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Lincoln Interview Review
At this late point in the season, this is more for next year's crowd then for us.
The day started at 12pm. Yes, that's 12pm! 12-14 applicants were present. The PD (Dr. Gernsheimer) indicated that this year has been very competitive and hardly anyone has canceled their interviews late in the season (meaning he didn't expect so many people).
Parking is available in the parking garage "at a nominal fee". I parked on the street without a meter. There is a lot of traffic in the area during the day so I wouldn't worry about having your car broken into or stolen. Put the club on!
The PD gives an hour talk, citing the strengths of the program including the accomplishments of the versatile residents. Afterwards, one of the residents gives a tour. Then we were led back into the original conference room where we had PIZZA while waiting to be interviewed. Residents occassionally came through and spoke with us.
The day is not run very efficiently. Expect to stay until 6:30! Even the secretary leaves at 5! There are only two interviewers, Gernsheimer and the asst PD (Manuck sp?). They seem to like this format and not allow anyone else to interview because they pride themselves at picking the perfect residents for the past three years. (Not one complainer and everyone gets along.)
+++ The PD. When asked the ultimate applicant question, "What made you come here?" all residents replied it was because of Dr. Genrsheimer. He is very charismatic, simple, and very approachable. Most of the residents call him "Gern", and even the employees joke around very freely with him. His easy going character sets the tone for the ED. Dr. Gernsheimer gives the impression of the absent minded professor who is incredibly bright and extremely dedicated. Most residents offered examples of his dedication to teaching such as staying past his shift to assist residents with their workload....and then giving a personalized lecture for two hours on EKG's to one resident! That's dedication! He genuinely cares about the residents and his program. He has been involved with Lincoln for the past 33 years.
++ Good job prospects. Most residents said Gernsheimer knows EVERYONE in EM, and during national conferences tends to arrange private meetings with Chairs and his residents. Lincoln is an EM dinosaur and many of its graduates hold chair and PD positions all over the country.
++ High volume, tons of trauma! 140,000+ census. Used to be 160,000+, but the crime and murder rate has gone down all over the city. No shortage of knife and gsw's here. THere are a lot of gangs in the area, and frequently slash people's faces for intitiation.
+ One of the EM faculty was originally trained as a trauma surgeon and grandfathered into EM. The residents learn a lot from him.
+ Altitude research team. Every year one of the faculty goes to Ecuador to Cotopaxi to study effects and therapies related to high altitude sickness. Most residents go to mountain climb.
+ All of the residents seemed to be very happy! Surpisingly so, even if they work incredibly hard. To get an idea of how hard they work....they see 140,000+ (the most in the city) with only 10 residents (Jacobi and Kings County have 18 residents). Even though they work themselves to the bone, they do it with a smile.
+ Good Peds experience with lots of volume, high peds trauma (lots of GSW to the head
, asthma) but possibly too much of the same.
+/- Very subsidized housing, costs ~$300 a month in Harlem with $75 parking for Lincoln and housing. But apartments are dorm style with community bathrooms. Only beneficial if you're single and want to live like a fat cat in NYC.
+/- No fast track experience. They employ non EM certified IM docs and PA's on a part time basis to cover the fast track. This screens the non-critical cases coming to the ED. In a very poor area, this can be essential since the ED serves more as a clinic seeing tons of colds and minor lacerations.
+/- No dedicated Surgical residency...but Cornell Surgery residents rotate there. Does this mean that you get to do all procedures? Pretty much...but the residents mentioned that occassionally you get some pretentious, condescending Cornell resident who tends to think everything should be done in THE "Cornell way".
+/- Very County experience. Typical City hospital, with weak ancillary support, although the residents said in order to have the nurses do all the necesary work...you must give all orders in one batch instead of adding on orders individually.
+/- 2,3,4 program....they do not expect to change because in order to survive at such an intense program you have to have a year of experience under your belt.
- Lack of community exposure, unlike many programs with a "dedicated" secondary site where you spend a good deal of your time they only spend up to three months at another institution. This other institution is St. Joseph's hospital in Yonkers. Very close by (10 minutes north by car)
-- Too busy! With such a high volume, you will learn via "trial by fire". This is not the place to go if you need to have lots of attending interaction and hand holding.
-- Layout of ED....very similar to Kings County. Specialized rooms including asthma stations, fast track and multiple trauma bays are scattered throughout. The tour seemed very confusing sometimes going across high traffic hallways. Unlike King's County and Jacobi who are opening their own brand new state of the art dedicated buildings, Lincoln does not have the luxury of space or money. There has been talk of renovating for some time, but in order to do that they have to close down sections at a time. Each space is critical, so they don't know which section to shut down first.
Overall....graduating from here you are guaranteed a job anywhere, very well clinically trained. By nature of its high volume, you will be able to handle ANYTHING...but probably the least academic of all city hospitals.
At this late point in the season, this is more for next year's crowd then for us.
The day started at 12pm. Yes, that's 12pm! 12-14 applicants were present. The PD (Dr. Gernsheimer) indicated that this year has been very competitive and hardly anyone has canceled their interviews late in the season (meaning he didn't expect so many people).
Parking is available in the parking garage "at a nominal fee". I parked on the street without a meter. There is a lot of traffic in the area during the day so I wouldn't worry about having your car broken into or stolen. Put the club on!
The PD gives an hour talk, citing the strengths of the program including the accomplishments of the versatile residents. Afterwards, one of the residents gives a tour. Then we were led back into the original conference room where we had PIZZA while waiting to be interviewed. Residents occassionally came through and spoke with us.
The day is not run very efficiently. Expect to stay until 6:30! Even the secretary leaves at 5! There are only two interviewers, Gernsheimer and the asst PD (Manuck sp?). They seem to like this format and not allow anyone else to interview because they pride themselves at picking the perfect residents for the past three years. (Not one complainer and everyone gets along.)
+++ The PD. When asked the ultimate applicant question, "What made you come here?" all residents replied it was because of Dr. Genrsheimer. He is very charismatic, simple, and very approachable. Most of the residents call him "Gern", and even the employees joke around very freely with him. His easy going character sets the tone for the ED. Dr. Gernsheimer gives the impression of the absent minded professor who is incredibly bright and extremely dedicated. Most residents offered examples of his dedication to teaching such as staying past his shift to assist residents with their workload....and then giving a personalized lecture for two hours on EKG's to one resident! That's dedication! He genuinely cares about the residents and his program. He has been involved with Lincoln for the past 33 years.
++ Good job prospects. Most residents said Gernsheimer knows EVERYONE in EM, and during national conferences tends to arrange private meetings with Chairs and his residents. Lincoln is an EM dinosaur and many of its graduates hold chair and PD positions all over the country.
++ High volume, tons of trauma! 140,000+ census. Used to be 160,000+, but the crime and murder rate has gone down all over the city. No shortage of knife and gsw's here. THere are a lot of gangs in the area, and frequently slash people's faces for intitiation.
+ One of the EM faculty was originally trained as a trauma surgeon and grandfathered into EM. The residents learn a lot from him.
+ Altitude research team. Every year one of the faculty goes to Ecuador to Cotopaxi to study effects and therapies related to high altitude sickness. Most residents go to mountain climb.
+ All of the residents seemed to be very happy! Surpisingly so, even if they work incredibly hard. To get an idea of how hard they work....they see 140,000+ (the most in the city) with only 10 residents (Jacobi and Kings County have 18 residents). Even though they work themselves to the bone, they do it with a smile.
+ Good Peds experience with lots of volume, high peds trauma (lots of GSW to the head
, asthma) but possibly too much of the same.+/- Very subsidized housing, costs ~$300 a month in Harlem with $75 parking for Lincoln and housing. But apartments are dorm style with community bathrooms. Only beneficial if you're single and want to live like a fat cat in NYC.
+/- No fast track experience. They employ non EM certified IM docs and PA's on a part time basis to cover the fast track. This screens the non-critical cases coming to the ED. In a very poor area, this can be essential since the ED serves more as a clinic seeing tons of colds and minor lacerations.
+/- No dedicated Surgical residency...but Cornell Surgery residents rotate there. Does this mean that you get to do all procedures? Pretty much...but the residents mentioned that occassionally you get some pretentious, condescending Cornell resident who tends to think everything should be done in THE "Cornell way".
+/- Very County experience. Typical City hospital, with weak ancillary support, although the residents said in order to have the nurses do all the necesary work...you must give all orders in one batch instead of adding on orders individually.
+/- 2,3,4 program....they do not expect to change because in order to survive at such an intense program you have to have a year of experience under your belt.
- Lack of community exposure, unlike many programs with a "dedicated" secondary site where you spend a good deal of your time they only spend up to three months at another institution. This other institution is St. Joseph's hospital in Yonkers. Very close by (10 minutes north by car)
-- Too busy! With such a high volume, you will learn via "trial by fire". This is not the place to go if you need to have lots of attending interaction and hand holding.
-- Layout of ED....very similar to Kings County. Specialized rooms including asthma stations, fast track and multiple trauma bays are scattered throughout. The tour seemed very confusing sometimes going across high traffic hallways. Unlike King's County and Jacobi who are opening their own brand new state of the art dedicated buildings, Lincoln does not have the luxury of space or money. There has been talk of renovating for some time, but in order to do that they have to close down sections at a time. Each space is critical, so they don't know which section to shut down first.
Overall....graduating from here you are guaranteed a job anywhere, very well clinically trained. By nature of its high volume, you will be able to handle ANYTHING...but probably the least academic of all city hospitals.
