Check out this NYT’s article on residency training hours. What the author doesn’t mention is that – despite the mandatory maximum 80-hour work week – many residents are working more. The residents have no incentive to report this to the Residency Review Committee (RRC) because they don’t want to find themselves in unaccredited programs. The incentives are misaligned, leaving the residents without recourse.
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A client emailed me to tell me that during one of his visits for residency interviews, a faculty member asked the group of applicants if anyone had hired a professional for mock interviews. My client was the only one to raise his hand. (I give him a lot of credit for his bravery.) The faculty member praised him publicly, and my client thinks he had a particularly good interaction with the faculty member later during their interview session.
I think it’s interesting that professional admissions services are being viewed so positively by some faculty and programs.
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Tags: December 2008
Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more
