Casino7 said:
Has anyone interviewed at Univ of VA, Medical college of VA, Duke or Wake Forest, UNC, Maryland, Hopkins??? Any opinions on these schools?
UVa - interesting program with weird cast of characters. Should definitely talk with recent grads and anyone who has dropped out.
MCV - not much of a national reputation
Wake - ???
Unc - solid program - seemed humane
Maryland - ditto what I mentioned about UVa - I did not go there, but am at the "other" Baltimore Medical School - so do hear that things are not so good there. (CAUTION!!)
Hopkins - having spent time - good program - you work hard - but you are well-trained and well-treated.
ANOTHER program to have "heads-up" about - UIOWA - used to have a decent rep, but they've had one resident per year quit in the last 4-5 YEARS!! When I interviewed there this year and asked about this year's fatality, was told by the Chair (who seems very chariasmatic on the surface - BUT BEWARE!) that he/she dropped out because of "MEDICAL PORBLEMS". When I got back to Hopkins, I reported this to my advisor because maybe the loss this year wasn't so bad if it was because of illness. However, my Advisor was horrified to hear this because he had advised the Spouse of this resident - former Hopkins med stud - who went to IOWA for Neurology. So he called the neurologist to find out how his wife was doing with her disease and guess what BBBBIIIIGGGG LLLLIIIIEEEE!! The resident was not ill, but rather railroaded from the program; suffered major abuse, long hours, discrimination - the WORKS!!! Apparently, she witnessed and was directly involved in numerous daily incidences of verbal and emotional abuse which compromised resident learning, staff morale, and patient care. The junior NS residents are repeatedly called sh*thead and ***** in front of patients and other staff by the Chief residents. They are repeatedly told:"I cant believe you are doctors, I would never want you as my doctor, I cant believe you graduated from medical school. These verbal assaults even occur at the bedside, in front of patients and their families. (Embarrassed nurses close the doors to adjacent patient rooms during these incidences.) If any resident acts to confront & correct the behavior, they are "punished" by being made to come into the hospital as early as 3:30 AM, to pre-round on patients. If a senior or chief resident feels that a junior resident has not followed directions exactly, the resident is made to carry the on-call pager as a punishment, even not scheduled to take a call. He or she can also be barred from the operating room. An Asian-American Resident - trained at a good US medical school - was told to go back to China. The junior residents are also referred to as monkeys, "donkeys",terrible doctors, idiots, and liars in front of patients and staff. They are also threatened with being fired - on an almost daily basis. Apparently the program and faculty propagate and tolerate extraordinarily abusive behavior in this program - which was a pretty reputable program until the current chair (who is only an Associate Professor, only "board eligible" according to their website, and hasn't been able to successfully recruit a single new faculty member in the 6 years he has been chair!!!)) was hired.
MY ADVICE - EXTREME CAUTION in the corn land!!