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cowme
I went to UW-Madison and Colorado, "sdn gold donor"
I'd give a review but you had us covered
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I'd give a review but you had us covered
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We all appreciate your input and wisdom,
cowme.
Personally, I would love to read a program impression from you which given your experience would likely be uniquely insightful and powerful.
I'm a fellow, so I don't think my input is worthless. I do, however, think that a Med students opinion is nearly worthless since none of you really have any experience in this field besides an elective or two and maybe a research project. Just trying to help you guys ignore a blatant troll. But feel free to take his advice
It was a joke, I didn't actually go to Wisconsin or Colorado, hence the "whoosh".
Why would I give that punk any identifying information, im not on trial here.
Whatever, I'm outta here. good luck with the match guys. You picked an awesome field.
Call a spade a spade, man.
This whole time you've been wanting us to believe you are some source of infinite wisdom but in reality, by your own admission, you are a former resident defending his program. Self serving commentary masquerading as altruistic "advice," rather pathetic.
Hearing unsavory truths about your program (s) must really be getting to you and the other real trolls who likely are the actual former/current disgruntled residents (Raditude, rads1234, Pellegrino, etc.). Conveniently, you guys always seem to come out of the woodwork together. You've clearly been coordinating behind the scenes.
I'm calling your bluff.
Richard (Dick?), you really just don't know when to quit, do you?
I'm a fellow, so I don't think my input is worthless. I do, however, think that a Med students opinion is nearly worthless since none of you really have any experience in this field besides an elective or two and maybe a research project. Just trying to help you guys ignore a blatant troll. But feel free to take his advice
Wow. There is some real crazy going on in this thread.
For any med student looking for guidance here, let's recap what's we know:
1. A multiple personality troll has hijacked this thread. The total of usernames is unclear (and not worth my time to figure out).
2. The motive is unclear but it seems possibly connected to an earlier blow out involving a disgruntled resident at Wisconsin. Possibly not. Who cares.
If I were a med student, I would abandon this whole thread at this point. There's a lot of nonsense on here about posting real genuine impressions or something. Don't waste time here for that. Email residents at programs you are interested in, maybe someone you talked to at the resident dinner. Get more information from him or her. If you don't have a resident to email, then ask the program's chief resident for a list -- they'll probably be happy to oblige. Email junior residents who may not have been able to make it to the dinner, you would potentially be working with this person in the future and get a feel for what that resident class is like.
Get more than one opinion from named (not anonymous) individuals. A resident doesn't have to be anonymous to send out vibes that they are not happy... as long as you're listening for it.
Impressions of a program from another interviewing med student or from a resident from another program should not really be that valuable to you.
well said. is there an administrator that can clean up this thread and maybe open it up for real impressions? The last couple of years I noticed there were some good impressions posted around ranking time but this year it's just a dumpster fire which isn't helping us constructively discuss programs
Really loved Hopkins but I am having a hard time with the concept of Baltimore. Is it really as bad as I think it is or is there some redeeming feature I have missed. Will probably have kids to think about during residency. Right now I have it #17, which just seems stupid for saying.
I still don't understand the point of interview impressions at this point in the cycle. Basically all of these places have finished up their interviews. I understand giving impressions for people who haven't had an interview yet and would like to have some idea what to expect, but haven't people seen the places for themselves and can't they make up their own mind? What do other applicants, who are as clueless as the rest of us, have to offer in this regard? Don't mean to be a jerk, I just am curious as to what people are looking to get out of this lol.
Helps people for following years too.
Wow, that would be a dream rank list for me.
Did you interview at Mallinckrodt, Duke, UPENN any impressions. how would you compare them ?
anyone heard from Duke???????????
Rejected by Duke but visited both MIR and UPenn. UPenn is in my top 3 institutions, MIR a little further down currently just do to personal preference on how I think I would fit in. Both obviously have a ton of resources, Upenn is better if you want to have a 'side interest' such as business of medicine, med education, etc. they give a half day off per week (as long as you don't skip conferences). MIR is obviously well respected for their clinical training but some hesitation that you work so hard there is little time for those other pursuits, though obviously that hasn't held back their graduates from getting leadership positions everywhere in radiology. Just kind of a personal preference on which atmosphere you prefer, Id take the half academic day.
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Sorry not all of us w/ dreams can have >270 step 1 w/ 100 first author publications.You forgot the ever-so-desperate exclamation points peppered between question marks
Sorry not all of us w/ dreams can have >270 step 1 w/ 100 first author publications.
seeing as you were interviewed by duke that means you're a pretty good student yourself... like AoA and good scores obviously.
people are just joking because you post "has anyone heard from duke ?!?!" in like 5 threads multiple times
BUT STILL NO ANSWER!!!
Rejected by Duke but visited both MIR and UPenn. UPenn is in my top 3 institutions, MIR a little further down currently just do to personal preference on how I think I would fit in. Both obviously have a ton of resources, Upenn is better if you want to have a 'side interest' such as business of medicine, med education, etc. they give a half day off per week (as long as you don't skip conferences). MIR is obviously well respected for their clinical training but some hesitation that you work so hard there is little time for those other pursuits, though obviously that hasn't held back their graduates from getting leadership positions everywhere in radiology. Just kind of a personal preference on which atmosphere you prefer, Id take the half academic day.
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Interesting perspective. I interviewed at both and felt that Penn residents worked harder based on how late they stayed and how much they raved about endless volume. Not in a bad way, both are obviously excellent and in my top 3. I don't see a reason to want to slack off on your training when radiology residency is already more chill than others (not implying that you are).
What others are in your top 3 if you don't mind?
I still don't understand the point of interview impressions at this point in the cycle. Basically all of these places have finished up their interviews. I understand giving impressions for people who haven't had an interview yet and would like to have some idea what to expect, but haven't people seen the places for themselves and can't they make up their own mind? What do other applicants, who are as clueless as the rest of us, have to offer in this regard? Don't mean to be a jerk, I just am curious as to what people are looking to get out of this lol.
Really loved Hopkins but I am having a hard time with the concept of Baltimore. Is it really as bad as I think it is or is there some redeeming feature I have missed. Will probably have kids to think about during residency. Right now I have it #17, which just seems stupid for saying.
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Yeah everywhere I went raves about their endless volume. This is also concurrent with the consolidation of healthcare institutions (nearly every major academic place has been buying up other hospitals/outpatient imaging places), which does mean more volume, but not necessarily that residents are staying late to clean up the lists. I'm certainly not looking to slack off, I just like the programs that actively encourage these other pursuits in addition to becoming a strong clinician. For example, 2 great Midwest programs, MIR and Michigan. The theme of the day for MIR is that you will come out great but will work very hard. The theme for Michigan is that they want to train you well but also be active to advance your career. They talked about their medical illustrators and graphic designers in the department to help with projects and highlighted their distinctive tracks with side-curricula to fit your interests. Again this is not the meat of residency, but it's nice to have those things. I'm sure MIR has the same resources, just not sure why they don't highlight some of that stuff.
My others in top 3 are Michigan and MGH. Everyone I met there just came across genuine and happy. Same with HUP. they all put their best foot forward for interview day. I still don't get how some top programs put lackluster faculty and residents on the forefront for interviews. If you can't muster up some good vibes for a day, what must it be like for four years?
Yeah everywhere I went raves about their endless volume. This is also concurrent with the consolidation of healthcare institutions (nearly every major academic place has been buying up other hospitals/outpatient imaging places), which does mean more volume, but not necessarily that residents are staying late to clean up the lists. I'm certainly not looking to slack off, I just like the programs that actively encourage these other pursuits in addition to becoming a strong clinician. For example, 2 great Midwest programs, MIR and Michigan. The theme of the day for MIR is that you will come out great but will work very hard. The theme for Michigan is that they want to train you well but also be active to advance your career. They talked about their medical illustrators and graphic designers in the department to help with projects and highlighted their distinctive tracks with side-curricula to fit your interests. Again this is not the meat of residency, but it's nice to have those things. I'm sure MIR has the same resources, just not sure why they don't highlight some of that stuff.
My others in top 3 are Michigan and MGH. Everyone I met there just came across genuine and happy. Same with HUP. they all put their best foot forward for interview day. I still don't get how some top programs put lackluster faculty and residents on the forefront for interviews. If you can't muster up some good vibes for a day, what must it be like for four years?
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I think it's easy to understand people's apprehension regarding providing their own impressions - posters make for easy targets. It's also easy to be intimidated, if you allow yourself to fall into that net.
We simply have to keep faith in SDN's commitment to ensuring everyone's opinion matters and that we all have a right to offer our input.
Agree and emphasize the fact that it is ok to be obsessed with Duke. I think that's the most important part
Call Schedule: Their website breaks it down nicely (I’ve put the highlights below). The big take away for me was that they make the most of having such a large residency class and call is kept to a minimum (like almost no call your final year). They also protect time well before the core exam.
“Night float: One resident covers the emergency department from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. When the Consult resident leaves at 12:30 a.m., the Night Float resident also assumes the inpatient radiology pager, which is in use until the reading rooms open at 8 a.m. The Emergency Radiology Division is staffed by an attending 24 hours/day. Our Night Float rotation runs 7 days, and each resident will complete a total of 6 weeks of Night Float during the course of his or her training. First year residents do not participate in Night Float coverage. Beginning July, 2011 the Night Float rotation will be changed to a 6 day block.
Consult: One resident covers inpatient CT and MRI, as well as any radiographs on which the housestaff have questions, from 5:45 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Attendings/fellows are available to the Consult resident for back-up from each section. There are no morning/afternoon responsibilities while on Consult. Currently each resident will do a total of 6 weeks of Consult during the course of his or her training. First year residents do not participate in Consult coverage.
2nd-4th year: One resident is scheduled to work Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with time split between the neuro radiology and abdominal radiology reading rooms. The resident works one-on-one with the attending to handle all inpatient studies done during the day. Only third and fourth year residents are included in this call pool. Each resident will do a total of 6 days of Senior Call during the course of his/her training.”
Regarding B&W...
As a current resident at a different program, this seems chill as f***.
Average of 2 weeks of nightfloat a year for the PGY3-5 years.
Consult shifts are < 7 hrs.
6 total weekend days? (other than nightfloat)
I mean maybe I am just jealous but with the more senior attendings such as @Gadofosveset saying that call is one of the more important aspects of your training this seems a bit light...