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Wondering which is a better working environment? Friendly? malignant? and place to live for a single female
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Hopkins vs Columbia-living and working environment
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Hopkins Pediatric Residency Program is the most non-malignant, collegial, lifestyle friendly pediatrics program anyone could ask for. Having trained there and lived here for ten years (stayed on as faculty), still training peds residents in the program each day now, it's definitely a very happy, well-adjusted, collegial bunch. Nice mix of single and married folks, and the areas to live within 15 minutes of the hospital are many. Not to mention economical compared to Columbia. There are central, safe, hip areas with top notch dining, theaters, and essentials like grocery (whole foods, etc.) within easy walking distance of the area.
When I started residency, all my colleagues were single females-- and they all lived in either rowhouses, condos or apts in very safe, great areas close to the hospital without any issues. Feel free to PM me for more details specific questions. I have posted a few very long posts on Hopkins in the last year, will find those and repost here f or you.
Good luck!
When I started residency, all my colleagues were single females-- and they all lived in either rowhouses, condos or apts in very safe, great areas close to the hospital without any issues. Feel free to PM me for more details specific questions. I have posted a few very long posts on Hopkins in the last year, will find those and repost here f or you.
Good luck!
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post from a while ago-- new hospital opens April 28th and is out of this world. ;-) So excited.
My pediatric residency experience at Johns Hopkins was incredible. I interviewed at multiple prestigous programs and it was clear for me that Johns Hopkins was the right fit. I am also from a very small, friendly town. And yes, I wasn't impressed by the inner-city areas of Baltimore. Maybe it was because I had the good fortune of doing a sub-I for one month each at multiple said prestigious pediatric programs and had the insight to know this-- the residents and residency leadership are some of the most amazing people I know- AND RESIDENT HAPPINESS is THE goal of the program. I've completed two residencies now, and two fellowships, and I will always say that my pediatric residency experience is what made me who I am today. Also, I would like to address that comparisons have made between salaries and Hopkins peds resident salary is comparable to similar programs in the country, so I'm not sure the other poster is correct.
Below I present a list of the reasons one would be a great fit at Johns Hopkins:
1. You enjoy having down-to-earth resident colleagues who are passionate about being advocates for children's health-- you will take care of inner-city Baltimore kids, international patients who come just for Hopkins care, and children from all over the country. My residency colleagues were the most vibrant, diverse and incredible people I've ever worked with and they are all off doing a huge variety of amazing things in pediatrics.
2. You want to take care of a perfect mix of healthy children, bread and butter diseases, and the rarest diseases in the world-- not a day goes by that our most senior faculty don't cease to be amazed by some particular case-- it's never boring!
3. You want to interact daily with approachable world-class faculty and have the opportunity to be mentored by them- if you want NIH funding, the opportunities abound. If you want to be an awesome general pediatrician, the training is second to none.
4. You are someone who relishes independence when you are ready to have it-- with someone to rely on when you need help. Our third year leading the ward services with attending back-up is one of the most important elements of our residency training and gets every resident ready for practicing independently in the real world.
5. You want the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of underserved children
6. A dynamic and interesting city that doesn't take itself too seriously, with multiple fun and safe neighborhoods and suburbs within a short, convenient distance of the hospital.
7. You want to be a part of the transition to a brand-new, state of the art Children's Hospital (which WILL open in 2012)- the actual structure that is already up, the interior plans and pictures I've seen are incredible.
If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me. I may be a little biased, but I needed to say this. Thanks for reading, and good luck with your residency search!
My pediatric residency experience at Johns Hopkins was incredible. I interviewed at multiple prestigous programs and it was clear for me that Johns Hopkins was the right fit. I am also from a very small, friendly town. And yes, I wasn't impressed by the inner-city areas of Baltimore. Maybe it was because I had the good fortune of doing a sub-I for one month each at multiple said prestigious pediatric programs and had the insight to know this-- the residents and residency leadership are some of the most amazing people I know- AND RESIDENT HAPPINESS is THE goal of the program. I've completed two residencies now, and two fellowships, and I will always say that my pediatric residency experience is what made me who I am today. Also, I would like to address that comparisons have made between salaries and Hopkins peds resident salary is comparable to similar programs in the country, so I'm not sure the other poster is correct.
Below I present a list of the reasons one would be a great fit at Johns Hopkins:
1. You enjoy having down-to-earth resident colleagues who are passionate about being advocates for children's health-- you will take care of inner-city Baltimore kids, international patients who come just for Hopkins care, and children from all over the country. My residency colleagues were the most vibrant, diverse and incredible people I've ever worked with and they are all off doing a huge variety of amazing things in pediatrics.
2. You want to take care of a perfect mix of healthy children, bread and butter diseases, and the rarest diseases in the world-- not a day goes by that our most senior faculty don't cease to be amazed by some particular case-- it's never boring!
3. You want to interact daily with approachable world-class faculty and have the opportunity to be mentored by them- if you want NIH funding, the opportunities abound. If you want to be an awesome general pediatrician, the training is second to none.
4. You are someone who relishes independence when you are ready to have it-- with someone to rely on when you need help. Our third year leading the ward services with attending back-up is one of the most important elements of our residency training and gets every resident ready for practicing independently in the real world.
5. You want the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of underserved children
6. A dynamic and interesting city that doesn't take itself too seriously, with multiple fun and safe neighborhoods and suburbs within a short, convenient distance of the hospital.
7. You want to be a part of the transition to a brand-new, state of the art Children's Hospital (which WILL open in 2012)- the actual structure that is already up, the interior plans and pictures I've seen are incredible.
If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me. I may be a little biased, but I needed to say this. Thanks for reading, and good luck with your residency search!
