New open Stanford EM R1-R3 spots

[Poncho]

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Hi everyone, the RRC has just approved us to expand our residency PGY 1-3) from 10 residents per year to 12 per year. Our program director is now accepting applications for each class (R1, R2, R3).

R1 spot - Open to any qualified applicant. Most applications that have been received already have been from people who will have completed an internship in another specialty.
R2 spot - Will have needed to complete the first year of an EM residency. Will need to obtain a california license.
R3 spot- Will have needed to complete at least two years of an EM residency. Will need to obtain a california license.

We have a great program with great people. Our 30 residents run 4 different ED's with a combined census of over 200,000 pts and over 7,000 trauma activations i.e. the reason we are expanding the residency 🙂

(3 trauma centers: Stanford (2k/yr), Valley Medical Center (2k/yr), and San Francisco General Hospital (3 k/yr); 1 pediatric trauma center: Stanford; burn center: Valley). In addition to the tertiary care exposure at Stanford (1/3 of ED time), county exposure at SFGH and VMC (1/3 of ED time), we get a state of the art community ED experience at Kaiser Santa Clara with great teaching (1/3 of ED time). Off service rotations are selected from the best experiences at the four hospitals balancing excellent teaching from top services (ex. cardiology at Stanford) to maximum procedural experience without interference (ex. anesthesia at Kaiser, general surgery at VMC).

With the new UCSF-SFGH program it is anticipated that we will still rotate as R2's and R3's at SFGH, but probably less total weeks (begining with the class of 2011). The rotations will continue as they are for all people entering the new slots. For the future classes I think the time will be repatriated to Valley Medical Center but nothing is official yet.

Most residents are attracted by the depth of our clinical exposure and are happy to know that they can stay on for a fourth year to complete a fellowship while making a 75-80k. These include 2 chief resident positions, international, cardiovascular, wilderness medicine, EMS, simulation, sports medicine, and ultrasound fellowships. Resident research projects are supported by the expertise alvailble through the fellowships. Additional projects are ongoing in health policy research, HIV testing, sepsis, trauma, and many other areas.

We are a cohesive group that works hard and plays hard. A major attraction is living on the penninsula in the Bay Area with immediate access to adventure sports such as mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding as well as being within a short drive of one of the best cities in the world, San Francisico. Our resident salaries (46k as an R1 plus 4k in stipends, 50k as an R2, etc...) offset the higher cost of living in the Bay Area.

If your interested in applying, email or program directors: Phil Harter [email protected] and Gus Garmel [email protected].

For additional info check out our website: http://emed.stanford.edu/residency/

You can PM me if you have any specific questions. Good luck.

 

[Poncho]

Just a few clarifications to my earlier posts in response to some PMs:
- The R1 spot is open to 4th year medical students who have already matched at another program. However, this has to be done with the full consent of the that program.
- For the R2 year there a few changes in rotations that have been made that are not yet reflected on the website.
1) There is no more Kaiser ICU nightfloat - we are now doing SICU at Stanford.
2) PICU has been replaced by another block of Peds EM in the Stanford peds ED. This was a resident initiated change in order to take better advantage of our new Peds ED. In addition to our dedicated peds EM blocks, you see tons of kids on regular shifts at Kaiser and Valley as well as peds trauma at SFGH and Stanford.

Hope this helps.

 

[Poncho]

Sorry for the repeated posting. This is the official ad from the program cut and pasted from the SAEM website. I guess inqueries should be directed to Kathy Reagan, the program manager not the program director.

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Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency
Contact: Kathy Reagan, Residency Program Manager
[email protected]
650-723-0121 - Fax
Stanford University Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
701 Welch Rd., #C
Palo Alto, CA 94304-5777
Program type: 1,2,3
Available: July 1, 2007
Openings: PGY-1, PGY-2, PGY-3
Position(s): 6 positions (2 each)

The Stanford/Kaiser program will be expanding from 10 to 12 residents/year. We will be happy to entertain applications at all levels.

Please submit a statement describing the reason for your desire to transfer programs, a list of rotations completed in the PGY-1 and PGY-2 years (if applicable), CV, Medical School Transcript, Dean’s Letter, USMLE Scores and 2 letters of recommendation from your current faculty. An endorsement and letter of recommendation from your current Program Director is also required prior to being considered for this position.

Candidates interested in the PGY-2 or PGY-3 positions must have completed 1-2 years of an Emergency Medicine residency.

If you have had 2 years of prior training, regardless of the specialty, California law requires that you have a California Medical License.

 

[Poncho]

Sorry, I was misinfomed: I dont' think the R1 position is open to 4th year med students who have already matched. Makes sense. Sorry about that and any problems the misinformation may have caused.

 

[Painter1]

sucks for the the king-drew residents that are now off far away from their families with signed contracts to those far away programs outside california. gotta love that california lovin'

 

[GeneralVeers]

sucks for the the king-drew residents that are now off far away from their families with signed contracts to those far away programs outside california. gotta love that california lovin'

Stanford dangled these spots in front of us last December. They requested all of our CVs which were sent, but we didn't hear back from them. When I called to find out about what was going on, I was told that they were "too busy with interviewing" to even bother looking at our CVs. I pretty much wrote them off after that, as they weren't serious about taking anyone from MLK. It would have been nice, because I know 4-5 people who would have given anything to stay in California.

 

[deleted109597]

I hate it that places are opening up spots now. I guess if you were already categorical, you could change spots if you really wanted to be closer to home, etc. However, even though I have only a prelim, to cut and run now would make me feel like a shpos. Just me though.

 

[StudentDoc327]

I hate it that places are opening up spots now. I guess if you were already categorical, you could change spots if you really wanted to be closer to home, etc. However, even though I have only a prelim, to cut and run now would make me feel like a shpos. Just me though.

You mean you would actualy feel bad ditching your prelim for what you wanted to do with your life? I don't think they would feel bad at all letting you go for less of a reason if that reason benefited them seeing as how you are just a temporary source of manpower for them, who does not in any way want to be a surgeon. I mean, at the end of the day it's a job. And if they really cared about you, I would assume they would be happy you found something in your feild. I would be all over this if I didn't match.

 

[bulgethetwine]

I hate it that places are opening up spots now. I guess if you were already categorical, you could change spots if you really wanted to be closer to home, etc. However, even though I have only a prelim, to cut and run now would make me feel like a shpos. Just me though.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't feel any guilt! This is the 'machine' brain-washing you! I'm not as cynical as some -- I'm not going to go on an anti-establishment rant or anything -- but you need to look at this practically. Hell, even your logic is flawed -- it is precisely those in prelim spots who want to do EM that should chase this down!

In any other field, any other walk of life, any other country, the system by which graduates are thrust into training programs with extremely little flexibility for change -- either location, level of responsibility, specialty, etc -- would be roundly criticized.

I hope one of two things:

1) You reconsider; Or,
2) You are just sandbagging the idea to persuade others to conform to some misplaced sense of morality and employment ethics to heighten your own chances of getting a spot.

 

[mfleur]

I say go for it.

 

[SolidGold]

It's not that easy a decision since his wife would be on the opposite coast.

 

[bulgethetwine]

It's not that easy a decision since his wife would be on the opposite coast.

When did this thread become a soap opera 😛

Hey, no problem, if the wife is on the other coast, I understand completely. Just don't cite some allegiance to the institution that has the contract for your prelim year. Wife/family - great reason not to apply. Loyalty to the big hospital? Mis-placed and a set up for a sense of disenchantment later in the year (about the 2nd week of August).

 

[GeneralVeers]

When did this thread become a soap opera 😛

Hey, no problem, if the wife is on the other coast, I understand completely. Just don't cite some allegiance to the institution that has the contract for your prelim year. Wife/family - great reason not to apply. Loyalty to the big hospital? Mis-placed and a set up for a sense of disenchantment later in the year (about the 2nd week of August).

Some married colleagues I know wouldn't mind the wife being on the opposite coast....

 

[Apollyon]

Some married colleagues I know wouldn't mind the wife being on the opposite coast....

When I was on trauma as a resident, I was on with this surgery PGY-2 who did 18 days in a row (since you only have to have 1 day off in 7, averaged over 4 weeks) in order to get 3 days off in a row to fly from Durham to Miami to see his wife.

18 days in a row on trauma - I would be the next person on the trauma list.

 

[deleted109597]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't feel any guilt! This is the 'machine' brain-washing you! I'm not as cynical as some -- I'm not going to go on an anti-establishment rant or anything -- but you need to look at this practically. Hell, even your logic is flawed -- it is precisely those in prelim spots who want to do EM that should chase this down!
In any other field, any other walk of life, any other country, the system by which graduates are thrust into training programs with extremely little flexibility for change -- either location, level of responsibility, specialty, etc -- would be roundly criticized.
I hope one of two things:
1) You reconsider; Or,
2) You are just sandbagging the idea to persuade others to conform to some misplaced sense of morality and employment ethics to heighten your own chances of getting a spot.

I wish I could reconsider, and if spots were to open within maybe 1000 miles of my wife (of which none have), then I probably would. I did apply to CWRU, but didn't hear anything back from them, which leads me to believe that there is a much larger arms race going on right now than there was for the original match. I'm no slouch, and I have been told by PDs (however much that is worth) that I would have matched if not for the couples match. To not hear anything from them makes me think that I wouldn't have a chance in hell for a place in Cali.
On the flip side, I did sign a contract, and my situation is a little different than leaving Kaiser Permanente with one less resident. There are only 6 interns at my hospital, and only 8 categoricals (not counting the 2 interns). Me leaving cuts out 1/6 of their workforce, and I have already deposited the moving check, got an apartment, signed up for power, applied for a limited license, etc. I already had to piss off my research director when I left to go to medical school instead of finishing my research, I don't know that karma will let me do it again.
And no, I'm not sandbagging for other people. Maybe it was just the way I was raised, but it doesn't feel right to cut and run in this situation.

 

[bulgethetwine]

I wish I could reconsider, and if spots were to open within maybe 1000 miles of my wife (of which none have), then I probably would. I did apply to CWRU, but didn't hear anything back from them, which leads me to believe that there is a much larger arms race going on right now than there was for the original match. I'm no slouch, and I have been told by PDs (however much that is worth) that I would have matched if not for the couples match. To not hear anything from them makes me think that I wouldn't have a chance in hell for a place in Cali.
On the flip side, I did sign a contract, and my situation is a little different than leaving Kaiser Permanente with one less resident. There are only 6 interns at my hospital, and only 8 categoricals (not counting the 2 interns). Me leaving cuts out 1/6 of their workforce, and I have already deposited the moving check, got an apartment, signed up for power, applied for a limited license, etc. I already had to piss off my research director when I left to go to medical school instead of finishing my research, I don't know that karma will let me do it again.
And no, I'm not sandbagging for other people. Maybe it was just the way I was raised, but it doesn't feel right to cut and run in this situation.

Hey man, no problem. I mean, you don't have to justify yourself to anyone except the one looking in the mirror in the morning. If you're a believer in 'karma' and were raised better than the rest of us, good on 'ya.

 

[Poncho]

Just got word from the program office that they are not taking any more applications/inquiries for the positions (although I think there is one R2 and one R3 position still open). Sorry - poncho