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- Jan 28, 2002
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Georgetown's leadership is pitching their program to be "a new program but not really a new program". They evidence this with G-town previously having residents in the ER both through other services, as well as, EM residents when it was conjoined with George Washington's program. Additionally, Dr. Smith and Dr. Love both have a proven track record of program leadership during their tenure at the helm of GW's program.
I feel like there are ubiquitous "growing pains" that all new programs must endure but it seems like Georgetown may have positioned itself to minimize/avoid many of these (i.e. no previous residency presence is not exactly applicable here) As far as the more traditional concerns with a new program, such as: no senior resident leadership/mentoring and the inevitable civil war (turf battles with depts. of surgery and anesthesia for mgmt of trauma and airways respectively), the Georgetown rebuttal was 1) No senior residents= more face time for juniors with attendings and an increased opportunity for procedures. 2) The Wash. Hosp. Center (Primary trauma center) has new EM-friendly Trauma team leadership and is overall understaffed with surgical residents making the EM residents presence a welcome addition.
I was wondering what everybody's take on the G-town program is. Also, I was hoping Quinn and some of the other SDNers who have been in their respective program's inaugural class could give their unique perspective on this situation, especially with regard to "If I knew then what I know now... type stuff. Thanks so much.
I feel like there are ubiquitous "growing pains" that all new programs must endure but it seems like Georgetown may have positioned itself to minimize/avoid many of these (i.e. no previous residency presence is not exactly applicable here) As far as the more traditional concerns with a new program, such as: no senior resident leadership/mentoring and the inevitable civil war (turf battles with depts. of surgery and anesthesia for mgmt of trauma and airways respectively), the Georgetown rebuttal was 1) No senior residents= more face time for juniors with attendings and an increased opportunity for procedures. 2) The Wash. Hosp. Center (Primary trauma center) has new EM-friendly Trauma team leadership and is overall understaffed with surgical residents making the EM residents presence a welcome addition.
I was wondering what everybody's take on the G-town program is. Also, I was hoping Quinn and some of the other SDNers who have been in their respective program's inaugural class could give their unique perspective on this situation, especially with regard to "If I knew then what I know now... type stuff. Thanks so much.
