DonnyFuego... hints for St. Mary's? Derrick S. told me something about Dr. Wasserman or a name like that. Like that's he's good to work with.
Wasserman likes to pimp you about sutures. Like which one you can eat (vicryl), and what they are made of (it's on the label).
He also points to areolar connective tissue as they do the dissection during c-sections and ask you what it is. It looks white and fluffy, and is in between the fascia and muscle. He also asked me the layers of the rectus sheath (know that below the line of douglas, there is no posterior sheath). Otherwise he's okay.
My preceptor in clinic was Dr. Fenske, and she's super nice. I never had a chance to work with her on L&D, but I think she would have let me do the delivery.
I'd avoid Koh, he's a jerk, and he doesn't let you do much. Janik doesn't let you do much in the OR, and is arrogant, but she doesn't pimp you. Hogerland I never worked with, but I hear that you should know the branches of the hypogastric (internal iliac) artery for him. He also pimps you in clinic, but I don't know what about. Boruta is pretty cool, and he'll let you do some suturing sometimes.
On L&D, the nurses will call you for any H&P, but for the most part will never call you for a delivery. You have to bird dog those closely. If you know the patient is 7-8 cm, I'd stick around. Otherwise, they are ok. Some are nice, some aren't, but if you treat them nice, they are good to you in return. As always, don't piss them off.
I also hated working for the midwives. They expected you to do the H&P, but then never let us help out with the delivery.
On the other hand, the OB residents were great, and let us do a lot. Also, if there is a FP resident they will often let you do quite a bit.
On slow days, Alterra is within walking distance down Prospect, as is Q-Doba. If you are more adventurous, you could cruise down to the Alterra by the lake. This is easier on Wednesday mornings when the residents are at lecture and there is no clinic.
The call room is ghetto, and I didn't get much sleep, but other students were able to get 5+. It's pretty easy to book out of there ASAP post call too. Another good place to hide is the library (at least during the day).
That's pretty much everything I can think of, in no particular order.
