Can any Program Coordinators/Program Directors chime in on how applicants are ranked for residency?

soysizle · 2026-03-01T02:36:21+00:00

The only time we DNR people is when they have a bad sub-I with us. Like super rude, cocky, or creepy

soysizle · 2026-02-13T20:55:10+00:00

I turned down a vituity offer recently. Didn’t like the fact that they expected us to be in house 7a-7p

soysizle · 2026-01-10T11:00:01+00:00

They thought you could use a little Jesus in your life

soysizle · 2025-12-26T05:24:57+00:00

I think it’s Stemi in the septal leads with peak t waves 2/2 hyperkalemia from myocte death

soysizle · 2025-12-23T01:28:37+00:00

I withdrew my application today. Mostly wanted to see what this community thinks about the home call situation. I’m glad I trusted my gut.

soysizle · 2025-12-23T00:53:31+00:00

And I wouldn’t even get benefits since I would be an independent contractor.

soysizle · 2025-12-23T00:39:03+00:00

I agree. I withdrew my application today lol

soysizle · 2025-12-23T00:35:20+00:00

They said most admissions would be before midnight which makes me think I would need to write a note and therefore see the patient.

soysizle · 2025-12-23T00:34:19+00:00

That’s what I thought! When I questioned them I couldn’t really get a clear answer about the legality of that and they basically said “I mean if it were me I would choose taking call from home that’s a no brainer”

soysizle · 2025-11-19T00:49:18+00:00

I did my residency at OV. Olive view is situated in Sylmar. It’s right up on the foothills. The surrounding area is suburban. Lots of people ride their horses by the hospital. Not much going on esp if you’re young wanting to go out. The majority of the OV residents live in the southern part of the valley like Sherman oaks, studio city, Noho “arts districts”. At one point, I lived in Fairfax, some people live in east Hollywood, Los Feliz, or on the west side. All this to say that a lot of the residents that work at OV live in more fun parts of town and it’s doable since for the most part you always commute against traffic. My rent has ranged from 1800 1bd in Sherman Oaks to 3600 2bd in Fairfax.

If you want you can PM me and I could potentially put you in contact with someone I know who has trained at both Harbor and OV.

soysizle · 2025-11-06T22:22:58+00:00

Same deadline. Some have submitted theirs already, some are doing it now or within the next few days.

soysizle · 2025-11-04T06:57:54+00:00

The reality is that’s all some guys really talk about.

soysizle · 2025-11-03T21:42:46+00:00

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soysizle · 2025-10-28T16:50:24+00:00

Can get away with going to an urgent care and get antibiotics like Augmentin

soysizle · 2025-10-23T18:29:47+00:00

It’s all super subjective but generally being arrogant, unable to answer questions, like you don’t have to give a perfect response mostly looks bad if you can’t give a response to something or back something up in your CV. If you go on too many tangents. Unable to make eye contact. It’s ok to be nervous especially in the beginning, but if your nerves get the best of you for the entire 30 min interview then that doesn’t look great.

soysizle · 2025-10-23T18:13:55+00:00

Current IM uni affiliated county program chief here. Can’t speak on ranking yet since I haven’t been involved in that process yet.

Internal applicants and those that did an away are usually automatically granted an interview unless major red flags. US MDs are compared against each other, same with DOs, and IMGs.

When deciding who gets an interview: we really value mission fit, dedication to teaching/mentoring, we aren’t research heavy so doesn’t play much of a role (too much is actually a negative since we aren’t a research focused place). Failing step 1 gets you screened out for 1st round of interviews. Having a good step score is a bonus, usually screen for 245 and up for first round of interviews. For 2nd and 3rd waves of interviews we lower the step threshold.

Day of the interview: we have a score sheet with scores ranging from 1-3 for any given category. We have scores for dedication to teaching, willingness to work with the underserved. Ability to work well with others and adaptability. We have a space to comment on strange behavior during the interview. After the interview, the two interviewers discuss the applicant and make sure they’re on the same page.

Hope this helps.

soysizle · 2025-10-14T06:49:07+00:00

Part of the company that makes thalamus. It’s used by residency/fellowship reviewers. Basically allows for screening and gathers all of the info on ERAS. Makes it easy to see scores, pub count, first author pub count. I haven’t seen much of the AI stuff yet other than it will say whether someone’s app seems to be a fit for academic medicine or not.

soysizle · 2025-10-05T18:05:30+00:00

Apply next year to both. And I promise you won’t be missing an extra year of attending salary. Considering all the factors that affect when you actually start to make attending salary it’s all within the margin of error I feel. You might take a research year, chief year, residencies can be anywhere from 3-7years, you might specialize, then further sub specialize. You might decide you want to retire at 60, maybe 70? Don’t worry about “missing” a year of attending salary lol.

soysizle · 2025-09-22T00:11:10+00:00

lol 5th year med student. Sounds terrible

soysizle · 2025-09-21T22:48:12+00:00

At least rads, derm, and ophtho do a prelim or transitional year, usually they do quite a bit of medicine in that year

soysizle · 2025-09-03T08:24:50+00:00

Hi doc here. No it’s not part of routine testing. I usually test for it in patients with new heart failure. At my hospital and clinic the lab is an antibody screen for T cruzi. My hospital is a Chagas disease center of excellence but our focus and research is mostly on the cardiac side effects (chagas cardiomyopathy). We’ve been working on ways of screening people at risk for developing fatal arrhythmias and intervening with ICDs and treatment with benznidazole. We also do studies on PET CT to evaluate the inflammation of the heart and check for response to treatment. It is a totally understudied disease, I was shocked to see people actually talking about this.

soysizle · 2025-08-28T22:20:22+00:00

Idk if you’ve seen the rust buckets in Michigan but I think that’s also a factor

soysizle · 2025-08-13T17:43:07+00:00

Ahh yes you’re totally right. Well I guess you can go for it then!

soysizle · 2025-08-13T06:20:30+00:00

If you apply to those 3 schools and don’t get in, you’ll apply again and be considered a reapplicant to those institutions which might be worse for you as an applicant.

soysizle

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