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[blanche]

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anyone here from the program, or familiar with it?
i'm curious about the schedule...noticed the website mentions more emphasis on outpatient care (which i like!!)
how is call? what is st agnes hospital like? how do residents get along?

thanks!!

 

[UVa2005]

anyone here from the program, or familiar with it?
i'm curious about the schedule...noticed the website mentions more emphasis on outpatient care (which i like!!)
how is call? what is st agnes hospital like? how do residents get along?

thanks!!

Hi there,
I am a PGY 2 here at hopkins and am loving it.

As for the schedule -
There is a lot of exposure to outpatient. You have your continuity clinic weekly as well as a month of clinic your first and third years. During your subspecialty months (pulm, renal, cards, GI, heme, KKI etc) you also go to clinic to learn the field as both inpatient and outpatient.

The schedule in general is very nice. The first year you take call on 1 Friday and 1 Saturday per month (during ward and subspecialty months) and 1 Friday, 1 Sat, and 1 Sunday in the NICU. You have two 2 week blocks of night team on the gen services and then 2 1 week block of nights in the NICU. I think the night team makes a big difference in our overall well being. The big bonus is that while you are on nights you really know the patients well so which makes their overall care better. Also, the program tries to give everyone off at least 1 day around each holiday (including July 4, Labor Day, Memorial Day, etc)

St. Agnes Hospital is a good place to learn a TON of the bread and butter peds. Althought we still get a good amount of basic peds at Hopkins, StAg is very much a community hospital. The attendings there are Hopkins attendings and are some of the best!

The residents get along wonderfully. We are like a big familly. That is one of the things that really drew me to this program - relaxed down to earth people!

The program has a big emphasis on having a life outside of the hospital!

Please msg me with additional questions.

 

[Palmetto]

I'll just ditto what...um... "UVA2005" said. I'm a PGY-1 at Hopkins, and it's been absolutely great so far. My group of interns has gotten really tight really fast - we have movie nights, happy hours, cookouts, a fantasy football league (that I happen to be winning; thank you Carson Palmer) and we've been to rollerderby once, which is surreal. The schedule is very nice (only 4 months of q4 call during the whole residency; the rest is night float) and we see everything thanks to the joint Hopkins-St.Agnes split.

Feel free to message me if I can be any more help - I'm a little less removed from the match than old UVA2005 - he's got one foot in the fellowship match already. 😀

 

[Pedi07]

I am wondering where the residents tend to live. Do most commute? What about those with children?

 

[UVa2005]

Residents (both single, married, and with children) live both in the city and out in the surrounding counties. BOTH options are great. We do not have children but my wife and I love our house in the city. That being said, if you have older kids the surrounding school systems are better and you can have a yard etc. The nicer burbs are about 20-30 minute commute to the hospital. Let me know if you have any additional questions.

 

[blanche]

where in the city do residents live?
do many residents buy places-homes, condos, etc (and is it affordable on your salary?)

i know baltimore gets a bad rap, but i kindof dig it...sans crime, of course!

 

[Pedi07]

Bump.

 

[UVa2005]

Sorry I missed this earlier. The residents live all over and around the city. The three big areas in the city are Mt. Washington/Roland Park, Canton/Fells Point and Federal Hill. Others prefer the suburbs (Columbia, Towson, White Marsh, Laurel and more). Most of the married residents own houses, but that isn't a definite. I have a few friends that are single and own homes, but that is less frequent (although the housing market has now shifted into a buyers market so may be easier). My wife and I love living in the city and wouldn't change anything about where we live. We live in Federal Hill and feel very safe and very close to plenty to do (not like NYC, Philly, or Chicago but still a good city 🙂)

 

[Palmetto]

Yawn... just woke up from a nice 8.5 hours of sleep on call (cross-covering wards while on my newborn nursery rotation at St. Agnes, one of the very upscale* community hospitals west of Baltimore.

I live downtown a few blocks north of the Inner Harbor in a studio. With my gym, my underground parking, and all my utilities, I pay $880 a month for about 700 square feet and a five minute drive to the Hopkins parking garage. Tough to beat.

Last time I talked to Megan, she was preparing the first wave of interviews (Nov 1 release) so good luck to everyone. Hope interview season is going well and enjoy fourth year.

* still Subway for food, but tastier.

 

[UVa2005]

I just wanted to put a plug in for staying with the residents when you come to visit Hopkins (or any program for that matter). I really don't think there is any better way to learn about the program and the housing than staying with a resident. When you get your confirmation packet after you schedule your interview there will be a list of residents with open doors. We all look forward to meeting each of you and having you stay with us. GOOD LUCK on the interview trail and hope to see you all soon!

 

[Complications]

Hey again,

Here's another question for you. How about the interns presenting to upper levels and not attendings ... what's the story? Like it, not like it? True/not true.

Thanks! Excited to visit the program.

 

[MacGyver]

Hey again,

Here's another question for you. How about the interns presenting to upper levels and not attendings ... what's the story? Like it, not like it? True/not true.

Thanks! Excited to visit the program.

Its true. During rounds the attending is usually not there. Only the SAR and the interns. The interns present to the SAR. The SAR talks to the attending on the side.

 

[Complications]

Its true. During rounds the attending is usually not there. Only the SAR and the interns. The interns present to the SAR. The SAR talks to the attending on the side.

What do people think about this? Is it bad?

 

[atsai3]

What do people think about this? Is it bad?

AFAIK this is not uncommon. That's the way it was at my medical school. From the perspective of a medical student, it was a terrible setup because you did not get much face time with the attending (whose input into your grade/evaluation counted the most). From the perspective of a resident, it's a great setup because you get to learn how to manage your own medical team by the time you are a JAR.

Cheers
-AT.

 

[Complications]

AFAIK this is not uncommon. That's the way it was at my medical school. From the perspective of a medical student, it was a terrible setup because you did not get much face time with the attending (whose input into your grade/evaluation counted the most). From the perspective of a resident, it's a great setup because you get to learn how to manage your own medical team by the time you are a JAR.

Cheers
-AT.

Thanks for the info.

 

[UVa2005]

Well, it is mostly true. The attendings are not present on rounds (and if they are they don't contribute). However, they meet with us three times a week to discuss the patients (which the residents and/or med students then present) and then they give a lecture on a teaching topic. As an intern I also would run into the attendings in the afternoon and sit down and chat with them regarding the patients (it wasn't just the SARs talking to them on the side). That being said - it is only this set up for the general services, not the sub-specialties. I hope this helps. email me with questions.