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Has anyone heard anything about stanfords program? Is is "up and coming"? Is it considered malignant? Does it have good clinical teaching?
Nice weather always makes for happy people. Now if you go to a place with nasty weather and people are still happy, then you know you've discovered a gem. Just saying...
Has anyone heard anything about stanfords program? Is is "up and coming"? Is it considered malignant? Does it have good clinical teaching?
The MSK experience at Stanford is unparalleled.
Current resident here. Whoever "Carolinapm&r" is, they are a troll.
"my residency was a few years ago" ... Dr. Date left for private practice about 15-20 years ago. A whole lot has changed since you left...
"theythe again put that resident at a far away location on the spinal cord injury unit, which, while excellent, is very stressful and leaves you exhausted at the end of the day." ---> What does this even mean??? Why are the tenses changing?
The statements in the argument just don't make sense, and are not worth arguing. They imply that some residents get to rotate at certain sites, whereas others do not, which is absolute insanity. There aren't any programs in the country like that to my knowledge.
Stanford has more early EMG exposure than most programs, and every resident has plenty of experience at the end of their PGY 2 year, and way over 300 by the end of their PGY 4 year.
The program is extremely balanced with an inpatient slant early in residency, and an outpatient slant late in residency. SCVMC, which is the main inpatient site, has state of the art, subspecialized inpatient units, and is the major referral center for all vent dependent high cervical SCIs in the area. The Brain Injury unit is equally impressive, and SCVMC is one of the few hospitals where PM&R is probably the most successful and respected department.
The rotations at Stanford proper are guaranteed, and everyone works with Dr. Fredericson (this is how it is spelled). The MSK experience at Stanford is unparalleled. Most residents leave the program with 100+ ultrasound guided peripheral injections (residents doing the injections, not just watching, and they perform every injection in the Malanga ultrasound text), 150+ fluoroscopic Spine injections (with ample opportunity for the residents to do them if they are interested), and early exposure to PRP, BMAC, fat graft injections, and other emerging technologies.
Unfortunately, I think the disgruntled poster was not able to rotate at Stanford ever, for unclear reasons...
I just cannot fathom why someone would post something so long after finishing residency, but I can definitively say that nothing in their post is accurate anymore, and I really question if it ever was...
PS: "Dr. Klima at the VA was a Joi," ... what?