Mount Sinai - St. Luke's Roosevelt

[xjoc]

I interviewed at this program, but didn't really get a good sense of the quality of training and where it stands in comparison to other Manhattan programs.

Anyone have any more details regarding workload or quality of teaching? There's no resident list on their website, so I'm also wondering about percentage of AMGs vs DOs vs IMGs. Any thoughts regarding this program vs Beth Israel or Montefiore?

My thoughts from interview day: Seemed like a strong community program with lots of autonomy. 2 different hospitals with different demographics and patient populations - lots of diversity. The few residents I interacted with seemed happy and emphasized that one unique aspect of the program is their resident union which provides bonuses every 6mo. Concerned about lots of scutwork (blood draws, patient transport).

Thanks

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[freudianslipp]

I interviewed at this program, but didn't really get a good sense of the quality of training and where it stands in comparison to other Manhattan programs.

Anyone have any more details regarding workload or quality of teaching? There's no resident list on their website, so I'm also wondering about percentage of AMGs vs DOs vs IMGs. Any thoughts regarding this program vs Beth Israel or Montefiore?

My thoughts from interview day: Seemed like a strong community program with lots of autonomy. 2 different hospitals with different demographics and patient populations - lots of diversity. The few residents I interacted with seemed happy and emphasized that one unique aspect of the program is their resident union which provides bonuses every 6mo. Concerned about lots of scutwork (blood draws, patient transport).

Thanks

I have had the chance to rotate at Beth Israel and SLR. The workload is lighter at SLR than Beth Israel, and I would say that the teaching is probably a little bit better. The PD at SLR, Prameet Singh, is a wonderful man and a fantastic smart compassionate educator, who tells it to you straight--a great PD.

I can tell you that there are definitely DO's from what I remember, and a few IMG's. There are DO's and IMG's at Beth Israel but from what I hear they are phasing out IMG's since the "Mother ship" Mount Sinai took over.

I think Beth Israel is definitely more of a work heavy program (even in the outpatient years, my resident was seeing close to 100 encounters/month! and could only talk with few cases with supervisor…which for me is a big problem!) and SLR is more education focused. I've sat in on the PGY2/3 classes in both SLR and Beth Israel and I was much more impressed by SLR classes.

Also, I'm sure the PD at Beth Israel is a nice fellow, but he didn't strike me like Dr. Singh did.

PM me if you have more specific questions.

 

[Journey05]

I interviewed at this program, but didn't really get a good sense of the quality of training and where it stands in comparison to other Manhattan programs.

Anyone have any more details regarding workload or quality of teaching? There's no resident list on their website, so I'm also wondering about percentage of AMGs vs DOs vs IMGs. Any thoughts regarding this program vs Beth Israel or Montefiore?

My thoughts from interview day: Seemed like a strong community program with lots of autonomy. 2 different hospitals with different demographics and patient populations - lots of diversity. The few residents I interacted with seemed happy and emphasized that one unique aspect of the program is their resident union which provides bonuses every 6mo. Concerned about lots of scutwork (blood draws, patient transport).

Thanks

Hello, I'm a current PGY2 at SLR. I am very happy with the quality of teaching at this program. The website is going under renovation but the overall make up of each class is about 10/class which consists of 1-2 DOs per year and 1-2 IMG per year with the rest being AMGs. When ACGME visited, there were complaints regarding residents doing routine blood work vs nurses. Mt Sinai/SLR is now hiring phlebotomists to address this issue and now patient transport will be 24/7 as well. St. Luke's is gradually becoming the center of excellence for mental health for the mt sinai system, so I expect there to be more teaching opportunities as the program grows.

 

[splik]

I have had the chance to rotate at Beth Israel and SLR. The workload is lighter at SLR than Beth Israel, and I would say that the teaching is probably a little bit better. The PD at SLR, Prameet Singh, is a wonderful man and a fantastic smart compassionate educator, who tells it to you straight--a great PD.

I went to a workshop last year that Dr. Singh was part on on substance abuse and impairment in residents. He talked about how he not only had compassion for those residents with addiction, he actually actively looked to recruit residents who had a history of addiction and were now in recovery. Nice to see an addiction psychiatrist practicing what he preaches.

I was under the impression doing lab draws etc was part of the experience of being an NYC resident. I don't really think it's scutwork, its an excellent opportunity to get to spend more time with your patients.