Hey everyone,
Its been quite some time since I've posted on/lurked these forums. Used to be a daily thing back in undergrad and dental school haha. Crazy to say, but I'll be interviewing some of you to be interns for chief year 2025-2026 at the University of Cincinnati OMFS program later this year. I think our interviews will be early November this year. As you work on your PASS application and decide which programs to apply to (lotsss of $$$), I'd love to answer any questions yall have about UC to make sure its a good fit. I would definitely advise you to pay attention to who your future chiefs will be as you interview. They can make your intern year a blast or they can make it a living hell. We try to choose hard workers and team players. Residency is tough no matter where you go, but getting along w/ co-residents is critical. You will spend more time around them than your family/friends for 4 years. When someone doesn't carry their weight, the other residents have to step in to make up for it. Just as a brief synopsis, our greatest strength, in my opinion, is our sedation experience. Each resident will have about 900 sedations on all ages when they leave. You'll be very comfortable with airway management/emergencies in an outpatient setting. This lets us hit the ground running for private practice. Second to that experience, another strength would be our residents. We all enjoy hanging out at someones house to grill, playing golf, working out when we have some free time and good weather. its not all surgery all the time. Our resident room is always a good time between coming up with the best playlists to cowboy boot Fridays. Another great positive about UC is our didactics. We have morning lectures about 3 to 4 times a week on general medicine, prosth/implants, oral path, and chief led discussions on relevant material. There is a mountain of material to learn that dental school doesn't cover so this really helps us do well on our off service rotations and manage our inpatients well. The second half of the year, we have cadaver lab once a week where we learn hands on almost every head/neck approach pertinent to OMFS. We have multiple OR's running 4 days a week in addition to our busy outpatient sedation rooms. Our surgical experience is very strong in my opinion. Plenty of orthognathic and trauma cases. I could go on and on, but just let me know what specifics you'd be interested in knowing. Pumped to meet you guys in a few months.
Trevor
Its been quite some time since I've posted on/lurked these forums. Used to be a daily thing back in undergrad and dental school haha. Crazy to say, but I'll be interviewing some of you to be interns for chief year 2025-2026 at the University of Cincinnati OMFS program later this year. I think our interviews will be early November this year. As you work on your PASS application and decide which programs to apply to (lotsss of $$$), I'd love to answer any questions yall have about UC to make sure its a good fit. I would definitely advise you to pay attention to who your future chiefs will be as you interview. They can make your intern year a blast or they can make it a living hell. We try to choose hard workers and team players. Residency is tough no matter where you go, but getting along w/ co-residents is critical. You will spend more time around them than your family/friends for 4 years. When someone doesn't carry their weight, the other residents have to step in to make up for it. Just as a brief synopsis, our greatest strength, in my opinion, is our sedation experience. Each resident will have about 900 sedations on all ages when they leave. You'll be very comfortable with airway management/emergencies in an outpatient setting. This lets us hit the ground running for private practice. Second to that experience, another strength would be our residents. We all enjoy hanging out at someones house to grill, playing golf, working out when we have some free time and good weather. its not all surgery all the time. Our resident room is always a good time between coming up with the best playlists to cowboy boot Fridays. Another great positive about UC is our didactics. We have morning lectures about 3 to 4 times a week on general medicine, prosth/implants, oral path, and chief led discussions on relevant material. There is a mountain of material to learn that dental school doesn't cover so this really helps us do well on our off service rotations and manage our inpatients well. The second half of the year, we have cadaver lab once a week where we learn hands on almost every head/neck approach pertinent to OMFS. We have multiple OR's running 4 days a week in addition to our busy outpatient sedation rooms. Our surgical experience is very strong in my opinion. Plenty of orthognathic and trauma cases. I could go on and on, but just let me know what specifics you'd be interested in knowing. Pumped to meet you guys in a few months.
Trevor
