An R3 resident of UT San Antonio, TX DR program....
I'm an R3 at uthscsa. I completely disagree with the above post.
Dr Gomez has and continues to be an excellent PD with a strong emphasis on education. I haven't heard any replacement rumors. And no, 95% of us aren't unhappy.
We have plenty of education including board review series for 3rd years and daily noon conference + scattered tumor or case conferences. The acgme does not allow dedicated study only time for boards, instead we attempt to schedule more relaxed rotations during the 2nd half of your 3rd year.
Most faculty are in house and there at 8-830am. Obviously covid has caused some to read from home.
I am sorry you felt it was a 4 year nightmare, but that 100% is not my experience.
Everyone last year passed the boards, 2 people originally had to retake, doing so successfully. The fail rate last year for the US was 16%. Life happens. The past years before that was 100% on the first attempt.
We are a busy program. But more like 180-220 studies during Longshift (5pm to 7am). My max was 225, crazy night. We don't have 20hr shifts.
I have given tons of reasonable feedback over the years without concern and with success.
Inservice scores under 30% year after year may signal deficiencies and its reasonable that the program might have you stop moonlighting to encourage studying and improvement.
Residents leaving (and entering) happens. Sometimes it's personal choices, sometimes a resident isn't able to safely take care of patients, other reasons etc.
Faculty turnover has been really good overall, with the most changes occurring in neuro.
Overall I'm proud of my program, I'm super happy I choose it, and I would choose it again. I don't have anything to gain from writing this post (I'll have graduated before a current ms4 becomes an R1). But I don't want people to miss out due to one person's post/opinion. I do feel bad for the above poster who was unhappy while writing this, and I wish them the best in their career and life.