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This is a great idea!
I've interviewed at UVA and Stony Brook so far.
UVA - agree with dwgs (we may have been there on the same day). This was very painless. All interviewers were very relaxed and nice...no hard questions. The ED was fantastic with chest pain center, nice trauma bays with sliding xray equipment on ceiling, very modern. Residents seemed very nice. Shift schedule (admit it, we all want to know) starts as all 12 hours in the 1st year then down to a mix of i think 8-10 hours for PGY2-3. Overall a great program. Charlottesville is a nice college town but don't expect to stay after residency as UVA is the only game in town and they won't hire anyone straight out of residency.
Stony Brook - Also pretty low key interviews, except for the research director who was a little sarcastic. Met at 10am for a 1 hour conference then we met as a group with the residency director who told us about the program, after which, half of us had tours while the other half had 3, roughly 20 min. interviews. The program director and his assistant PD are both very young and seem very pro-resident. Residents were all very nice and seemed happy. Not the most impressive hospital, but a large ED expansion is underway. It sounds like it will be under construction for the next 2-3 years - something to think about. Shift schedules are 19 12-hour shifts per 28 day cycle for PGY1 then slightly fewer, but still 12 hours, as you progress. Only one thing to say about this part of Long Island: Traffic, traffic and more traffic. If you ever plan on getting into NYC, it will ALWAYS take you about 2 hours to drive 55 miles on the highway. I'm from NY, and this has always been the case. 495 has been under construction since the beggining of time (welcome to the reality of organized crime in NY - AKA labor unions). The great thing about this program is the Peds exposure. You will see kids every day as a resident at SB, as there is no Peds ED. Additionally, you spend 1 month at a nearby Peds ED. The program director did a fellowship in Peds-EM, so this is heavily stressed during your residency.
Good luck to everyone on their interviews and lets keep the info coming.
I've interviewed at UVA and Stony Brook so far.
UVA - agree with dwgs (we may have been there on the same day). This was very painless. All interviewers were very relaxed and nice...no hard questions. The ED was fantastic with chest pain center, nice trauma bays with sliding xray equipment on ceiling, very modern. Residents seemed very nice. Shift schedule (admit it, we all want to know) starts as all 12 hours in the 1st year then down to a mix of i think 8-10 hours for PGY2-3. Overall a great program. Charlottesville is a nice college town but don't expect to stay after residency as UVA is the only game in town and they won't hire anyone straight out of residency.
Stony Brook - Also pretty low key interviews, except for the research director who was a little sarcastic. Met at 10am for a 1 hour conference then we met as a group with the residency director who told us about the program, after which, half of us had tours while the other half had 3, roughly 20 min. interviews. The program director and his assistant PD are both very young and seem very pro-resident. Residents were all very nice and seemed happy. Not the most impressive hospital, but a large ED expansion is underway. It sounds like it will be under construction for the next 2-3 years - something to think about. Shift schedules are 19 12-hour shifts per 28 day cycle for PGY1 then slightly fewer, but still 12 hours, as you progress. Only one thing to say about this part of Long Island: Traffic, traffic and more traffic. If you ever plan on getting into NYC, it will ALWAYS take you about 2 hours to drive 55 miles on the highway. I'm from NY, and this has always been the case. 495 has been under construction since the beggining of time (welcome to the reality of organized crime in NY - AKA labor unions). The great thing about this program is the Peds exposure. You will see kids every day as a resident at SB, as there is no Peds ED. Additionally, you spend 1 month at a nearby Peds ED. The program director did a fellowship in Peds-EM, so this is heavily stressed during your residency.
Good luck to everyone on their interviews and lets keep the info coming.
