so i am currently a resident here in TX
I want to clarify a few things since i know how it is rt now and what changes are going on.
First of all, i am not a native houstonian. but LOVE the city now after only 7 months here
During my interview i only interviewed at Ut Houston and baylor. I liked both programs when i interviewed and decided i wanted to be in Houston.
Here are some of the things goin on.. i will let u make your decisions. some comments are in defense of what was said in prev threads
UT houston -
is not a workhorse prgm. Residents do work but not crazy hrs, nothing compared to UPenn or JHU(some other prgms i looked at) ALso, u work more as a CA-1 and it gets easier as you go through the yrs with 2nd-3 yrs gettin out by 3-4 pm every day. CA-1 yr is hit or miss, some days u get out earlier than later..
As for the happy hr before the day of the interview, if u interviewed in the beginning of the yr there was definitely less of a resident turn out, mainly because of a communication break down, but i dont think that should affect the prgm quality.. When i interviewed, it was the best part of the interview and that unity was something that drew me here. Myself and a few residents stayed for 2-3 hrs on the few happy hrs that i went to as a resident just hanging out with whoever wanted to stay. the interview day might not be as great as Baylor's but the resident are truly happy here and we definitely get along very well with each other. We hang out outside of the hospital, do random happy hrs and enjoy each others companies.
There are definitely some changes goin on here - and after only one week of them this prgm has gotten great.. Soo much more intraop teaching, great new faculty coming in from some great east coast institutions, some great private practice attendings are plannin on startin soon as well. they are all eager to teach since they have not been doing so for many yrs
i love ut houston's prgm and i see it becoming even greater over the next yr.. quick and necessary changes. our chair listens to us, teaches us in the OR, has weekly meetings to address changes and get our opinions on them as well. we had such a meeting yesterday.
Baylor - this stuff i only know from my interviews, from some friends doin residency there and some other baylor med studs
The resident are happy there as well. we do not interact with them much but we all get along well
there are some problems with their chair, there is some interrim stuff going on there as well, from what i hear. I have met some residents who told me to go to UT Houston if i want more of a chill prgm and some more teaching. i hear baylor's mentality is more of a self teach style.
both hospitals go to texas hearrt, texas children, MD anderson.. so there is no difference there
both are level 1 traumas as well.
i think hermann ( ut houst gets more life flight patients and baylor gets more
ambulance trauma)
There will also not be a joint prgm between baylor and Ut houston. there is some talk about a joint board review coarse that UT houston is tryin to start up on the weekends.- volunatry of course but why would u not go!!! it would be great.
\hope this helps. choose wisely..
in the end u will be happy as long as u have the rt attitude.
ps - keep in mind that if u meet 2-3 people on an interview they are not representative of the entire class, there are 40-50 more of us, atleast at the TX prgms!
I want to clarify a few things since i know how it is rt now and what changes are going on.
First of all, i am not a native houstonian. but LOVE the city now after only 7 months here
During my interview i only interviewed at Ut Houston and baylor. I liked both programs when i interviewed and decided i wanted to be in Houston.
Here are some of the things goin on.. i will let u make your decisions. some comments are in defense of what was said in prev threads
UT houston -
is not a workhorse prgm. Residents do work but not crazy hrs, nothing compared to UPenn or JHU(some other prgms i looked at) ALso, u work more as a CA-1 and it gets easier as you go through the yrs with 2nd-3 yrs gettin out by 3-4 pm every day. CA-1 yr is hit or miss, some days u get out earlier than later..
As for the happy hr before the day of the interview, if u interviewed in the beginning of the yr there was definitely less of a resident turn out, mainly because of a communication break down, but i dont think that should affect the prgm quality.. When i interviewed, it was the best part of the interview and that unity was something that drew me here. Myself and a few residents stayed for 2-3 hrs on the few happy hrs that i went to as a resident just hanging out with whoever wanted to stay. the interview day might not be as great as Baylor's but the resident are truly happy here and we definitely get along very well with each other. We hang out outside of the hospital, do random happy hrs and enjoy each others companies.
There are definitely some changes goin on here - and after only one week of them this prgm has gotten great.. Soo much more intraop teaching, great new faculty coming in from some great east coast institutions, some great private practice attendings are plannin on startin soon as well. they are all eager to teach since they have not been doing so for many yrs
i love ut houston's prgm and i see it becoming even greater over the next yr.. quick and necessary changes. our chair listens to us, teaches us in the OR, has weekly meetings to address changes and get our opinions on them as well. we had such a meeting yesterday.
Baylor - this stuff i only know from my interviews, from some friends doin residency there and some other baylor med studs
The resident are happy there as well. we do not interact with them much but we all get along well
there are some problems with their chair, there is some interrim stuff going on there as well, from what i hear. I have met some residents who told me to go to UT Houston if i want more of a chill prgm and some more teaching. i hear baylor's mentality is more of a self teach style.
both hospitals go to texas hearrt, texas children, MD anderson.. so there is no difference there
both are level 1 traumas as well.
i think hermann ( ut houst gets more life flight patients and baylor gets more
ambulance trauma)
There will also not be a joint prgm between baylor and Ut houston. there is some talk about a joint board review coarse that UT houston is tryin to start up on the weekends.- volunatry of course but why would u not go!!! it would be great.
\hope this helps. choose wisely..
in the end u will be happy as long as u have the rt attitude.
ps - keep in mind that if u meet 2-3 people on an interview they are not representative of the entire class, there are 40-50 more of us, atleast at the TX prgms!
. Cross my fingers I'll match there being I'm not from there and I'm not married to someone from there...
