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Need a little help with what people know about the Johns Hopkins PM&R program. Ive heard little about it, my advisers know little about it, and on my interview day it was hard to obtain an accurate feel because it was held on a Saturday and we only met one resident.

It appears to be a place in which the residents are confident in their training, go onto desirable fellowships and/or begin practice. However, I haven't spoken to anyone who has anything non neutral to say about the program.

I know these types of questions don't go over well on this forum, I'm not asking anyone to tell me where to rank it, just asking if anyone knows anything about it.

(ive interviewed at a range of programs. . . spaulding, Colomcornell, mt sinai, nyu, temple, UPMC, RIC, Stanford, Jeff, NRH, BU, Tufts etc etc) everywhere else i was able to obtain a feel for the place and whether or not i could fit in and flourish there. But not Hopkins. any information would be greatly appreciated.
thanks guys!

Thanks so much.

 

[bkpa2med]

From what I remember on interview day, NO MSK training whatsoever. The residents told us that it is very neurorehab focused. So if your interests are in MSK that's something to consider.

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Buddy of mine is a med student there... one of the weakest hopkins programs. No MSK, as stated above...dont think it fills every year.

FYI: Not applying PMR.

 

[ogp]

Be careful what you say if you don't really know. Below is John's Hopkins program outline off their website. If I am reading it right they do a couple months of MSK in their 3rd and 4th year and have 2 months of elective time that they could do MSK also. It would be good to hear from a resident there or someone who knows the program well.



"PGY-2

• Approximately nine months are spent on inpatient rehabilitation services where residents have the opportunity to care for patients who have had strokes, spinal cord injuries, organ transplants, cancer, amputations and orthopedic surgery, as well as many other disabling conditions.
• Approximately two months are spent participating in outpatient rehabilitation clinics where residents will gain experience with numerous musculoskeletal injuries.

PGY-3

• Approximately six months are spent on each rehabilitation service (inpatient and outpatient).
• Rotations include burn, pain, musculoskeletal/sports medicine, cardiopulmonary, pediatric and geriatric rehabilitation.
• One month of elective time is included in the PGY-3*.

PGY-4

• Approximately nine months are spent in outpatient rehabilitation services and two months on inpatient rehabilitation services.
• Senior residents will have the opportunity to supervise junior residents.
• Rotations include brain injury, electrodiagnostic medicine and musculoskeletal/sports medicine.
• One month of elective time is included in the PGY-4*.

*Elective time: One of the two electives must be taken in an ACGME-accredited program. An elective may be taken anywhere in the world, as approved by the program director. "

 

[SSdoc33]

as of 2 years ago, it was still a mediocre program. perhaps things have changed. unlikely, though.

what you will get is a degree that says "johns hopkins". most people outside of PM&R (and therefore many employers) dont know about the specific programs, so it that respect, you will look pretty good.

 

[axm397]

see the anonymous review on the interview trail

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=10631176#post10631176

 

[patella88]

Any other thoughts on Hopkins? Info from current or past residents would be much appreciated!

 

[pillowface]

H patella88! Could you tell us about your interview experiences at these other places by any chance? Thanks 🙂

 

[ahussain9]

Need a little help with what people know about the Johns Hopkins PM&R program. Ive heard little about it, my advisers know little about it, and on my interview day it was hard to obtain an accurate feel because it was held on a Saturday and we only met one resident.

It appears to be a place in which the residents are confident in their training, go onto desirable fellowships and/or begin practice. However, I haven't spoken to anyone who has anything non neutral to say about the program.

I know these types of questions don't go over well on this forum, I'm not asking anyone to tell me where to rank it, just asking if anyone knows anything about it.

(ive interviewed at a range of programs. . . spaulding, Colomcornell, mt sinai, nyu, temple, UPMC, RIC, Stanford, Jeff, NRH, BU, Tufts etc etc) everywhere else i was able to obtain a feel for the place and whether or not i could fit in and flourish there. But not Hopkins. any information would be greatly appreciated.
thanks guys!

Thanks so much.

I'm a PGY-4 at Hopkins. The program is heavy on neurorehab. However, we have great resources here for the motivated resident with other interests. There is a great orthopedic sports medicine department that is open to residents spending extra time with them both on the field and in clinic. Our attendings are using US-guided injections in increasing numbers. We have a spine and sports attending currently who does all the fluoro work. We also rotate with the Hopkins anesthesia pain group which is great for experience and networking for future fellowships. Research opportunities abound. There is a lot of free time available PGY-3 and PGY-4 to take advantage of other resources at Hopkins. There are weaknesses, but all-in-all I am happy I ended up coming here as I feel adequately trained for general PM&R and will be completing a pain fellowship this upcoming year. For PAIN and MSK you will need a fellowship in my opinion. However, our residents do have a good track record for fellowships. 2 years ago we had 2 pain (Hopkins and Brigham), 2 sports (Texas and San Diego), 1 spine medicine (at KKI). Last year we had all pain or interventional spine (NYU, Texas Tech, UCLA, and a spine program in Atlanta) and one person going on to do a masters in public health and administration at Harvard (he has international medicine interests). Out of this year's seniors 3 are doing pain (2 Hopkins, 1 UofM) and 2 are doing peds (Seatle and another doing peds residency). Those of us interested in MSK, historically, have spent extra time with the orthopedic sports docs (who are very welcoming) and spent elective time throughout the country while attending MSK US courses and practicing in our clinics and PT gyms. PM me for more details.