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Anyone have any input about the two residency programs in cincinnati?
Residencies in Cincinnati?
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Good Sam and Bethesda recently merged and seem to be going through some growing pains. 3 out of 8 of the interns left the program this year - one to pursue another specialty, one to fall back on the area of medicine she'd already completed a residency in, and one... who knows. The tone is a bit passive aggressive, but the training is good. First years get the opportunity to perform a large number of procedures. There is a high risk floor, high risk clinic, diabetic clinic, an underserved clinic, etc. The volume of babies born there is impressive. 20 plus little ones are born daily at Good Sam - the same amount may be born in 2 weeks at UH.
Both programs utilize the DiVinci robots. Both have high risk, but Good Sam has a greater number of cases. 3 of the 4 seniors that graduated from Good Sam this year went on to fellowships - 2 in urogyn and one in MFM. Often people worry that they won't have an opportunity to get a fellowship from a community program. That is not the case here.
I can't speak for the environment at UH b/c I've heard and experienced mixed things. The faculty at GS is good and the facilities are pretty nice. One drawback to GS is that it is a Catholic institution and they have strange policies about birth control and, as you can imagine, there is no mention of abortion.
Bottom line - the GS/Bethesda program offers great opportunities for experience and training. You will leave your residency very well prepared. However, there are a few kinks in the system. UH may be a happier program but you may not get as much experience.
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Both programs utilize the DiVinci robots. Both have high risk, but Good Sam has a greater number of cases. 3 of the 4 seniors that graduated from Good Sam this year went on to fellowships - 2 in urogyn and one in MFM. Often people worry that they won't have an opportunity to get a fellowship from a community program. That is not the case here.
I can't speak for the environment at UH b/c I've heard and experienced mixed things. The faculty at GS is good and the facilities are pretty nice. One drawback to GS is that it is a Catholic institution and they have strange policies about birth control and, as you can imagine, there is no mention of abortion.
Bottom line - the GS/Bethesda program offers great opportunities for experience and training. You will leave your residency very well prepared. However, there are a few kinks in the system. UH may be a happier program but you may not get as much experience.
Hope that helps
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there are no official rankings. it's all word of mouth. btw, GS/Bethesda does provide you with contraceptive training. specifically at the bethesda site as it is not catholic and you spend half your time there. also, there is an elective with planned parenthood that you have the option to take and see as well as do elective abortions if you choose.
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UH has an MFM fellowship and an REI fellowship
GS/Bethesda has a urogyn fellowship
Both programs have great staff. Both have great opportunities for research. UH also uses Christ hospital (private institution) for part of their training. It is a great gyn hospital and that is where most of the gyn training is done... just fyi.. and yes, GS/Bethesda has numbers out the whazoo. they hit the national averages on their numbers just over half way through the program...
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UH has an MFM fellowship and an REI fellowship
GS/Bethesda has a urogyn fellowship
Both programs have great staff. Both have great opportunities for research. UH also uses Christ hospital (private institution) for part of their training. It is a great gyn hospital and that is where most of the gyn training is done... just fyi.. and yes, GS/Bethesda has numbers out the whazoo. they hit the national averages on their numbers just over half way through the program...
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