Malignant Programs

[Sir Elroy]

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I think this forum has done an excellent job at helping me know which programs are considered highest quality, but is there any particular consensus as to which programs tend toward malignancy, regardless of quality of education?

For the purposes of this thread, I'll say a "malignant" program is, quite simply, a program that makes residents feel miserable when they go home every day. This may be from faculty that are unnecessarily mean, questionable ethics (like the notorious under-the-table 80+ hour workweek), or anything else that is consistently and unreasonably frustrating for residents.

I don't like asking this, and I really don't mean this as a program-bashing thread; however, the fact remains that this information would be very helpful in choosing which programs to apply to.

Given the imperfect reliability of anecdotes, I hope everyone takes anything posted with a grain of salt. But do please be honest.

(And tactful.)

 

[Methyldopa]

You yourself would be the best judge of a program that you deem malignant. You'll easily note it while you are interviewing at a program.

In my experience, I don't think there were any programs that were malignant but definitely one program stood out as having residents I could never work with and hours that were beyond terrible.

Neurologist are generally happy people and almost all programs are good/non-malignant.

The best option is to apply to programs that you think are a good fit for you and see for yourself whether a program is malignant/over-worked (it's usually fairly obvious). Simply I say this to you because people have different opinions about hard work. For example, I wanted a program that has big patient volume (I learn by seeing and doing), while a friend of mine wanted a program that was more laid back and was excited with a program that only had home call.

He probably thinks the program I matched at is malignant.

Different strokes, for different folks!😀

 

[Nerdoscience]

Anyone actually want the gossip, anecdotes, etc?? As mentioned above, that's all you can really get from sdn, but it's something, if you take it with a gigantic boulder of salt...