As a resident at Beaumont just finishing up CA1 year, I'd like to set the record straight on a few things commented on. First, it's true that we're a new program. But, there are advantages to that. Regarding our attendings, the ones teaching residents have been selected to do so explicitly out of their interest in doing so. They volunteered out of an interest in teaching. Period. Not all members of the group teach residents (though we learn from them all frankly) as in not all have residents assigned to them during scheduled cases throughout the work week, although we can work with the others on call etc. So, it's not an "obligation" or an after thought (say to their research) as resident education may be to some attendings at a more established academic program. Case volumes are high at Beaumont, and we do a ton of regional, including a ridiculous number of peripheral blocks with indwelling catheters. The pace is FAST, to be sure, but I like it like that in that it really does teach you how to hustle and be efficient. Any PP dude/dudette will tell you how invaluable that is in the "real world". I'm biased, but I really think that our program will become very well respected and reasonably well known. It's a tough crowd out there and I realize there are many excellent programs in the country. I'm not naive to think that ours will develop a top rank anytime soon. This will take time, but I believe that it will happen as the word gets out relative to the attributes of our program. While we aren't an "inner city" program, we do indeed attract a diverse patient population and, let's face it, the general "health" of our nation basically guarantees high levels of acuity, probably anywhere you go. Our patient population is no different. So, to think of it as a "cush" program with healthy, elective surgical cases is a mistake. Sure, we get those too, but we get the trainwrecks as well. I'm happy to answer any specific questions anyone has out there. Like I said I don't have numbers handy, but they are available. It's just not a focus of mine given how busy we are and what few case deficiencies we arguably may have (pediatric zebra cases come to mind for us), but that applies to pretty much any program. Regards. Boy, that reads as one giant run-on sentence. Not sure what happened....
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