-run, so if you need hand-holding, that probably isn't the place to go. JAX is a nice town, though, I liked it. The hospital is okay... in a bad part of town but whatcha gonna do.
I picked USF #1 because it has awesome pathology, its in downtown tampa (nice part) but sees a lot of inner city stuff as well. 70k visits. Tampa is a great place to live, too. And TGH is a beautiful hospital.
There is a DO program in S. FL but I will leave my comments to myself.
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UFL is a pretty competitive program. They are one of the older programs, and are pretty well respected. I was surprised, actually, that I was offered an interivew there (being a DO)... as for Tampa, it is a new program, but I would assume that next year, it will be about as competitive as the "average" EM residency (you can define what average is).
Tampa is a great city to live in, and I think a good %age of people take geography into consideration in their application.
Obviously, none of us can really gauge "competitiveness" amongst residencies. Just be a good applicant and hope for the best come ERAS time. That's what me and about 2000 other people did.
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Tampa is a great city to live in, and I think a good %age of people take geography into consideration in their application.
Obviously, none of us can really gauge "competitiveness" amongst residencies. Just be a good applicant and hope for the best come ERAS time. That's what me and about 2000 other people did.
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Like Quinn, I interviewed at TGH. Like Quinn, I liked the place a lot, and ranked it high (#2). Unlike Quinn, I didn't match there.
Irrespective of that, I was very impressed with the physical plant, and the vast services available there.
As far as speaking Spanish, they told me that it's about 10 or 15%, and mostly migrant workers from the Dominican Republic. The Hispanic population is a lower percentage than that which I have now in Queens, NY.
My own, biased personal opinion from experience is that people willing to work as migrant workers do their best to learn English (even if that isn't very effective), and appreciate attempts to learn Spanish (even with my fractured abuse of the language - I spend many days in fear of the Language Police coming and arresting me for murder of a sovereign tongue).
Uh oh...here comes my soapbox...
I see quite an honor in those people willing to work so hard for something other people won't do, even in the face of those that might look down on them for being poor, and insult them in a language they don't know. These are the people that are easiest to marginalize, and, as such, are easiest to "blow off" - and, because of that, they are why I am in EM. These people deserve the best I've got, because, if I start NOT giving them my best, where does it stop?
Irrespective of that, I was very impressed with the physical plant, and the vast services available there.
As far as speaking Spanish, they told me that it's about 10 or 15%, and mostly migrant workers from the Dominican Republic. The Hispanic population is a lower percentage than that which I have now in Queens, NY.
My own, biased personal opinion from experience is that people willing to work as migrant workers do their best to learn English (even if that isn't very effective), and appreciate attempts to learn Spanish (even with my fractured abuse of the language - I spend many days in fear of the Language Police coming and arresting me for murder of a sovereign tongue).
Uh oh...here comes my soapbox...
I see quite an honor in those people willing to work so hard for something other people won't do, even in the face of those that might look down on them for being poor, and insult them in a language they don't know. These are the people that are easiest to marginalize, and, as such, are easiest to "blow off" - and, because of that, they are why I am in EM. These people deserve the best I've got, because, if I start NOT giving them my best, where does it stop?
Having rotated at UFL-Shands Jacksonville, I can tell you that the residents do more than just work hard. They definitely have alot of fun, as well. As QuinnNSU stated, the program in mostly resident run. However, by their second year, these residents are top-notch. Plus, as a second-year resident, you will run all of the trauma codes and extremely critical patients. Interns carry all of the procedures, and distribute them amongst rotating students. I was very impressed with the residents. Oftentimes, during shift change and rounds, I didn't know who was spitting out the most facts--residents vs attendings. Don't get me wrong, the attendings are great, as well. I absolutely loved my time in Jax. The PD and assistant PD are wonderful, IMHO. The program is very well-known in the field of EM, and all of the residents I spoke with were really pleased with the program. I ranked them #4, only b/c I wanted to be in a major city for social reasons--NYC, Chi, etc...
Anyway, I hope this helps...
sweetfynesse
Anyway, I hope this helps...
sweetfynesse
