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I just came across this review on scutwork. Can someone please validate this?
[FONT=verdana, arial]Fellow. [FONT=verdana, arial]Overall Rating:
. [FONT=verdana, arial] 17-Aug- 2009.
[FONT=verdana, arial] [FONT=verdana, arial]Teaching:.
[FONT=verdana, arial]Atmosphere:.
[FONT=verdana, arial]Research:.
Schedule
Just graduated and recently there have been lots of changes in this program (which I hear are not necessarily better).
You rotate at five different hospitals and it can be very annoying to have five different computer systems that you never get to know enough. Most of the inpatient rotations are q4 with overnight calls, including the ICU. There is frequent violation of the 30 hours rule during these rotations.
Typical day as an intern: get to the hospital between 5:30-6:30 depending on work load. Rounds start at 8 and last until around noon. No more morning report or noon conference, since only a few had time to attend anyway. Now they started the Wednesday morning teaching sessions during the elective months and I hear they are very good. It's good to be able to pay attention to the lecture and not be stressed out by the pager.
Teaching
The faculty can be top notch in most of the fields. Attending-resident relationships are very good for the most part. No more morning report or noon conference..only Wednesday morning teaching sessions, which is good.
Atmosphere
Camaraderie is good. Less malignant atmosphere when compared to the East Coast. Percentage of foreign medical graduates in the program: close to zero; not FMG friendly I did not have a life outside work during my residency.
Conclusion
Pros: -good learning experience, mainly because you are faced with such a terrible workload -The faculty can be top notch in most of the fields. -easy to get a fellowship -they started Wednesday teaching sessions this year which I hear are good, mainly because that is protected time for teaching -atmosphere among residents continues to be OK, although sometimes due to stress and fatigue there can be conflictual episodes Cons: -violation of duty hours occurs frequently -jeopardy is abused big times; 95% of cases you get called for jeopardy because people cap, which happens very frequently, since it is such a huge program; when you are on jeopardy, there is basically 50% chances that you will get called in the middle of the night because somebody capped; we only hear excuses and nothing really happens to fix this problem that has been going on for years. -during most of the inpatient rotations you need to function as a "resintern" , meaning that you only have one intern in your team and so as an upper level you do as many H@Ps as the intern plus you need to supervise and staff all the admissions with your intern. -all the dictations are done by the upper level -at the University Hospital,the ICU residents are often pulled of the ICU to help the medicine team admit when they cap; you are still responsible for what happens in the ICU when you are not there!! -there is no protected time for research; you get 3 half days of continuity clinic per week when you are doing research, plus you can get called in on jeopardy. -there is no protected time to go to interviews for fellowship; you need to use your own vacation/free time for this. I feel prepared now that I finished, but I am so glad that I am done with my residency !! I would not choose this program again, since I do value life outside hospital and there is a lot of abuse regarding duty hours in this program. 50% of the residents stay on primary care and 50% get into fellowships, some very competitive. Getting into a fellowship from this program does not seem to be an issue. OK to e-mail me if you want.
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[FONT=verdana, arial]Fellow. [FONT=verdana, arial]Overall Rating:
[FONT=verdana, arial] [FONT=verdana, arial]Teaching:.
Just graduated and recently there have been lots of changes in this program (which I hear are not necessarily better).
You rotate at five different hospitals and it can be very annoying to have five different computer systems that you never get to know enough. Most of the inpatient rotations are q4 with overnight calls, including the ICU. There is frequent violation of the 30 hours rule during these rotations.
Typical day as an intern: get to the hospital between 5:30-6:30 depending on work load. Rounds start at 8 and last until around noon. No more morning report or noon conference, since only a few had time to attend anyway. Now they started the Wednesday morning teaching sessions during the elective months and I hear they are very good. It's good to be able to pay attention to the lecture and not be stressed out by the pager.
Teaching
The faculty can be top notch in most of the fields. Attending-resident relationships are very good for the most part. No more morning report or noon conference..only Wednesday morning teaching sessions, which is good.
Atmosphere
Camaraderie is good. Less malignant atmosphere when compared to the East Coast. Percentage of foreign medical graduates in the program: close to zero; not FMG friendly I did not have a life outside work during my residency.
Conclusion
Pros: -good learning experience, mainly because you are faced with such a terrible workload -The faculty can be top notch in most of the fields. -easy to get a fellowship -they started Wednesday teaching sessions this year which I hear are good, mainly because that is protected time for teaching -atmosphere among residents continues to be OK, although sometimes due to stress and fatigue there can be conflictual episodes Cons: -violation of duty hours occurs frequently -jeopardy is abused big times; 95% of cases you get called for jeopardy because people cap, which happens very frequently, since it is such a huge program; when you are on jeopardy, there is basically 50% chances that you will get called in the middle of the night because somebody capped; we only hear excuses and nothing really happens to fix this problem that has been going on for years. -during most of the inpatient rotations you need to function as a "resintern" , meaning that you only have one intern in your team and so as an upper level you do as many H@Ps as the intern plus you need to supervise and staff all the admissions with your intern. -all the dictations are done by the upper level -at the University Hospital,the ICU residents are often pulled of the ICU to help the medicine team admit when they cap; you are still responsible for what happens in the ICU when you are not there!! -there is no protected time for research; you get 3 half days of continuity clinic per week when you are doing research, plus you can get called in on jeopardy. -there is no protected time to go to interviews for fellowship; you need to use your own vacation/free time for this. I feel prepared now that I finished, but I am so glad that I am done with my residency !! I would not choose this program again, since I do value life outside hospital and there is a lot of abuse regarding duty hours in this program. 50% of the residents stay on primary care and 50% get into fellowships, some very competitive. Getting into a fellowship from this program does not seem to be an issue. OK to e-mail me if you want.
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