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Has anybody rotated through the ER at the new U of Iowa program? I interviewed there--the PD seems way cool but the volume is so low I wonder if it's worth ranking, anybody have any input???
Iowa Em Residency?
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Other things to consider... the volume may be low but if there are only 4-8 residenst, that makes a big difference. The reason why some programs have 17-18 residents is because their volume is so high. Also consider if there are other residencies at that hospital, too.
Is being the first member of a residency for you? Its not for everybody... and it can get tough but it has given me a lot of opportunities that other programs couldnt' give me.
I would go with your gut. Its getting down to the wire.
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Is being the first member of a residency for you? Its not for everybody... and it can get tough but it has given me a lot of opportunities that other programs couldnt' give me.
I would go with your gut. Its getting down to the wire.
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I worked in the ED at U of Iowa for a couple of years and know most of the docs/nurses there.. They are really great folks. Iowa City is an awesome town too.
The volume is low and I know that you do at least 4 months up in Cedar Rapids which has over 55,000/year i believe.
U of IOwa has EVERY STINKIN' resideny known to man available which i don't know if that is good or bad.
I worked the night shift full time and we were usually pretty slow most of the night after 2a.m. until around 6 am., however, traumas come for all over the eastern half of iowa via ground and air.......there wasn't a lack of trauma exposure at all.
doubt any of this helped, but i'll die a Hawkeye and can't resist talking about them.
later
The volume is low and I know that you do at least 4 months up in Cedar Rapids which has over 55,000/year i believe.
U of IOwa has EVERY STINKIN' resideny known to man available which i don't know if that is good or bad.
I worked the night shift full time and we were usually pretty slow most of the night after 2a.m. until around 6 am., however, traumas come for all over the eastern half of iowa via ground and air.......there wasn't a lack of trauma exposure at all.
doubt any of this helped, but i'll die a Hawkeye and can't resist talking about them.
later
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I am from Iowa City, and have done a few rotations in the ED there during my paramedic training, and also interviewed there for the EM residency too. The city is awesome if you like small town Iowa. If you are from a larger city, you will more than likely hate it. The PD is a great guy, I have worked a few shifts with him, and many of the attendings are pretty good too. The thing that is keeping me from ranking it is that the ED is pretty much a triage bay there. If there is a neuro problem, they call neuro, if there is a fracture......ortho gets the call, lac to the face.....ENT gets the call............It was actually kinda comical when I was rotating there on the calls services would get to the ED. Just my 2 cents.
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Thanks for the advice!
I think this program has a lot to offer and the staff will make it solid, but I have the same worry as Midwest Medic. I think that they are going to have trouble going from an ER that's a triage/referral center to free-standing EM residency.
UIHC is a huge tertiary care center in a very small (but very cool) town. The PD told me that one of the goals of the residency is to graduate residents that will be able to specialize as rural ER docs with a minimum of backup. The rural EM thing is what I'd like to do, but IMHO I think there will be some serious turf wars with established specialties for a limited number of procedures and even fewer sick patients.
I heard they're planning twenty 12h shifts q month. . .no idea what off service call is like.
I still dig it tho, and I'll probably rank it very high. . .I think. . .
WHAT TO DO????
I think this program has a lot to offer and the staff will make it solid, but I have the same worry as Midwest Medic. I think that they are going to have trouble going from an ER that's a triage/referral center to free-standing EM residency.
UIHC is a huge tertiary care center in a very small (but very cool) town. The PD told me that one of the goals of the residency is to graduate residents that will be able to specialize as rural ER docs with a minimum of backup. The rural EM thing is what I'd like to do, but IMHO I think there will be some serious turf wars with established specialties for a limited number of procedures and even fewer sick patients.
I heard they're planning twenty 12h shifts q month. . .no idea what off service call is like.
I still dig it tho, and I'll probably rank it very high. . .I think. . .
WHAT TO DO????
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Just so ya know, we do 20 12s here as interns (progressively less PGY2 and then 3). Its not too bad, and being the only class here (6 of us) means that we can really move around our schedules. In Nov when I was in the ED, I front-loaded my shifts so I could have the week of T-giving off, it was sa-weet.
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