Are there any current residents/recent grads of this program that would be willing to PM an MS3 with serious interest in this program? I would also appreciate any general info/comments about the program by anyone in the forum. Thanks.
I did some of my clinical training in both the adult and pediatric Hopkins ED (not MD) and have some insight into the program. Certainly I couldn't tell you about the life of a EM resident, benefits, or role of each resident. Hopefully it'll be a catalyst for someone else to jump in.
Hopkins has a brand new ED that was completed as part of the overall expansion. It's pretty large. One of two level 1 trauma centers in Baltimore (the other being Shock trauma). Nice rooms. EMR, although I couldn't tell you what brand or set-up. They experimented with a new, smaller waiting room. There is a theory behind this that you'll understand if you've ever done medicine in Baltimore. Baltimore City Police guard the front entrance in addition to hospital security. I'd consider the ED itself safe, although the area around Hopkins (Wolfe Street, Broadway, and Orleans/U.S. 40) can quickly turn hairy. Certainly bullets are not flying. Baltimore is a town that requires good situational awareness. There are plenty of great areas and some that are not so safe. Parking garage to park in that has easy access to the ED. Couldn't tell you definitively if residents get paid parking, but my understanding is no. Baltimore Metro runs from Owings Mills, MD (Baltimore County) and stops directly below the hospital.
Residents are bright and seem to have a fair amount of autonomy, especially in later years. Friendly attendings. 4 year program. ED is split up into sections based on the rough severity of the patients. Wilmer Eye has special ophthalmology rooms for eye emergencies. Specialist seem to consult fairly regularly and work well with the EM service. Hopkins is, well, Hopkins. Even as an allied health professional I felt that I was constantly exposed to cool or strange things that I probably would not have seen many other places. I believe residents rotate into Johns Hopkins Bayview (level 2 trauma center with fairly busy ED. Burn services are located here) and Howard General Hospital in affluent Columbia/suburban Howard County (suburb of Baltimore). For the DO crowd: I'd say Hopkins EM is DO friendly. Not sure what metric makes a program "DO friendly", but a look at their website shows several DOs in PGY 3 and 4 years and I met a DO attending who is on faculty. He seemed to be incredibly well respected by his residents. You definitely work with people from big name programs, but I got the impression that Hopkins is very much about establishing a meritocratic environment.
Hopefully others can provide more details on the program itself. I always enjoyed my time at Hopkins. Anyone who has ever lived in Baltimore can attest that it's a very unique city. Medicine is a major industry.
