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The website says 24, the pamphlet says 36, so which is it? CPME says 24, along with everything else. Anybody with personal experience on here know for sure?
The website says 24, the pamphlet says 36, so which is it? CPME says 24, along with everything else. Anybody with personal experience on here know for sure?
The website says 24, the pamphlet says 36, so which is it? CPME says 24, along with everything else. Anybody with personal experience on here know for sure?
Really? Where else did you rotate at? I've never heard "Cooper" and "amazing program" used in the same sentence.Copper is an amazing program. its 24 converting to 36 may be by july if everything goes as they planned. I externed at the program . The director and Dr. Zak do tons of surgery , Its just the area thats a little scary but great surgical program.
So, in summary, I believe that there are MUCH stronger programs available with much higher volume and diversity. In order for a program to really be well rounded, you need more that 3 ABPS attendings to be active. You can't learn different techniques, different philosophies, etc., if you are only learning from that few, even if they are excellent.
There are quite a few docs in our practice, and we each do things a little differently in surgery, though results are all usually consistent.
I am NOT trashing this program or the doctors involved. But based on my many years of experience, a program that only has 3 ABPS certified docs and only a few more active, must be lacking in diversity and numbers.
Just wondering: what do you think the ratio of residents to quality attendings should be for a solid, diverse residency program? Thanks.
Excellent question, but unfortunately a very difficult question to answer. There are so many factors involved such as the quality of the attendings, amount of cases the attendings each perform, the type and diversity of the cases performed and the knowledge of the attendings. It is really case dependent.
But similar to a previous post, I've never heard Cooper referred to as an amazing program. But, I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Really? Where else did you rotate at? I've never heard "Cooper" and "amazing program" used in the same sentence.
To answer the original question. It is probably a forefoot program that got forced into being a 3 year residency under the new standards. Which means the 3rd and final year is spent either finishing your forefoot numbers or doing some other type of training such as wound care......or both.
I could have sworn a year ago was a month ago...time flies when you're having fun, or when you're sitting in a cubicle studying all day.