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[KALKU]

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Any info on the TEMPLE program and University of Maryland? Thx

 

[drtime]

Any info on the TEMPLE program and University of Maryland? Thx[/quote

Temple is by far one of the worst programs I know of. I have heard many negative things about the program from one of the current residents. Long hours, poor teaching, no respect from the attendings, and no help in obtaining fellowships later.

Just beware of this program. Interview there if you want to make your own obseravations but I would consider other programs.

Sorry it may not be what you want to hear, but this what I know.

 

[KALKU]

Thanks! I appreciate your honesty.

 

[TheSandMan]

Any info on the TEMPLE program and University of Maryland? Thx[/quote

Temple is by far one of the worst programs I know of. I have heard many negative things about the program from one of the current residents. Long hours, poor teaching, no respect from the attendings, and no help in obtaining fellowships later.

Just beware of this program. Interview there if you want to make your own obseravations but I would consider other programs.

Sorry it may not be what you want to hear, but this what I know.

wow, couldn't be further from the truth. Im currently a temple resident and can tell you first hand that we have a great relationship with just about all our attendings. One of the neurosurgeon attendings was commenting to me a little while back that we have a very unusual relationship with our attendings in that is very colleagueal. I've been to several house parties thrown by attendings and have been out to the bars a couple of times with some. surgeons generally treat us pretty well, im sure in large part because the majority of our attendings will back us up and come in assuming that we were in the right.

hours are between 50 to 60 a week, and the majority of our cases are solid learning cases with sick patients. CRNA's tend to do the cases which have less educational benefit, such as the MAC eye cases. alot of procedures are available given that we have alot of sick patients. we do plenty of transplants, especially lungs. and if trauma is your thing, you will come out of here a stud when it comes to working under pressured situations.

education is stressed, along with independent reading - you are expected to have read for conferences (not that you will get in any real trouble if you dont read, but most folks show up pretty prepared, so you're going to feel like a clown if everyone else is contributing while your sitting quite).

everyone who wants a fellowship gets one, usually about 2-3 folks a year, predominantly in pedes and pain (yes, the program encourages us to apply for fellowship and fully supports us).

As far as the negative rumors go, there was resident last year who was asked to leave and i know he was pretty bitter about the whole thing (from working with him and the stories i heard from other people, i don't think the program had much choice.)

had our acgme review recently and got the maximum length of time issued before our next review (from which i understand pretty much means we aced it)

overall, a solid program where you are all but guaranteed to come out with excellent training. If you have any questions, please feel free to im me or post here.

 

[chocomorsel]

Is there more than one Temple program? I know of the one in Texas, which I hear is quite nice, but I know there's also a Temple university up north somewhere. Do they have an anesthesia program too? Which one are you asking about?

 

[amyl]

temple texas is scott and white of texas a and m. there is a temple in philly. maybe they are talking about different ones?

 

[TheSandMan]

temple texas is scott and white of texas a and m. there is a temple in philly. maybe they are talking about different ones?

didn't know we had a sibling 🙂 I'm at temple university hospital in Philadelphia, affiliated with temple university, also in philly

 

[KALKU]

Thanks Sandman - that was very helpful. I might take you up on your offer with more questions later on!

 

[amyl]

i have a couple questions and rather than pm you i thought maybe others might be wondering the same thing.
on what book (if any) are the didatics based? when are they held? what time do the or's start in the morning? how many weekends are you on call? how bad is philly traffic? is moonlighting late-stay or weekends?
pm me if you would rather -- and thanks!!!

 

[Trisomy13]

kevlar.


that is all i will say.

 

[TheSandMan]

kevlar.


that is all i will say.

haha, north philly is definitely a knife and gun club 🙂 I don't know of any residents who actually live in north philly. most commute or take the subway. its actually a decent location from a commuter standpoint because its right in between the suburbs and the heart of the city. So depending on where you decide to live, its a 20 minute commute to work (i'm a city boy myself, which is great because taking the subway is really convenient).

As far as didactics go, the first month of your CA-1 year is basically a crash course, where you read baby miller cover to cover. After that, all readings are based out of regular miller. Didactics are held in the anesthesia library, same room you start off on interview day. weekly conferences are held in a separate large conference room.

You are on call about 2 weekends a month. Moonlighting is random, just depends whether they need someone to cover a weekend or weekday and pay is either 45 or $50 an hour depending on your level of training and you can start moonlighting at the end of you CA-1 year. We don't get paid extra for late stay, but they do try to be fair in that if you stay unusually late one day, you will be one of the first to leave the next. Your usually out by about 5pm on average.

OR's start at 7:30 am, except Wednesdays when they start at 8:30 because of conferences.

As far as traffic goes, its you basic city traffic. Not congested as boston or NY, but not like driving in suburbs either

 

[TheSandMan]

Found this link to an old post of mine:

Temple post

 

[amyl]

thanks for all the info -- looking forward to my interview.

 

[coprolalia]

I will neither confirm, acknowledge, refute, admit nor deny whether I am or I am not a resident at Temple. But, just know that, if this is where your interest lies, you will get incredible trauma anesthesia training if you come here... errr... go there. 😉

-copro

 

[Trisomy13]

you will get incredible trauma anesthesia training if you come here... errr... go there. 😉

-copro

...and that's just in the parking lot!

thanks folks, i'll be here all week. try the veal.






(i love philly, just went to a competing institution for med school so i feel compelled to tease Temple)