Any current Yale residents able to talk a little bit about residency there/ pros and cons that you have noticed since being there? Trying to figure out my rank list and really enjoyed my interview day there
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BUMP thanks for posting, OP. Very curious to hear about anyone's experience at Yale Anesthesia. My understanding from scutwork is that the program is poorly reviewed but I have heard conflicting things.
- Even though Yale isn't a top ranking anesthesia program, what advantage does the Yale name confer to an attending who did Anesthesia there?
- How does Yale match into pain fellowships?
Thanks for your insight.
- Even though Yale isn't a top ranking anesthesia program, what advantage does the Yale name confer to an attending who did Anesthesia there?
- How does Yale match into pain fellowships?
Thanks for your insight.
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What does malignant mean? I know Gen surg residents doing 80+ hours a week and not complaining. When people are complaining about 60+ hours in residency it's a bit annoying. My question is more about the case mix and how often do residents get to do more intense/risky cases early on their career. Also, what do people there do for fun outside of the OR?
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I'm not a resident there, obviously, but here is what little I know about the program. No idea how intense the case mix is, but I can tell you that basically everything gets done at Yale, so I'd imagine the case mix is good.
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New Haven is close enough to NYC that you can drive there in around an hour, or hop the train if you want- it's not close, but not so far away that you can't head to the city if you're feeling like having some "real" night life. Downtown New Haven isn't the best, but there's a lot of good food and a few decent bars that are frequented by hospital staff and graduate students at Yale's many graduate programs. What New Haven lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality, as many of the higher class spots are populated entirely by an interesting, educated, and diverse group of people. Just don't wander too far from the nice areas or you'll get shanked tho... Like, I'm not even kidding, two blocks can be the difference between a good night out and getting mugged.
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New Haven is close enough to NYC that you can drive there in around an hour, or hop the train if you want- it's not close, but not so far away that you can't head to the city if you're feeling like having some "real" night life. Downtown New Haven isn't the best, but there's a lot of good food and a few decent bars that are frequented by hospital staff and graduate students at Yale's many graduate programs. What New Haven lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality, as many of the higher class spots are populated entirely by an interesting, educated, and diverse group of people. Just don't wander too far from the nice areas or you'll get shanked tho... Like, I'm not even kidding, two blocks can be the difference between a good night out and getting mugged.
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Hello!
I'm a long-time lurker on the forums, but created an account after seeing this post as I'm a current resident (CA-2) at Yale.
My TL;DR: come to the interview and see the program for yourself! On my 'pre-interview' rank list, Yale was on the lower half, but after all of my interviews I ended up ranking it 1st. I'm biased of course, so take everything I say with a grain of salt, but I'm very happy here and plan on staying after residency, as a large number of our residents do.
Yale: It's a great program, with very strong clinical training (but who doesn't say that!). Our attendings are unbelievable nice, and we usually use first names with most. They are very supportive and always teaching in the OR, if you're willing to listen. I find with most program reviews, people complain about 'intra op teaching', but it's always you get what you give. If you ask a question, I've never had an attending not sit down and spend an hour with you to go over things, and draw all over your papers! They are typically 1:2 coverage, with one room being a CRNA, so they are really focused on you and your room for assistance and teaching. The attendings are also very flexible, as far as your plan for each patient, and are open to anything (reasonable) for your anesthetic plan. We have many experts in the field, including the current editors of Stoetling and Barash, the airway expertise of Rosenblatt, and thoracic/cardiac attendings that are amazing as well. Regional is definitely not a strong suit, and our pediatric service could use improvement as well, there is a lot of turnover of attendings. Our PD Dr Schwartz is so nice and very supportive of us residents, and our attendings are supportive of us as well to a fault.
I googled the Scutwork site you mentioned, and I think it's very outdated. My typical day is showing up at 615-630, to set up my room and see patient at 7A for our standard 730A start. If it's a late start, I arrive at 7A. We are relieved at 4P by CRNAs or the on call residents if you're case is ongoing, I'd say 430 at the latest. If your case is closing at that time, you will usually finish it up though. CA-1s usually finish up the pre-ops for the next day (we have APRNs who do them during the day), but they're all gone by 5. Call is amazing, with 1-2 weekends on call per month, and 2 full weekends off each month for the most part. You may have 1-2 'late calls' during the month, which means until 8P, but you are paid for the extra hours, and it's not bad at all and covers a few bills!
New Haven: love it. Seriously, forget what you've heard. There is a 'Yale Bubble' of several square miles including the undergrad and medical campus, hospital, and downtown and where you will live that is incredibly safe and people walk home all throughout the night. It's covered not just by police but by Yale ($$$) security on every other corner. The bad New Haven is several miles away, and you'll never go there, period. I love living downtown, it's like an urban city but small, where you can walk outside to a million different bars, restaurants, stores, etc while paying half the rent of NYC. Weekend off? NYC is an 1.5 hrs away on the train, which leaves every hour, from the station down the street... or use your car (yes everyone has a car), to drive up to Boston or the beach, or Maine for the weekend.
As far as the above comment, I will keep silent as if you don't have anything nice to say... For intubations that's ridiculous, I was the 'code resident' the other day to respond to all off floor intubations, and I did zero. Disappointed, because I wanted to do a few, but literally zero calls! You are NOT pulled out of the OR, as this is your assignment for the day, and the ICU does their own intubations most of the time. You actually want to be called, or the day gets pretty boring! And his New Haven comments are ridiculous, again it's like any other city with well defined 'good/bad' areas over certain streets, and you're never going to go up there anyway.
In conclusion, I'm very happy with my choice, I am well-rested in the morning and home by 5 on most days, and our call schedule isn't bad at all. We're busy during the day, but it's a case of diminishing returns, how much more would you learn by being forced to stay to 7P every day? Classes are improving, we've made them all chalk-talks and interactive, instead of glazing over during a PPT. (Once a week on Wed afternoons. )
The thing that stuck out to me was during my interview dinners, I went to several programs were a few residents would show up, and they were really weird, or really tired. I went to Yale and about 30 residents came to the dinner and they were all so happy and hugging and having (free) drinks and dinner, and were telling each interviewee how glad they were they chose Yale. CA-3's this year all matched really well to their top choices, and name goes far.
So I would just say, at least come and visit us, it's the largest hospital in New England (yes, bigger than MGH and BWH), but with a great and affordable place to live and happy faculty/residents who most often decide to stay here for good!
I'm a long-time lurker on the forums, but created an account after seeing this post as I'm a current resident (CA-2) at Yale.
My TL;DR: come to the interview and see the program for yourself! On my 'pre-interview' rank list, Yale was on the lower half, but after all of my interviews I ended up ranking it 1st. I'm biased of course, so take everything I say with a grain of salt, but I'm very happy here and plan on staying after residency, as a large number of our residents do.
Yale: It's a great program, with very strong clinical training (but who doesn't say that!). Our attendings are unbelievable nice, and we usually use first names with most. They are very supportive and always teaching in the OR, if you're willing to listen. I find with most program reviews, people complain about 'intra op teaching', but it's always you get what you give. If you ask a question, I've never had an attending not sit down and spend an hour with you to go over things, and draw all over your papers! They are typically 1:2 coverage, with one room being a CRNA, so they are really focused on you and your room for assistance and teaching. The attendings are also very flexible, as far as your plan for each patient, and are open to anything (reasonable) for your anesthetic plan. We have many experts in the field, including the current editors of Stoetling and Barash, the airway expertise of Rosenblatt, and thoracic/cardiac attendings that are amazing as well. Regional is definitely not a strong suit, and our pediatric service could use improvement as well, there is a lot of turnover of attendings. Our PD Dr Schwartz is so nice and very supportive of us residents, and our attendings are supportive of us as well to a fault.
I googled the Scutwork site you mentioned, and I think it's very outdated. My typical day is showing up at 615-630, to set up my room and see patient at 7A for our standard 730A start. If it's a late start, I arrive at 7A. We are relieved at 4P by CRNAs or the on call residents if you're case is ongoing, I'd say 430 at the latest. If your case is closing at that time, you will usually finish it up though. CA-1s usually finish up the pre-ops for the next day (we have APRNs who do them during the day), but they're all gone by 5. Call is amazing, with 1-2 weekends on call per month, and 2 full weekends off each month for the most part. You may have 1-2 'late calls' during the month, which means until 8P, but you are paid for the extra hours, and it's not bad at all and covers a few bills!
New Haven: love it. Seriously, forget what you've heard. There is a 'Yale Bubble' of several square miles including the undergrad and medical campus, hospital, and downtown and where you will live that is incredibly safe and people walk home all throughout the night. It's covered not just by police but by Yale ($$$) security on every other corner. The bad New Haven is several miles away, and you'll never go there, period. I love living downtown, it's like an urban city but small, where you can walk outside to a million different bars, restaurants, stores, etc while paying half the rent of NYC. Weekend off? NYC is an 1.5 hrs away on the train, which leaves every hour, from the station down the street... or use your car (yes everyone has a car), to drive up to Boston or the beach, or Maine for the weekend.
As far as the above comment, I will keep silent as if you don't have anything nice to say... For intubations that's ridiculous, I was the 'code resident' the other day to respond to all off floor intubations, and I did zero. Disappointed, because I wanted to do a few, but literally zero calls! You are NOT pulled out of the OR, as this is your assignment for the day, and the ICU does their own intubations most of the time. You actually want to be called, or the day gets pretty boring! And his New Haven comments are ridiculous, again it's like any other city with well defined 'good/bad' areas over certain streets, and you're never going to go up there anyway.
In conclusion, I'm very happy with my choice, I am well-rested in the morning and home by 5 on most days, and our call schedule isn't bad at all. We're busy during the day, but it's a case of diminishing returns, how much more would you learn by being forced to stay to 7P every day? Classes are improving, we've made them all chalk-talks and interactive, instead of glazing over during a PPT. (Once a week on Wed afternoons. )
The thing that stuck out to me was during my interview dinners, I went to several programs were a few residents would show up, and they were really weird, or really tired. I went to Yale and about 30 residents came to the dinner and they were all so happy and hugging and having (free) drinks and dinner, and were telling each interviewee how glad they were they chose Yale. CA-3's this year all matched really well to their top choices, and name goes far.
So I would just say, at least come and visit us, it's the largest hospital in New England (yes, bigger than MGH and BWH), but with a great and affordable place to live and happy faculty/residents who most often decide to stay here for good!
Yale anesthesia is solid and can easily compete with some of the top notch programs. The case load ranges from B&B ortho to pedi livers and hearts. There is a lot of trauma because Yale gets anything in eastern Connecticut, southern RI and occasionally Mass. The attendings are solid and want to teach. They always made time for us to get out of the OR for lectures. Many of my class matched into top programs and I matched into the top pain program the year I graduated.
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Not a resident there but I thought it was a great program as well. Was cool to see Barash in real life.
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I'm interviewing here. I was wondering: what's the age range of the residents? What do you guys do for fun? What are some things that stand apart about your program that are not necessarily technical?
Barash is a walking encyclopedia and he was in the OR a lot teaching the residents. He just recently retired but I think he has a little presence around the dept. One of the nicest people I have ever met.
Good matches. Residents get interviews from all over the country. Collectively this year, interviews include all Harvard programs, all NYC programs, UCSD, UCSF, Cedars Sinai, Hopkins, Penn, Cleveland clinic, Uchicago, Rush, Duke, Emory...pretty much if there is a region of the country that people want to go to, they and the supportive faculty can make it happen.
Within the past 3 years, pain fellowship matches include:
BID
BWH
Cleveland clinic
Cornell x 4
Mt. Sinai
UC Davis
UCLA
A lot of the matches are also colored by the fact that a lot of Yale residents tend to be from the northeast, which affects where they want to do fellowship and work in the future.
Residents are able to go to relevant conferences to learn and network, including one or both ASRAs and ASA...
Hours, 55-65/week average.
2-3 months of consecutive non-clinical research time available (except 1 overnight call every 2-3 weeks) during CA3 yr if you apply to it
1 NIH T32 spot available if you are really invested in a research career
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