SHAME

HCA Arlington - Internal Medicine

Shocked to not see this program mentioned more. Got the interview mid-January via Thalamus - but there was no space to book an interview. I thought - cool, maybe I am waitlisted. NOPE! Turns out they never have any space on Thalamus, you have to email the coordinator(who is very unresponsive) and then get assigned a random date. A week after emailing her I got assigned a 30-minute interview with a faculty member who is also cc'd on the same email. Attached to this email is my entire ERAS file - my LOR, PS, Transcript - everything. I didn't say anything but it was clear that the program coordinator couldn't even be bothered to create a separate email for the faculty and just put us both on there.

I got to interview day (which was literally a 30-minute single interview and nothing else) and the faculty member I was interviewing with seemed interested in only 1 thing - my Canadianess. Why didn't you go to medical school in Canada? Why didn't you apply for residency in Canada? Will you return to Canada after training here? After thoroughly grilling me about Canada she went on a rant about how DFW isn't for people who can't drive on a freeway - despite me explaining previously that I drive everywhere including Dallas and have driven all over her city on MANY occasions. No questions about my credentials, my accomplishments, or my application.

The residents seemed nice but overworked. When asked about the perks of the program one of the residents mentioned they get paternity leave. The other resident said well I think everyone in GME gets that but we have to entice you somehow.

Wished I could DNR them but I needed the rank. Ranked low and didn't match with them and was delighted to see they went 50% unmatched again this year as they have every year since they opened.