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Just wondering if anyone knows anything about the uuhsc program in Salt Lake City. Good? Bad? Details...
Know anything about the Utah residency program?
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Pros:
1). The location for much of the outpatient rehab training at Utah is beautiful. It was built in 2000 or 2001, and houses three rehab docs, sports medicine, ortho, neuro, a PT center, a surgery suite, a floroscopic injection suite, in-house MRI and CT, and probably more that I don't know about. Very nice facility, and they do a lot of sports/spine/musculoskeletal/interventional rehab eval/treatment/and procedures there.
2). The location of the program itself is great!
3). The attendings are excellent to work with, and from what I can tell, give the residents a lot of autonomy.
4). The residents all love their residency. This may not sound like a big pro, but believe me, resident happiness/camaraderie is a HUGE indicator of what the general feel of the program is like. They were also great to work with while I was there, and gave me lots of opportunities to participate/ask questions/etc.
5). Weekly didactic sessions that are protected time.
6). The program is generally well rounded, but does have a strength in musculoskeletal medicine.
7). Call is from home, and not terrible.
8). The program is smaller (4 residents a year, for a total of 12) which is an advantage to me. Attending interaction and resident camaraderie are greater, and the program as a whole is more laid back.
9). There are probably more that I'm not thinking about...
Could go either way:
1). Cost of living. Depending upon what you are comparing it to, the cost of living could be more expensive (if you are looking at a lot of mid-west programs), or pretty cheap (if you are looking at a lot of east coast programs).
Cons:
1). The inpatient facilities are a bit smaller than the other programs I interviewed at. This is not to say that they are poor; they just recently completed a $1.5 million renovation of the inpatient floor. It's just a bit smaller that the other places I went. If you really think that you want to do inpatient rehab, then this may not be the best program out there for you, though it would still be fine. Additionally, they have a new free-standing inpatient rehab facility in the works.
2). They do not see a lot of neuro-musculoskeletal rehab patients (muscular dystrophies for example) because the Neuro department there sees most of those people. My impression is that some of the faculty would like to see this change, and are working in that direction (though these things can take a lot of time).
3). The department chair left last summer, however, they are in process of finding a new department chair. This happens at a lot of places though.
Summary:
Utah has a great program for MSK rehab. There are lots of opportunities for interventional procedures. The faculty and residents are great, and the atmosphere is fantastic. As noted above, the scutwork link is great.
1). The location for much of the outpatient rehab training at Utah is beautiful. It was built in 2000 or 2001, and houses three rehab docs, sports medicine, ortho, neuro, a PT center, a surgery suite, a floroscopic injection suite, in-house MRI and CT, and probably more that I don't know about. Very nice facility, and they do a lot of sports/spine/musculoskeletal/interventional rehab eval/treatment/and procedures there.
2). The location of the program itself is great!
3). The attendings are excellent to work with, and from what I can tell, give the residents a lot of autonomy.
4). The residents all love their residency. This may not sound like a big pro, but believe me, resident happiness/camaraderie is a HUGE indicator of what the general feel of the program is like. They were also great to work with while I was there, and gave me lots of opportunities to participate/ask questions/etc.
5). Weekly didactic sessions that are protected time.
6). The program is generally well rounded, but does have a strength in musculoskeletal medicine.
7). Call is from home, and not terrible.
8). The program is smaller (4 residents a year, for a total of 12) which is an advantage to me. Attending interaction and resident camaraderie are greater, and the program as a whole is more laid back.
9). There are probably more that I'm not thinking about...
Could go either way:
1). Cost of living. Depending upon what you are comparing it to, the cost of living could be more expensive (if you are looking at a lot of mid-west programs), or pretty cheap (if you are looking at a lot of east coast programs).
Cons:
1). The inpatient facilities are a bit smaller than the other programs I interviewed at. This is not to say that they are poor; they just recently completed a $1.5 million renovation of the inpatient floor. It's just a bit smaller that the other places I went. If you really think that you want to do inpatient rehab, then this may not be the best program out there for you, though it would still be fine. Additionally, they have a new free-standing inpatient rehab facility in the works.
2). They do not see a lot of neuro-musculoskeletal rehab patients (muscular dystrophies for example) because the Neuro department there sees most of those people. My impression is that some of the faculty would like to see this change, and are working in that direction (though these things can take a lot of time).
3). The department chair left last summer, however, they are in process of finding a new department chair. This happens at a lot of places though.
Summary:
Utah has a great program for MSK rehab. There are lots of opportunities for interventional procedures. The faculty and residents are great, and the atmosphere is fantastic. As noted above, the scutwork link is great.
