ideas about Yale?

[hello23]

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Hey, what do you think of Yale? Is it a horrible place to train? I got this feeling after doing some search of old posts. Like it's a slave to dept of surgery or whatnot...anyway, I am pretty clueless about it.

 

[EMApplicant]

Hey, what do you think of Yale? Is it a horrible place to train? I got this feeling after doing some search of old posts. Like it's a slave to dept of surgery or whatnot...anyway, I am pretty clueless about it.

I declined my interview, but that was based mostly on personal location preferences.

 

[las olas]

Coming from the south...It's really COLD for 4 years. That's all I needed to know. There are some folks on SDN who should know alot more about the program. good luck

 

[spyderdoc]

Coming from the south...It's really COLD for 4 years. That's all I needed to know. There are some folks on SDN who should know alot more about the program. good luck

I trained there and have no major compliants. Excellent, diverse patient population with tons of pathology. Good trauma exposure. Good ultrasound teaching. Good pedi. The medicine program is awesome, so your rotations on their services (IM, MICU, CCU) are excellent. Tons of procedures...I did so many lines, swans, tubes, etc...Seperate psych ER for the crazy folks...
You work hard when you are there, but it is fair, and you learn well.
When you are off, New Haven has excellent dining, night clubs, etc. Great outdoors stuff...hiking, mountain biking.
Our grads have great jobs at Harvard, Duke, GW, OHSU just to name a few....
Any other questions, feel free to ask!
Mark

 

[southerndoc]

I agree with spyder, although I would say we have an EXCELLENT ultrasound training program (we have a fellowship in U/S, and Dr. Moore will sign off for you to take the RDMS exam at the end of your residency).

There is a lot of research going on up here. Spyder is definitely right, when you are in the ED, you work hard... very hard.

We aren't a slave to surgery. Even though we are a section of their department, I've never seen any battles between surgery and EM. Most of the residents from other services (surgery, ortho, uro, med, etc.) get along great with us and even hang out with us sometimes.

The only disadvantage for the program is an old ED (it's antiquated and really needs to be blown up and rebuilt) and location. It's cold, and New Haven isn't the nicest city in the world. There is plenty to do around here, but keep in mind that New Haven is a high crime area.

Our new program director (Laura Bontempo from the Brigham) is really nice and seems awesome. Our past PD is now director of the simulation medicine lab, which the residents train with. (I just had a pedi mock code yesterday... it was cool having the manniquin simulate wheezing, unequal breath sounds, etc.)

Check out scutwork.com for more thorough review.

 

[southerndoc]

One thing I forgot to mention is the international health opportunities that are available here.

The Johnson & Johnson/Yale International Health Scholars program is available to all residents in the program. Limited positions are available for non-Yale residents.

The vast majority of EM residents perform at least one or two electives abroad. One of our residents is in Vietnam right now doing research, and two of the residents are about to leave to go to Gambia to do research on HIV. Another resident and I are starting a pre-hospital project in Germany. I'm also planning away electives in Capetown, South Africa (ED rotation) and Egypt (rural medicine rotation).

ALL of these are paid for -- up to $5,000 for airfare, lodging, meals, etc. in addition to the normal Yale salary that you will receive during your time away. (Current salary is $44,600/yr for a PGY-I.)

Lastly, Yale ED residents are allowed to moonlight within the department. It's the same as if you are working a normal teaching shift, except you are paid $60/hour.