Yale Anesthesia

[gaspasser]

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Congrats to all who matched!!!

Anybody have any ideas why Yale didn't fill before the scramble? New Haven isn't the most exciting city to live in but the program has a very strong rep. and the Chair and PD have been there for a while and don't seem to be looking for another place to go according to the residents. Just curious to why the didn't fill.

Gaspasser😀

 

[abords]

With all due respect, New Haven was a pit and the program does not have the strongest reputation around. They have struggled for the past couple of years to fill slots before the scramble.

 

[CaliGirlDO]

This was precisely the same question that I had for the program director when I interviewed there. Maybe my perception of what a "pit" is differs from others, but I didn't think that New Haven was as bad as the locations of some other programs, and most nice suburbs are within driving distance.

Anyhow, I was told that the reason Yale didn't "fill" a couple years ago, with exactly 2 spots also, was that they contracted with a couple people outside the match and those statistics don't show up in the match data. I figured that is what happened again this year, especially since it's the last year that programs will be able to do that. I think that's a more likely explanation for why a strong program didn't supposedly fill.

 

[gas-x]

maybe it has something to do with surgery's accreditation problems. that's why i didn't go to the interview...along with the location.