Yeah I explained that I had no access to it and hadn't seen it and he slid it over to me. Had circled every one. It honestly looked like it was copied and pasted from someone else's letter. Which I get.... Doing 130 of these. I'd c/p some of the fluffer too. But Jesus... Proofread it. I'm writing up a nice little email to the deans right now after I've cooled off.
I mean I'm not ranking this program high if at all. Brand new and the coordinator had no real answers for their accreditation plans. Fuck, she couldn't even answer how many they are taking this cycle. "Anywhere from 5-8" uhhhhhh ok then. The lady even read rec letters to candidates as we were sitting around waiting.
Advice for email: obviously be professional. But, don't let this sit with just an email and some assurances and apologies that are sure to follow. In the email, I would request a face to face sit down meeting with those involved so the issue can be resolved as soon as you get back to town (assuming you're on the interview trail). If you have another interview prior to that meeting, demand they send that program a new version AND call to explain the situation.
Ranked one ortho, 5 General surg spots. Detroit (ortho), Bronx, jersey, Fort Worth, Brooklyn, Denver in that order I'm currently freaking the fuck out.... My step two dropped and hurt my chances for ortho
Jersey City one? Fort Worth was super nice my wife said, was her #2 Denver Denver or Lone Tree? think the program we're at has gen surg, EM, and prelim, not sure if ortho
It was Vineland nj. The Fort Worth one was great but I think I had better odds with the ones above it. Lone tree is sky ridge. First year of their surgery program. Ranked it last because it was really really disorganized but hey a jobs a job
yeah my wife thought lone tree was super suspect as a good program but for something as competitive as surgery gotta do what you gotta do
i have no idea what i wanna do with my life 1900 dollars down the drain yesterday signing up for both step 2s
my wife changed her mind 3 times right up until it was time to apply for residencies i know others who are going TRI to figure it out
think they call it humanistic or something, if you're gay and awkward you can get failed even if clinically you good
Don't ever grow up...but 4th year is best year.The reality of my life (hopefully) being over for the next 5 years is starting to sink in though.
Trying to figure out my match day walk up song. Debating between Pussy Control and Bohemian Rhapsody, suggestions welcome
not my wifes intern year at least, 3rd/4th year were cake although when not on inpatient medicine it's not awful
internal med, still pondering fellowship hoping she just does hospitalist work for pay/quality of life
my wife wanted to be a Heme/Onc as a first year med student then family med then OB/GYN then internal how quality your rotations are seems to influence everyones choices hugely if they aren't already 100% sold on something only fellowship she's interested in right now is palliative care, luckily friends with the palliative care doc from where we moved from that we wouldn't mind going back to, who also happens to run the fellowship program
I can understand that. I've already changed my mind a couple of times but I'm pretty open atm. Probably going to be something with IM and then a sub-specialty
Palliative is what my eyes are set on right now. Shortage of spots though, not easy to find your way in. Good for her that she knows someone. Have her put in a good word for an anonymous tmb'er
Hah I worked in the guys outpatient clinic the two years we lived there is how we have the in, had his first resident started right before I left. He struggled to fill the spot for a while, dunno how it's going for second year. Can give you info on it if you want, just pm me.
Any doctor can do palliation. If you are planning on practicing Family Medicine, I wouldn't recommend doing a Palliative Care fellowship. Only do that if you plan on doing palliative care full time. IMO.
Family Med with Palliative Care fellowship lets you run a hospice agency, or outpatient palliative care clinics (mostly linked with cancer centers). Agreed that if you don't plan to do either of these things it's not worth the $$$ loss of a year getting paid as a fellow.
That would be doing palliative care full time. That wasn't my impression when he said doing family and palliative. If that's what he was trying to say, I agree. It's also not just the money. The first year on the job is when you actually learn how to do the job. You think you know when you are done with residency, but you really don't. Doing a full year fellowship that will only be a part time thing in between residency and practice is going to make that first year of practice harder.