- Joined
- Feb 13, 2013
- Messages
- 1
- Reaction score
- 0
Overview
Akron General Medical Center is a Cleveland Clinic Hospital and is an accredited Level I Trauma Center, Chest Pain Center, and Primary Stroke Center. The hospital has 530 beds with 4 emergency departments with 130,000 ED visits. A new Downtown Emergency Department is currently being built with 60 beds. There are 11 residents per class, academic program with community experience as well. Affiliated with Northeast Ohio Medical University.
Affiliated hospitals: Cleveland Clinic Akron General (main site), Akron Children's Hospital (pediatric experience - level II pediatric trauma), MetroHealth (trauma rotation - level I trauma in Cleveland), Freestanding emergency departments in Bath, Green and Stow (community experience).
Interview day: 3 interviews with faculty, typically the program director, assistant program director and the chair of emergency medicine. Interviews are about 20 min each. Hotel accommodations are provided and tours through the hospital and Akron Children's Hospital by residents. The night before interviews the residents go out to dinner with the applicants.
Residents: 11 per class, mostly MD (~80%). About half of the residents are from Ohio, the rest are from all over. We are evenly split 50% male and 50% female with a mix of married and single, some with kids. We are very social people - Work hard, play hard.
Faculty/Staff: All EM trained and board certified. Tons of attendings, a mix of old school, in between, and new school. Some are ABEM oral board examiners. Two bonuses are Drs. Beeson and Jouriles. Dr. Beeson is founder and president of CORD (Council of Residency Directors, you know the place where you get SLOEs). Awesome and very well known in the world of EM. Dr. Jouriles: ACEP Board member and former ACEP president. Lots of connections and an awesome guy.
Curriculum
PGY 1: 7 EM months. 1 Medical ICU month. 1 Pediatric EM month. 2 weeks of Anesthesiology. 2 weeks of Cardiology. 2 weeks of Ultrasound. 2 weeks of Research. Paid trip to Columbus for the ACEP Board Review.
PGY 2: 5 EM months. 2 Freestanding EM months. 2 Pediatric EM months. 1 Trauma month at MetroHealth in Cleveland*. 1 Neuro ICU month. 1 EMS month.
PGY 3: 6 EM months. 2 Freestanding EM months. 1 Pediatric ICU month at Akron Children’s Hospital. 1 Medical ICU month. 1 admin month. 1 elective month.
*MetroHealth is a Level I trauma center in Cleveland, OH.
You will get certified: ACLS, BLS, ATLS, PALS with options to be instructors if it applies. If you choose ultrasound you can also get accredited.
Didactics: Once a week on Thursday from 8a-noon. I'm not going to say "protected time" because that's just lame and all didactics are required to be that way according to the RRC. We have monthly trauma grand rounds and EM/IM lectures. Lectures provided by attending staff mostly, some off-service attendings, and EM residents. Simulation and oral boards every month (for all PGY levels). We have a simulation lab that is available during the week where you can practice running codes, ultrasound, and other procedures.
EMS: Each resident is assigned to a squad with an attending who is their director, and helps with training, simulations, lectures, etc. You do an EMS ride-along your first month as an intern. During PGY 1 you will take a radio call course and pass in order to take medical control calls when the paramedic isn't around (lunch or overnight). PGY 2 & 3 take calls.
Shifts
These numbers apply to your schedule while in the emergency department. While on an off-service rotation your schedule is set by them.
PGY 1: 18 shifts/month, 10 hours/shift.
PGY 2: 20 shifts/month, 10 hours/shift.
PGY 3: 18 shifts/month, 10 hours/shift.
Vacation: when you take a vacation, you get a shift reduction that month. So as an intern you would be scheduled 13 shifts for the weeks you are not on vacation.
Pediatric EM: Outside of dedicated Pediatric EM rotations, PGY 2-3 do 1-3 Pediatric EM shifts a month. This gives you constant Peds exposure.
Benefits as of 2017
PGY 1: $54,590
PGY 2: $56,650
PGY 3: $58,195
Medical Insurance: Single $80. Married $170. Family $210
Vacation: 3 weeks, +1 week either Christmas or New Years, +1 week for conference. All yearly.
Food: Free food $130/2 weeks...which you will never likely fully use.
Parking: Free covered parking right across from the main entrance.
401K: Optional 401k with match up to 4%.
Educational allowance: PGY 1-2 $950. PGY3 $1100 + $1600 board review.
Gym: Gym membership is included in the hospital and in Bath, Green and Stow.
Relocation Loan: Interest-free loans to first-time resident applicants for personal emergencies, educational needs, and relocation. Residents can borrow up to $2,000 repayable through payroll deduction over the first year of the residency
Location
Akron, OH. Not a booming metropolis, but a nice city of about 200,00 people with nice suburbs and things to do. Good for singles and married with or without kids. Super affordable, good schools and suburbs for those with families. Akron has a minor league baseball team, Akron Rubber Ducks, annual marathon and college sports. Boston Mills skiing 20 minutes away. Akron is pretty much a suburb of Cleveland, which is 50 miles or 40 minutes away if you want a bigger city or hang out on Lake Erie. Cleveland has 3 major sports teams: Cavaliers, Indians, and Browns.
Questions and answers
What is the EM resident's role during trauma? You are at the head of the bed, surgery/trauma team comes and it is usually run by trauma attending, trauma senior, or you if no one else is there. You are responsible for airway and participation as a teammate during the rest of the trauma.
Can you moonlight? Yes with program director approval. Moonlighting does count toward your duty hours.
Do you get enough procedures? Yes. most residents get the majority of required procedures during intern year. When you're on ICU months, the attendings look to you first for procedures. ICU attendings love EM residents.
How is your relationship with other services? Pretty good, since we rotate everywhere everyone gets to know us. We often hang out with other program residents. Every month, the residents association has a "3rd Friday", basically social time paid for by the hospital. A good place to mingle with other people.
I/my wife may be pregnant, is this an issue? No. Tons of people are pregnant or wives are pregnant. Even our attendings are frequently pregnant. This is a question that isn't asked during interviews by us (but candidates always ask), so I'll just come out and say that we don't care if you plan on having a baby and we welcome it, big family here and we accommodate
Akron General Medical Center is a Cleveland Clinic Hospital and is an accredited Level I Trauma Center, Chest Pain Center, and Primary Stroke Center. The hospital has 530 beds with 4 emergency departments with 130,000 ED visits. A new Downtown Emergency Department is currently being built with 60 beds. There are 11 residents per class, academic program with community experience as well. Affiliated with Northeast Ohio Medical University.
Affiliated hospitals: Cleveland Clinic Akron General (main site), Akron Children's Hospital (pediatric experience - level II pediatric trauma), MetroHealth (trauma rotation - level I trauma in Cleveland), Freestanding emergency departments in Bath, Green and Stow (community experience).
Interview day: 3 interviews with faculty, typically the program director, assistant program director and the chair of emergency medicine. Interviews are about 20 min each. Hotel accommodations are provided and tours through the hospital and Akron Children's Hospital by residents. The night before interviews the residents go out to dinner with the applicants.
Residents: 11 per class, mostly MD (~80%). About half of the residents are from Ohio, the rest are from all over. We are evenly split 50% male and 50% female with a mix of married and single, some with kids. We are very social people - Work hard, play hard.
Faculty/Staff: All EM trained and board certified. Tons of attendings, a mix of old school, in between, and new school. Some are ABEM oral board examiners. Two bonuses are Drs. Beeson and Jouriles. Dr. Beeson is founder and president of CORD (Council of Residency Directors, you know the place where you get SLOEs). Awesome and very well known in the world of EM. Dr. Jouriles: ACEP Board member and former ACEP president. Lots of connections and an awesome guy.
Curriculum
PGY 1: 7 EM months. 1 Medical ICU month. 1 Pediatric EM month. 2 weeks of Anesthesiology. 2 weeks of Cardiology. 2 weeks of Ultrasound. 2 weeks of Research. Paid trip to Columbus for the ACEP Board Review.
PGY 2: 5 EM months. 2 Freestanding EM months. 2 Pediatric EM months. 1 Trauma month at MetroHealth in Cleveland*. 1 Neuro ICU month. 1 EMS month.
PGY 3: 6 EM months. 2 Freestanding EM months. 1 Pediatric ICU month at Akron Children’s Hospital. 1 Medical ICU month. 1 admin month. 1 elective month.
*MetroHealth is a Level I trauma center in Cleveland, OH.
You will get certified: ACLS, BLS, ATLS, PALS with options to be instructors if it applies. If you choose ultrasound you can also get accredited.
Didactics: Once a week on Thursday from 8a-noon. I'm not going to say "protected time" because that's just lame and all didactics are required to be that way according to the RRC. We have monthly trauma grand rounds and EM/IM lectures. Lectures provided by attending staff mostly, some off-service attendings, and EM residents. Simulation and oral boards every month (for all PGY levels). We have a simulation lab that is available during the week where you can practice running codes, ultrasound, and other procedures.
EMS: Each resident is assigned to a squad with an attending who is their director, and helps with training, simulations, lectures, etc. You do an EMS ride-along your first month as an intern. During PGY 1 you will take a radio call course and pass in order to take medical control calls when the paramedic isn't around (lunch or overnight). PGY 2 & 3 take calls.
Shifts
These numbers apply to your schedule while in the emergency department. While on an off-service rotation your schedule is set by them.
PGY 1: 18 shifts/month, 10 hours/shift.
PGY 2: 20 shifts/month, 10 hours/shift.
PGY 3: 18 shifts/month, 10 hours/shift.
Vacation: when you take a vacation, you get a shift reduction that month. So as an intern you would be scheduled 13 shifts for the weeks you are not on vacation.
Pediatric EM: Outside of dedicated Pediatric EM rotations, PGY 2-3 do 1-3 Pediatric EM shifts a month. This gives you constant Peds exposure.
Benefits as of 2017
PGY 1: $54,590
PGY 2: $56,650
PGY 3: $58,195
Medical Insurance: Single $80. Married $170. Family $210
Vacation: 3 weeks, +1 week either Christmas or New Years, +1 week for conference. All yearly.
Food: Free food $130/2 weeks...which you will never likely fully use.
Parking: Free covered parking right across from the main entrance.
401K: Optional 401k with match up to 4%.
Educational allowance: PGY 1-2 $950. PGY3 $1100 + $1600 board review.
Gym: Gym membership is included in the hospital and in Bath, Green and Stow.
Relocation Loan: Interest-free loans to first-time resident applicants for personal emergencies, educational needs, and relocation. Residents can borrow up to $2,000 repayable through payroll deduction over the first year of the residency
Location
Akron, OH. Not a booming metropolis, but a nice city of about 200,00 people with nice suburbs and things to do. Good for singles and married with or without kids. Super affordable, good schools and suburbs for those with families. Akron has a minor league baseball team, Akron Rubber Ducks, annual marathon and college sports. Boston Mills skiing 20 minutes away. Akron is pretty much a suburb of Cleveland, which is 50 miles or 40 minutes away if you want a bigger city or hang out on Lake Erie. Cleveland has 3 major sports teams: Cavaliers, Indians, and Browns.
Questions and answers
What is the EM resident's role during trauma? You are at the head of the bed, surgery/trauma team comes and it is usually run by trauma attending, trauma senior, or you if no one else is there. You are responsible for airway and participation as a teammate during the rest of the trauma.
Can you moonlight? Yes with program director approval. Moonlighting does count toward your duty hours.
Do you get enough procedures? Yes. most residents get the majority of required procedures during intern year. When you're on ICU months, the attendings look to you first for procedures. ICU attendings love EM residents.
How is your relationship with other services? Pretty good, since we rotate everywhere everyone gets to know us. We often hang out with other program residents. Every month, the residents association has a "3rd Friday", basically social time paid for by the hospital. A good place to mingle with other people.
I/my wife may be pregnant, is this an issue? No. Tons of people are pregnant or wives are pregnant. Even our attendings are frequently pregnant. This is a question that isn't asked during interviews by us (but candidates always ask), so I'll just come out and say that we don't care if you plan on having a baby and we welcome it, big family here and we accommodate
