Penn State/Hershey neurology

[Omar Mukhtiar]

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Heard about a resident being fired from this program a few years back after he was given a poor evaluation in his PGY-2 year. He was made to do the PGY-3 year with the expectation that both years would be accredited; but then was asked to leave without certification of both years. He ended up calling a lawyer but still had to go to New Zealand to do IM there.

Any comments??

 

[Omar Mukhtiar]

Whats this? No comments?? Surely there is someone from Penn state who can shed light on this.

I guess thats the way it goes.........lets all keep mum about this..........that way we dont get our a**es kicked.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

Whoa, you didn't even give it a full day.

 

[Prez]

I interviewed here. They told me he had multiple issues, not just poor evaluation. Bombing RITE's every year and so forth...This is what they told me so thats what I have to go on. Everyone else there is doing well it seems, the residents seem happy so this seems like a fluke. Im not sure about the details though. It did not seem like a malignant program actually the opposite, like a friendly environment. This is just my interview impression.

 

[Omar Mukhtiar]

Dont know about his RITE scores & performance but I have known him as a PGY-1 & he did well on the IM RITES. He was not a shirker at work either though he could get argumentative.

The story goes he had asked at the program about their Q4 call throught all 3 yrs of neurology.

Still, why did they ask him to do a second year before firing him, after having told him that they would certify both years? Just fire him straight out of the PGY-2 yr instead of exploiting him.

But then I just have second hand information.