MI progams- Beaumont and Sparrow

[docflanny]

Does anyone have any comments about Royal Oak Beaumont or Sparrow? I'd like to know some of the intangibles characteristics that are not described well on fact sheets.

1. Does the hospital have a "family/community" feel?

2. How strong are the academics?

3. How efficient is the ED? Does it take forever to run your case by an attending or to get labs back?

4. Do you have a sense that you can function somewhat autonomously or does it feel like your hand is held throughout residency?

5. What's the working environment like- ability to intermingle easily with attendings and nurses?

I'd appreciate any input. I have to make a big decision about residency by next week.

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[Sheerstress]

When I rotated through Sparrow several years ago, I had the experience that I think you'll have at most community-based programs.

Most of the time, you'll be able to function fairly autonomously, the leash getting longer as you gain more experience. Scutwork is at a minimum, and the lab was pretty efficient at producing timely results. Research is not an absolute priority, but certainly there if you want it, and evidence-based medicine is taken seriously. And realtions between ancilary staff and other medical staff is probably the same as anywhere else - if you treat people well, they'll respond accordingly.

Overall, it is a non-malignant, good learning environment, where you won't see quite the trauma or certain pathologies that you'd see in the inner city, but certainly more than enough to make you a competent practitioner.

Hope that helps.

 

[anonymousEM]

I didn't rotate at Beaumont but interviewed and know some people who are there. The perks are excellent as in benefits, conferences in the first year, book allowances etc. The hospital is a huge community hospital with lots of research but also things like waterfalls in the lobby. It'd be a nice environment to work in. The emergency dept boasts the most visits per year in the country though I have no idea if that's actually true. Trauma, you see some, but most will be in the month you do at Detroit Recieving from what I could tell. They mentioned that one of their residents was on Trauma:Life in the Real ER while rotating there.

 

[Sheerstress]

Also, if you're an MSU-COM student, you probably know that a varying quota of Sparrow's slots are set aside for osteopathic students.

 

[docflanny]

SheerStress,

You're an amazing resource for Michigan residencies. Where are you now? Are you still in residency? Thanks for the advice.

 

[Sheerstress]

docflanny:

I'm no longer in residency, just know some things about the MSU programs from personal experience! I still work in the Kalamazoo area.