Hopkins vs. BWH

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BWH. Location matters.

Source: Hopkins for undergrad. Love it for undergrad but not interested in Baltimore again.
 
Both are awesome programs. I choose BWH mostly because of location.
 
BWH. Seems easy. Know several people there who are very happy with the program. Boston destroys Baltimore, that part should be obvious.
 
Echoing the sentiments of other posters, I would also choose BWH. I interviewed 2 years ago, and I was blown away by the program and its resources. I believe they now even have a 3/2 residency/fellowship program. Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, I could not rank it #1, but if I had it my way, I would have loved to be a resident there.
 
I am only a medical student(at BUSM), but during undergrad I did volunteer at BWH, and I have shadowed radiologists there, as well as having done a rotation there. I can tell you I am yet to meet an unhappy radiologist, they work 60-70 hours at most, apparently the training is both good for general private practice radiology and subspecialized academics. They love it botht he medicine and the lifestyle, there is a lot of interaction with other doctors and such.
 
Residents. The attendings seemed to work about 50-60. Remember radiology is a weird field because workload actually increases a lot as an attending, but by the time they are attendings most radiologists are really efficient so they can get more work done in less time compared to residents who are sitting there really thinking so they don't make a mistake. In addition most call(at least for attendings) seemed to be out of the hospital, while BWH "recommended" they come to the hospital to read the images and generate reports, most of the attendings had a whole teleradiology set up at home for emergencies. I would say the attendings worked from 8-6 on average, sometimes it was 7-5, some attendings liked 6-6. BWH is really rather understanding once you are an attending, and they give you a big workload, it really depends on when you want to start with the workload, and how efficient you are. PP is way worse then academics in terms of family time.
 
$6900 academic fund
great healthcare coverage and network, residents pay very little
either $1000 or $1500 for each conference you present at, I forget
statdx, radprimer, e-anatomy
weekend scanner moonlighting
4 weeks vacation
get additional day off for every weekend day you work on call
 
DRsmartypants said:
Residents. The attendings seemed to work about 50-60. Remember radiology is a weird field because workload actually increases a lot as an attending, but by the time they are attendings most radiologists are really efficient so they can get more work done in less time compared to residents who are sitting there really thinking so they don't make a mistake. In addition most call(at least for attendings) seemed to be out of the hospital, while BWH "recommended" they come to the hospital to read the images and generate reports, most of the attendings had a whole teleradiology set up at home for emergencies. I would say the attendings worked from 8-6 on average, sometimes it was 7-5, some attendings liked 6-6. BWH is really rather understanding once you are an attending, and they give you a big workload, it really depends on when you want to start with the workload, and how efficient you are. PP is way worse then academics in terms of family time.
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Your info is wrong and your hours are off.
 
In what way? Those have been my experiences, I never said it was universally true. Most of the PP docs I knew were working 12-14 hours a day, and did some weekend time too.
 
Don't even bother responding. You're a medical student...how can you possibly know anything? /sarcasm
 
DRsmartypants said:
In what way? Those have been my experiences, I never said it was universally true. Most of the PP docs I knew were working 12-14 hours a day, and did some weekend time too.
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The hours are not what people work in academics, not even close.
 
in radiology? Yes it very well can be/is depending on the volume of studies/number of radiologists present in the facility. BWH doctors in my experiences are better at cutting through the BS and knowing when and when to not order imaging, in addition before a radiology study is processed, radiologists reserve the right to call the referring physician and explain why he thinks doing a $4000 dollar scan is waste of money because it is not medically indicated. In academics, generally yes radiologists work more as do most doctors. You have to remember that radiology is volume based, so if you get what you need to get done for that day faster you get out faster, it really depends on efficiency. Residents work less then the attendings technically speaking since they are studying much much more.
 
This is what happens when medical students speculate on things they have no clue on.
 
DRsmartypants said:
in radiology? Yes it very well can be/is depending on the volume of studies/number of radiologists present in the facility. BWH doctors in my experiences are better at cutting through the BS and knowing when and when to not order imaging, in addition before a radiology study is processed, radiologists reserve the right to call the referring physician and explain why he thinks doing a $4000 dollar scan is waste of money because it is not medically indicated. In academics, generally yes radiologists work more as do most doctors. You have to remember that radiology is volume based, so if you get what you need to get done for that day faster you get out faster, it really depends on efficiency. Residents work less then the attendings technically speaking since they are studying much much more.
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Most of what you say is BS. I am a radiologist in private practice and you don't need to tell me what is radiology about. The only reason I correct your post is to give correct information to medical students who read this post.

Calling the referring physician to explain to them why a scan is not indicated takes at least 5 times more than reading the scan itself.

In academics radiologists and other physicians work less. The volume, the pace of work and the average RVU is less. The vacation is more in private practice though.

A friend of mine from residency is now an attending at BWH. The hours are very different from what you say. Just to give you an example. BWH has a very large ED radiology department. It is not the way that you described that radiology attendings go home and read emergent scans through their teleradiology setup and "generate reports".

"Remember" that if you don't know about something, don't spread wrong information on a public forum.
 
shark2000 said:
Most of what you say is BS. I am a radiologist in private practice and you don't need to tell me what is radiology about. The only reason I correct your post is to give correct information to medical students who read this post.

Calling the referring physician to explain to them why a scan is not indicated takes at least 5 times more than reading the scan itself.

In academics radiologists and other physicians work less. The volume, the pace of work and the average RVU is less. The vacation is more in private practice though.

A friend of mine from residency is now an attending at BWH. The hours are very different from what you say. Just to give you an example. BWH has a very large ED radiology department. It is not the way that you described that radiology attendings go home and read emergent scans through their teleradiology setup and "generate reports".

"Remember" that if you don't know about something, don't spread wrong information on a public forum.
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THE SHARK ATTACK IS ON

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shark2000 said:
Most of what you say is BS. I am a radiologist in private practice and you don't need to tell me what is radiology about. The only reason I correct your post is to give correct information to medical students who read this post.

Calling the referring physician to explain to them why a scan is not indicated takes at least 5 times more than reading the scan itself.

In academics radiologists and other physicians work less. The volume, the pace of work and the average RVU is less. The vacation is more in private practice though.

A friend of mine from residency is now an attending at BWH. The hours are very different from what you say. Just to give you an example. BWH has a very large ED radiology department. It is not the way that you described that radiology attendings go home and read emergent scans through their teleradiology setup and "generate reports".

"Remember" that if you don't know about something, don't spread wrong information on a public forum.
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Shark, so what is it like at BWH? How much do academic radiologists usually work?
 
yea i'm interested in knowing as well. Care to elaborate, Shark? DrSmartyPants said 50-60 hours/week. Just to estimate, if they work 8-5 on weekdays (which sounds pretty reasonable), and then throw in a call shift once every 2 weeks. That comes out to 45 hours on weekdays, 6 hour per weekend on average assuming a 12 hour call shift per 2 weeks --> 51 hours a week. You said his estimate of 50-60 hours/week are "not even close" so I"m pretty interested in what you have to say.
 
Radiologyreviews2015 said:
yea i'm interested in knowing as well. Care to elaborate, Shark? DrSmartyPants said 50-60 hours/week. Just to estimate, if they work 8-5 on weekdays (which sounds pretty reasonable), and then throw in a call shift once every 2 weeks. That comes out to 45 hours on weekdays, 6 hour per weekend on average assuming a 12 hour call shift per 2 weeks --> 51 hours a week. You said his estimate of 50-60 hours/week are "not even close" so I"m pretty interested in what you have to say.
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Guys don't doubt the shark. He is the creator of all california radiology jobs. (jk but please hire me)
 
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