GRIFFIN HOSPITAL Prelim IM (9spots,
received more than 4000 applications):
Very supportive of H1B visas, PD ‘uses them
to lure in better candidates’, ‘Congress is trying to make the 3 year waiver
job into 5 years’
PD is KMC, Mangalore alumnus (1997), she
knew FiPa, had a conversation about that.
-Asked
me how many Anes interviews since ‘if more than half my intern year doesn’t
match to advanced then I end up with a very distracted class’
-She
wants my Step 3 scores for H1B
Second Interviewer: asked me
-Challenging
situation in life and how I dealt with it
-How
was my clinical experience in the US different from in India
-Have
there been situations where I disagreed with my seniors, how did I deal with
that
-‘I
see that you don’t have any research in your application’
-How
would you break bad news to a patient
-Has
a patient ever had a problem working with you
-Overall
this interview: I did not feel satisfied with my performance, level of
answering.
Paid orientation, begins June 15th
$200 towards handheld computers
Best places to work, Fortune 500
33residents: 8 faculty
PLANETREE, Reminds me of Vasant Valley
Research grants ++
Strong support from Yale, Yale curriculum
Flexible electives: 6w. I get 4w of floors.
Physician Advisor
Residents: Happy to be working here, enjoy
the relaxed hours, floors can be hectic but not too bad.
BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER Gen Sur
Prelim
They interview 16 ppl/week for 8 weeks,
rank everyone that interviews, They prefer Step 3.
Interviews went well.
1.
Was asked to manage pneumothorax,
asked about sports, what would I do if I disagreed with my senior about the diagnosis
2.
Was asked about British
Viceroys, why anesthesia, why general surgery. ‘We can’t say anything bad about
your application. Let us know when you are planning to take Step 3’
Lots of pathology
No outside rotations for prelims
ICU is open ICU, shared by all services
12-15 surgical patients/day. Additional
consults. = about 25 patients/day
No dedicated research time
PGY1 – 150 cases
No Sim lab YET, they are working on it
INTERIM CHAIRMAN
Trauma Level 2
They say they provide support to residents to
enter a residency
Attendings like to teach, 1 Conference per
year paid for, $320 for annual book fund, extra salary $1400/year towards food-
this is ridiculously low!
RESIDENT:
Not much time to study
Lots of scut work, blood draws. Nurses
relationship not good. They won’t push anti HTNsives in the ward. Will push
Morphine.
On floors at night, transport is the
resident’s responsibility
Trouble logging cases ‘have to fight to
hold camera port’
Didactics are ‘sit down and discuss’, not
powerpoint prepared lectures
Only TWO other women in the program
METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER, TRANSITIONAL YEAR
Enjoyed the location and the feel of the
hospital
Interviews went well.
1.
Peds: She asked me if I had
questions and we talked about resident responsibilities. She explained the call
schedule on Peds
2.
PD: We laughed together a lot.
Talked about scutwork, PAP smears, showed him my magazine. He got me email of
alumnus from KMC that went to Metrowest. He seemed very approachable, nice to
work with
The PC said it would be so nice to have you
here, you would fit in well.
FLEXIBLE ELECTIVES! 3 months
RESIDENTS: Medicine floors hectic, ICU q2
Call, but great pathology, great attendings to work with. They like the
schedules, enjoy the proximity to Boston. ‘It is possible to have a life
outside of medicine’
5m Med, 3m peds, 1m ER, 3m electives
Peds: Not very sick babies, mostly well
babies.
Can develop teaching skills, teach the
Tufts/BU students
NO EMR yet!
Free parking, stack of lunch cards
Cafeteria food not that great
CURRENT PROGRAM RANKING
1.
Metrowest TY (because location,
and TY)
2.
Griffin IM (Planetree, work
environment, invested PD)
3.
St Agnes IM
4.
Bronx Lebanon GS (because it’s
the Bronx and its Surgery)
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