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As a soon-to-be 4th year, I've been trying to think of important characteristics of med/peds programs to compare one to another.
-med/peds presence (Some difficulty determining how to assess this - # of med/peds trained faculty, med/peds chiefs, med/peds continuity clinic)
-size of med/peds class
-High volume training vs training that affords a reasonable amount of time to read
-duration of intern year
-schedule of changing between medicine and peds
-inpatient vs outpatient distribution
-elective time (how much and when it falls in residency)
-what residents do fellowship/career wise
-individual medicine and peds program qualities
---particularly for peds have heard that a weak fellow presence is strongly desired, but delicate balance of also having peds subspecialty services available to rotate on as a resident
---Standalone children's hospital vs not
Etc. Kind of overwhelmed figuring out what to look at, the pros and cons of various things, and how highly each thing should be valued. Would greatly appreciate any input on this!
For other applicants, below are a couple helpful posts I found
Interested in what people
-med/peds presence (Some difficulty determining how to assess this - # of med/peds trained faculty, med/peds chiefs, med/peds continuity clinic)
-size of med/peds class
-High volume training vs training that affords a reasonable amount of time to read
-duration of intern year
-schedule of changing between medicine and peds
-inpatient vs outpatient distribution
-elective time (how much and when it falls in residency)
-what residents do fellowship/career wise
-individual medicine and peds program qualities
---particularly for peds have heard that a weak fellow presence is strongly desired, but delicate balance of also having peds subspecialty services available to rotate on as a resident
---Standalone children's hospital vs not
Etc. Kind of overwhelmed figuring out what to look at, the pros and cons of various things, and how highly each thing should be valued. Would greatly appreciate any input on this!
For other applicants, below are a couple helpful posts I found
Interested in what people
Hello everyone,
I thought it would be helpful if we list questions that should be asked during our interview, either to the PD or those interviewing us or to the residents. Just list whatever you can think of. Some off the top of my head (if they aren't listed on their website):
What is your boards pass rate?
Do you have a boards review plan?
How often do you rotate from medicine to pediatrics?
Do you have dedicated med-peds conferences? How often?
How many of your graduates go into subspecialties? Where do they match?
What is your resident attrition rate?
What is the adult/peds breakdown of the continuity clinic?
Resident Questions:
1. Do you feel behind the categorical residents at all?
2. If you could re-do the match process would you still want to match at this program?
3. Do you feel supported by the administration?
4. What drew you to this program?
PD Questions:
1. Do you envision any changes in the curriculum in the near future?
2. How do the categorical programs view the med-peds program?
3. Do most of your residents end up practicing med-peds or choose medicine or pediatrics?
Important things to ask about or gauge are:
- The overall medpeds prescence (is there a medpeds identity in the program or are you just seperate medicine or peds residents)
- Combined or seperate medpeds clinic
- Is there a medpeds coordinator? (there is a LOT of paperwork that needs to be filled out and as medpeds you double up on everything. Having a dedicated coordinator is very helpful)
- How many inpatient months you do as an intern. In general, as medpeds we do less inpatient rotations than both our categorical counterparts. Building a good foundation is key before you get throw in as a senior with pretty much half the experience as everyone else.
- The overall balance of the medicine and pediatrics program. Unless you are really big M little P or vice versa, the more balanced a program is the better.
- Morale of the residents. At some places, the residents are really worked hard but they are enjoying it and they still find time to have fun. At other places they may not have worked as hard but they were unhappy for other reasons.
My go-to question throughout the entire process was basically "why did you choose this program". It gives them a chance to brag and it takes up some interviewing time
Theres probably more but thats what I can think off the top of my head.
Good luck!
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