Anyone know anything about this program? The website for the program has been under construction for awhile, and I haven't found any info on it through search. TIA.
The Brooklyn Hospital Center?
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No one has heard anything?
Edit: To add, Freida lists the program as having 9 PGY1 spots, 7 PGY2 spots, and 3 spots each year after that. Does this mean this program is still using a pyramid system?
Edit: To add, Freida lists the program as having 9 PGY1 spots, 7 PGY2 spots, and 3 spots each year after that. Does this mean this program is still using a pyramid system?
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No it's because they lost so many residents at once. One intern left in the middle of the year, a second year resident left also in the middle of the year and another second year resident transferred after finishing the second year. Last year 2 categorical resident left too. One of the second year prelims was supposed to take the spot but didn't pass step 3 so had to repeat prelim year 2.
This is a small community hospital program with very small number of cases. Most of the junior residents scrub into plastic surgery cases (where you don't get to do anything but to cut sutures and do paper work), ENT cases (attendings are nice, but again can't do much there either), or some ortho cases where you retract for 4-6hrs to make it count as your trauma case.
This is a level 2 trauma center, which basically means no trauma cases. If you're not interested in traumas that's ok, but you should still be comfortable doing laparotomies coming out of a gen surg residency. The residents coming out of this program don't feel comfortable practicing right away, so they all go into fellowships. Last year one was going for colorectal surgery, went to 9 or 10 interviews, didn't get it so went into critical care instead, another one went into critical care also and one to vascular surgery.
Resident's dont hang out together, and talk about each other a lot. Not a very happy place. That's one of the main reasons so many people left. The administration plays favoritism. If they like you that'd be great, but if someone talks s*#t about you then they will screw up your schedule. One categorical intern got 3 weekends in one month, while another categorical intern got no ful weekends off in same month; or one resident will get 2 golden weekends per month for two months in a row, while another gets 2 black weekends in same two months.
This is a small community hospital program with very small number of cases. Most of the junior residents scrub into plastic surgery cases (where you don't get to do anything but to cut sutures and do paper work), ENT cases (attendings are nice, but again can't do much there either), or some ortho cases where you retract for 4-6hrs to make it count as your trauma case.
This is a level 2 trauma center, which basically means no trauma cases. If you're not interested in traumas that's ok, but you should still be comfortable doing laparotomies coming out of a gen surg residency. The residents coming out of this program don't feel comfortable practicing right away, so they all go into fellowships. Last year one was going for colorectal surgery, went to 9 or 10 interviews, didn't get it so went into critical care instead, another one went into critical care also and one to vascular surgery.
Resident's dont hang out together, and talk about each other a lot. Not a very happy place. That's one of the main reasons so many people left. The administration plays favoritism. If they like you that'd be great, but if someone talks s*#t about you then they will screw up your schedule. One categorical intern got 3 weekends in one month, while another categorical intern got no ful weekends off in same month; or one resident will get 2 golden weekends per month for two months in a row, while another gets 2 black weekends in same two months.
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Just for clarification: having differing numbers of residents in the first three years is not indicative of a pyramidal program. ACGME and the RRC bar programs from doing such.
Having more residents in the first two years most likely represents the presence of either integrated positions or nondesignated/designated preliminary positions.
Having more residents in the first two years most likely represents the presence of either integrated positions or nondesignated/designated preliminary positions.
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