neurology residents/interns post your intern year experiences

[kima]

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hello everybody,

apparently no one wants to answer my previous post, so I will word things differently.
can you please post your experience for intern year and the name of the program you went to, whether you are a current intern or a neurology resident.

how many hours do you work on average
how is the camaraderie
how is the teaching
any other thing you want to add


would appreciate any input 🙂

K

 

[Head]

You're going to be hard pressed to get people to post something like this because neurology is such a small field and it is almost possible to figure out who people are by reading through their old posts.

That said, I will give you my experience as an intern without mentioning the specific institution. I am at one of your typical major academic centers and so far I average about 70 hrs a week. This was a pleasant surprise, considering that in the past this place was somewhat known for overworking its residents. Although I only have experience at this one place, I would guess that you'd be hard pressed to find a place that is really overworking people now that the 80 hr work week is in effect. Don't get me wrong, when I am at the hospital I work pretty damn hard, but I was expecting to be pushing that 80 hr limit going into it.

If I were to guess, I would say most interns at the major academic centers are working around 70 hrs a week on average, maybe just over 80 hrs during a bad week. The ones at community hospitals probably work 60-70 hrs/wk. So I would say if you're looking for cush, just go to a community hospital for prelim year. Personally I wanted to get a solid foundation in medicine before starting neurology and I am very happy with where I'm at as an intern.

As for teaching and comraderie, you probably don't care because I'm not giving you the name of the institution, but the teaching has been excellent. Comraderie is different than med school - people are much less competitive with each other, but more are married so not as many people hang out together.