Welcome to the Residency subreddit, a community of interns and residents who are just trying to make it through training! This is a subreddit specifically for interns and residents to get together and discuss issues concerning their training and medicine/surgery. I want to get a sense of what categorical peds opinions are regarding this and if this is overall A pediatric residency is probably comparable to an internal medicine residency. - no publications. The typical range is (in the US) $60k ish per year, which increases by a small percent each year. 37/hr being the highest paid rotation and $13. Sort by: cremasterflex. Good luck! 7. You can do everything a peds doc can do, but more as a Family Doc. But don’t even think about picking it up until you’re in residency. Highly program dependent. Ex: how meningitis presents in adults vs kids etc. Tacoma Family Medicine in Tacoma, WA. 68/hr being the lowest paid rotation. 6. 6:30-8:30: Preround, examine patients without The most common reasons for removal are - medical students or premeds asking what a specialty is like or about their chances of matching, mentioning midlevels without using the midlevel flair, matched medical students asking questions instead of using the stickied thread in the sub for post-match questions, posting identifying information for New interns have 10-15 patients on average. Any advice would be appreciated. 66/hr being the lowest paid rotation. #10. MD: Texas Tech University School of Medicine. The best time was yesterday. Meet the current participants in the Pediatric Residency Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Our training program is comprised of 82 residents working at 4 hospitals in 2 healthcare systems and is located in the heart of a bustling metropolitan center. Residents train in cutting-edge facilities, surrounded by world-renowned faculty. A rickshaw puller in Bangladesh had to call it a day earlier so he could take his I feel like candidates for residency have much more at stake, but also are more valued than applicants to medical school. Days on inpatient usually start at 6 am for interns and 7 am for everyone else and then end around 6 or 7 pm. OP, you are probably borderline for Emory and perhaps a bit stronger for Halp. 1. 4. u/fatimaanwar. Could you share your views on ranking these and what would be your preference. You're better served going to Rainbow. Hello! I'll be applying this coming year and just wanted to ask if the letters of recommendation I have lined up right now would be sufficient for most pediatric residency programs: 1 letter from an IM hospitalist. You can google a hospital and put “PGY1/2/3 salary” for examples. The results are a reputation ranking, which was compiled via feedback from over 35,000 physicians across 28 specialties. 1 letter from a Neonatal ICU attending. Also, PICU and NICU are awful places. Undergraduate: Northwestern University. 7 4. Our resident experience is both broad and deep, with extensive exposure to the evaluation and management of both common and rare ophthalmic diseases. Their cafeteria is open for like 2 hours in the morning, 2 hours at lunch, and is closed by 3-5 or something. I would like to match at a solid mid-tier program (would like to go to the best program possible that I would be able to match into. Don’t study any more than you have to. Cost: $ 65,000, dignity, pride in being a physician and possibly love of medicine. Posted by u/HuntFragrant101 - 1 vote and no comments If you’re a gunner you could review the guidelines for common pediatric illnesses like AOM, strep pharyngitis, PNA, UTI, well child screening, and routine newborn care. You'll learn what you need to learn. A special agreement exists with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology whereby an applicant may fulfill the training requirements for certification in pediatrics, psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry by completing five years of combined training. ADMIN MOD. Currently going community. Don't pay for it. During CP rotations the work/life balance is great, and you mostly work a 40 hour week give or take a few hours. Having done fellowship at a top institution but residency in a smaller program I do see a difference. After a few months, you won't need it anymore. If you're looking for something that's a good study resource for boards as well as just everyday overview of things, MedStudy and NEJM knowledge+ are both good options. 0530: wake up, pull on inside-out scrubs from the main hospital I rotate at, careful to make sure the logo doesn’t show. If the residents like you and are recruiting you, they’re going to say they’re happy with the program even if they’re not. It was my lowest grade in 3rd year cause I had an abysmal outpatient only experience that was super poor volume, so I don’t feel very confident in my skills My list so far, in no particular order: UCSF UCLA Seattle Childrens OHSU Vanderbilt Wake Forest maybe? CHOP Children's Boston - not really interested in big cities or snow. 0 10. You have to work nights, weekends, ICU rotations, and sometimes 24 hour call. Specifically, your experience with how they treat residents, the overall financial health of the hospital, salary vs. I couldn’t bear the thought of doing Peds clinic or general hospital medicine for three years to get to PICU. Award. Next year, maybe a name and fame would be worth it for this school. Residency salary is determined by your institution. My favorite is root canals, which he referred to me. For the latest updates on the Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Residency Program Alliance, follow us on Instagram. As a PGY3 we work four weeks of nights that range anywhere from 90-105 hours that week during an elective block. Add a Comment. "including across-the-board wage increases of 6 percent the first year and 4 percent in years two and three, as they pursue the training that is required to prepare for their future roles in medicine". The best resource is PedsInReview done by the AAP for those types of things. - level 1 = 463. Get lots of sleep. 1 care and was sent to residency directors designated as mainly involved in the primary care fields of family medicine, pediatrics and Anesthesia resident: we do >100 peds cases just to graduate from residency. Autonomy in pediatrics. UCSF pediatric resident physicians authorize strike. Colorado 3. If a residency program of 10 people has even 1 unfilled spot, that's huge. With that being said, the amount of patient interaction is very limited unless you go into pain. WAY more doors will be open to you such as HIV clinic, LGBT stuff, global leadership, other stuff you commented on, etc, as opposed to peds. However, the culture of peds is having less autonomy compared to adults, mostly because kids aren’t usually as sick as adults and procedures are less common. Read these articles often. If you're looking for just any hospital with kids, CC is okay. org P: 602-344-5885 F: 602-344-5941. ) WhiteKnightSlayer69. The anatomy of the pediatric airway can make it super difficult for someone with minimal intubating experience to achieve it in one attempt under stress. On average I made $18. We support a Global Health Track, an Integrated Research Pathway, a Pediatric Equity, Advocacy, and Community Health, Environmental, and Social I don’t like the way pediatrics is perceived in the USA. You need a fairly strong application. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Reply. They provide excellent review articles for any topic you might wish to learn about. This is a great recipe for easily getting a spot, whether as resident or incoming traditional fellow. COL in Houston, etc. I did learn a lot from him and am grateful he was there to answer my questions about treatment planning. Interview invite dates last year. his stories on surgery service stand out. Since it is a fairly new program, I am struggling to find resources, people and opinions about OOTs/application, and just general Hey, current MS4 here applying for pediatric residency and I need your help! Ultimately (as of now) I want to do rural general pediatrics in the south, practicing inpatient, clinic and ER consults as needed. They are very good, but with an above average application, you should be able to get interviews there. Longest standing FM residency in the area (est 1976), ridiculously strong pediatrics training. Pediatrics and OB/GYN aspects of FM I was cool with but were not the main draws. Inpatient floors ~75-80 per week. -Playing with kids pretty much daily. I also felt like the feel was different. PAs who come to codes take over and start bossing the residents around. - peds rotation = A. Jan 24, 2024 · Written by Department of Pediatrics on August 26, 2022 The University of Colorado's Pediatric Residency program was ranked sixth in the nation by Doximity. The primary reasons for that is 1) most people hate neurology and doing it in children is particularly polarizing (people in peds either love or hate neuro) and 2) there is a huge demand for child neuros but not enough supply or desire. From your personal experiences, I am curious if there is any specific Honestly, pediatrics residency is more like IM than FM, but while no one needs to reminded that IM involves a lot of hospital medicine, that's not the case for peds. Pros. I've always wanted to pursue a pediatric speciality but coming in with almost 200k+ in loans is making me second guess my choices. I will be applying for residency from my D. Applicants should submit a personal statement, curriculum vitae, photograph, medical school transcript, dean’s letter, three letters of recommendation and USMLE scores through ERAS. IIRC, I believe about 80% of interviews were given out by October for peds. For literally everything you're interested in, you can do as a Family Medicine doctor as opposed to a pediatrician. Unintentionally, I overapplied to programs and now have some interviews I should cancel. First-year positions at Children's National are selected through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). I am unsure of how to research programs. 77 per hour with $31. Focus on those things. Fairly old school mentality if you do anything surgical. MS4 here hoping to apply to Pediatrics for the 2025 Match. We’re here to answer your questions about pediatrics residency, the application/interview process, life during residency, research during residency, chief residency, and (almost) anything else! We want to thank the r/medicalschool moderators for this opportunity! We will start answering questions Sunday (8/23) around 3pm CST! Pediatric board scores came out this week. The ophthalmology residency program at University of Colorado focuses on the development of outstanding clinical and surgical skills. We would suggest /r/AskDocs. Training Sites; Pathways; Special Courses and Rotations; Resident Committees; Advising and Mentoring; Teaching Opportunities May 26, 2010 · For most of our inpatient months we’re on for (at least) 12 days straight with two days off and then another 12 days on. In my experience Peds residents work long hours, much longer than I or my colleagues in FM did. Mia Mallory, MD, MEd Pediatrics Residency Program Director And I think that I've received good peds training generally. Keep it in a pocket. -Nobody judges you for having toys, stickers, or wearing clothes with cartoon characters. poor access to food. Hello! Could last year’s pediatric residency applicants please share the approximate dates they received their invites last year. We’re looking for residents with a strong track-record of excellence in their medical training who are great communicators, team-players PAs frequently change the resident orders without telling them. I’ve been to a good few countries around the world, and I have had the privilege to interact with physicians across many specialties. I had considered child neurology, but didn’t think I was competitive enough so didn’t apply the first go-round. The sub will be back up tomorrow night. MEME. Thank A variety of special facilities, pathways, and courses combine to make Duke's Pediatrics Residency a unique and progressive program. city is expensive. When did you guys receive your last invite? Thank you. Get stuck behind the 396 people also Hey guys, So about a month ago I had made a post trying to help out my girlfriend who was having trouble getting some interviews around the country… Diary of a Pediatrics Resident. And this could be after you already had to move to different places for residency and fellowship. You'd be double boarded, which could offer some very interesting career paths, but most of these people end up primarily focusing on either Medicine or Peds in the end. If a medical school has a couple unfilled spots in their class, no big deal. as a USIMG i have applied to a handful of NY/NYC programs. Of course, some of this is apparently disputed as comments and such have noted. 3. Don’t know what you want 2. For the 2024-2025 recruitment season we will be recruiting four residents into our categorical program, five years of training program (pediatrics and child neurology) here at the University of Colorado. If you're looking for a prestigious peds program, CC isn't it. Program within a few years and I think that I would be fairly competitive enough for med-peds based on my research and extracurriculars. On average I made $17. The pediatric residency is in full accord with all requirements of the Accreditation Committee on Graduate Medical Education. 100K sign on bonus , 3500 monthly residency stipend for 10 months, 15000 relocation, 280 k base , 20 k annual retention bonus, wRvu above 5000 each is 52 $ and any rvu above 6000 is 64 $. Archived post. By providing comprehensive program research, educational resources, and an inspired community, we help IMGs accomplish their dreams of Matching into medical residency in the USA. Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada. Depending on how you transition from one rotation to another you can be on for 19+ days without a day off. I was wondering if there was anyone who is currently in/completed the program, or if anyone has any insight/thoughts on the program. VENT. I want a decent lifestyle for a family and I enjoy working with my hands. Amoxicillin for AOM is 80mg/kg/d divided BID. An applicant may take the certifying examination of the ABP in the fifth CHOP's Pediatrics Residency Program offers a balanced, flexible and supportive experience in a top ranked children's hospital. 0600: drive to the community hospital. So, I'm worried about matching and was hoping someone would have some helpful advice for me! - D. I am an MS3 who is going into pediatrics. Currently a pediatrics intern. I'll let you know in July, I have rotator month with them. Again, you have to be really passionate about that field to make that commitment. I'm a 3rd year entering 4th year. When I started, I worked with a pediatric dentist. Historically it is difficult, not dissimilar from other competitive specialties. Huge residency class, large pediatric subdivisions (ex: the number of faculty in their PEM division is more than the entire pediatric faculty at many small-mid tier programs), high volume of patients, amazing connections, lots of money in the program. Pharm for peds is different All things regarding the practice of pediatrics! Please feel free to post interesting articles, updates, or news regarding this area of medicine. Current Residents (2023-2024) Pediatrics Chief Residents Pediatrics Residents Level 3 Pediatrics Residents Level 2 Pediatrics Residents Level 1. 3 year commitment for the 100k sign on. Everyone says do peds if you like working with kids which is true but you also have to like pediatric medicine. I felt like the Peds anesthesia route (4+1) got me to critical care and Peds faster than peds + PICU (3+3). My legit advice is to spend a weekend logged into the EMR watching TV and figure out where stuff is. Residents have the opportunity to treat complex pediatric patients under sedation and in our state-of-the-art outpatient clinical facility. For reference I am a second year combined resident (medicine and pediatrics). Medical School: McGovern Medical School. There’s a book you can read AFTER you start intern year - I really liked Pediatrics Board Review. Additionally, phase I and II orthodontic Alexis Schuck, MD. Emory and Colorado aren't that much of a powerhouse program. Get your steps in. Check the NRMP data. Similarly, for the Boston Combined Pediatrics Residency, if you do the urban health/health equity track which has more time at Boston Medical Center, your salary is technically a few thousand less than if you do the regular track which spends more time at Boston Childrens - the program says it usually is able to pay the difference but it not Rainbow Babies is the stronger program in Cleveland. Joe DiMaggio children’s hospital ( Memorial Healthcare System, Florida) St. Pediatrics residency application Hi all - had some questions that I didn’t know if they would be better put here or elsewhere for upcoming peds applicant. These are my top three. The passing threshold on the score plot makes it look like 25% of test-takers failed the exam. Another good resource is the Harriet Lane. 10K subscribers in the pediatrics community. Generally work horse programs mainly concerned on volume over didactics. Is the ABP telling us that ~25% of peds residency graduates have insufficient knowledge and training? We need more transparency on this. Unopposed training in the children’s hospital sharing the parking lot with the TFM clinic. 1 letter from a Neonatal ICU research mentor who I worked on The people doing outpatient peds in large cities are making 200-215k, and inpatient hospitalists about 150k-190k. Diary of a Pediatrics resident on NICU. I don’t think you need to go to residency to treat kids. One of the most revered to specialties at large was pediatrics. Therefore, I'm also considering anesthesiology with peds fellowship. Peter’s pediatrics residency program, NJ. As FM you can be a hospitalist. All things regarding pediatrics, for those who practice it. Talking to my colleagues in other programs, this seems to be the trend in at a lot of programs. If step 2 is still Fresh, grind it out as soon as possible as you don’t need or want to re learn that adult testing material once you’re in residency. Residents hours vary depending on what rotation Pediatrics Residency Letters. A pediatric residency is probably comparable to an internal medicine residency. This is not ok. Denver children's is supposed to be one of the best and is in a fun city. Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Your best resource, by far is going to be Pediatrics in Review (and for NICU, NeoReview). Trust the process. -Pediatricians tend to be pretty well balanced and nice. -Unique pathologies that you don't get see in adults. There jobs are also a lot more portable. At the top institution with triple the number of residents they see a whole lot more complex cases and get to rotate and learn so much more from the specialists. My ultimate goal is Pediatric Gastroenterology. Tylenol is 15mg/kg/dose and Motrin is 10mg/kg/dose. Got my step 2 score back and did exceptionally better that I ever expected (265+) and wanted to know what this would look like for me going forward. Now I'm finding I'm not necessarily loving General Academic Pediatrics; Genetics and Metabolism; Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation; Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology; Neonatology; Nephrology; Nutrition; Palliative Medicine; Pediatric Hospital Medicine; Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine; Rheumatology; Education Pediatric Residency Program; Fellowship/Residency Programs On average I worked 55 hours per week with the most hours worked in a week being 90. At times 30+ patients for one team. Much Appreciated. Luckily I enjoy primary pediatrics anyway which makes this decision much easier. Hey, peds on Reddit! Currently researching peds programs to apply and trying to understand 🥼 Residency Hi all - had some questions that I didn’t know if they would be better put here or elsewhere for upcoming peds applicant. O. Derm residency is 8-5pm clinic with procedures in between and weekends off for 3 years too. Can’t let them know I’m not wearing official county hospital scrubs when I go to deliveries. I am a med/peds resident and have, overall, been unimpressed by the autonomy given to us on the pediatrics side of things. You can make almost any program work for almost any desire as far as fellowship/work goes, but having people you get along with, trust, and enjoy being around outside of work makes residency 10x more bearable even on the worst days/weeks. Hometown: Algonquin, IL (near-ish Chicago) Hometown: Arcadia, CA. Except for ortho, I did everything that he did. On average I slept 7 hours and 56 minutes per day. Some say it looks more like 30%. Peds residency is a mix of wards, rounds, clinic, NICU, PICU, ER for 3 years so you can’t really get away from emergencies. Then you're 33 and resetting your life in a new city with a new job. brokemed. Unfortunately these kind of programs paint pediatrics in the WORST way possible and it seems that it also has the most vocal residents. 6:00 Morning signout from the ragged appearing overnight resident: Bronchiolitis, bronchiolitis, bronchiolitis, bronchiolitis, horrifying abuse, bronchiolitis, bronchiolitis, constipation, bronchiolitis. So in reality the outpatient gen peds person has likely cleared 500k-1million dollars more in the time the people with the fellowships start their attending job. Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago. Those are my two cents! I'm sure others will have different opinions. Undergraduate: Carleton College. 74/hr being the highest paid rotation and $12. Want to be a peds and adult hospitalist and are willing to jump though hoops to prove yourself 3. Memorize those and you can look up the rest. Each track within the Pediatric Residency Program 3rd year medical student interested in Combined Pediatrics/Anesthesia Residency. US Match 2022 announcements and discussion, including step exams, OET, USCE, research, application filing, LOR, PS, interviews, program selection, visa, ROL, and post Jan 26, 2020 · 47. After residency, there are much more diverse places to get into family medicine academia whereas pediatrics academia is limited to larger pediatric hospitals. Peds and med/peds do a lot more wards months that family medicine. Want to do something like allergy where adult and peds training would be useful. Administration planned our schedule with the sole intention of making the experience as miserable for us as possible. Get that shit out the way. ago. I realize I went into family medicine primarily for ambulatory adult medicine, figured I wanted the most clinic experience in residency and thus leaned to FM rather than IM or the IM-PC tracks. PGY-2 Hours. Breaking each activity down by percent of time, it looks like this (compared to PGY-1) Activity. but if you are IMG you should keep all options on the table. Read the chapters as you’re on relevant rotations and it’ll help the info stick better. Like almost every peds resident ever, you will likely feel like you aren’t learning any medicine and then your second year will realize that you actually did. Try posting this in r/medicine or r/residency if you want attendings or residents to respond. Shit's stressful yo. if i have enough non-NYC programs to rank I might rank the NYC program lower. Not in my residency, I’m seeing good acute peds cases in continuity clinic and inpatient peds in the hospital but I feel like I don’t have a very deep understanding of pediatrics. Spring during an elective block. TBH I think a strong family medicine program would serve your time desire better. More important than any aspirational goal is just making sure you’re picking the right thing. You will likely be able to match at a good program. Med/peds is the longer/harder trail but leaves you many choices. - set to do 1 away rotation so far (my school doesn't have pediatric program) scheduled to take level 2 and step 2 in a month and practice test scores and uworld General Pediatric Residency Program. 28. Most pediatric programs are much more chill, managing more common illnesses with less bullshit academic/attending/fellow beuaruacry that lends to more resident autonomy. If you break each activity down by percent of time spent, it looks like this. Family medicine attendings are very rarely going to see kids inpatient. I don't have advice on how to choose between the two, but there might be a third option in Med/Peds. Pediatric Residency Coordinator at Valleywise Health Medical Center 2601 E Roosevelt St. During my residency, I was mostly working 9-6 during SP rotations, but there were others who were occasionally breaking the 80 hour work-hour rules. In general I’d say choose a program for your personality. Sep 10, 2021 · Hey Guys! We are so excited to add this IMG Friendly Pediatrics Programs list to our blog! We have collected all the information and condensed it for you so you have all your residency needs in one place for the pediatrics IMG friendly hospitals! What is included in this post? • IMG Friendly Pediatric Programs in each state • Application Requirements (Step 1 Score, Step 2 Score, YSG, Visa Empowering IMGs. Print out this table of vitals and glue it to an index card. UCLA, OTOH, is a powerhouse program in a very competitive location. Pick a cool specialty like GI. On average I slept 8 hours and 13 minutes per day. Children's hospitals are full of really sick and sometimes dying children. We take admissions 24/7. 81 per hour with $46. Residency is hard enough as it is. Where I am, we ask that they page us for peds airways because they can be very complex. Hello r/pediatrics community, I recently stumbled upon a helpful post in r/Residency and thought I'd turn to this community for some guidance regarding my journey to secure a pediatric residency in the United States. Short story: I failed USMLE Step 1, took a one-year LOA, and barely passed step 1 on repeat, so I only got 1 interview in Pediatrics. Mia Mallory, MD, MEd Pediatrics Residency Program Director Find the best residency program for you. Please do not post any personal/general medical questions or ask for medical advice on this forum. It’s peds, so your chance of matching somewhere is always pretty good. Can anyone recommend good programs, whether it be Community based or University, that I should apply to based on my stats? Non-US IMG requiring visa sponsorship Step 1: 243 Step 2CK: 258. BS: The University of Texas at Austin. And i have heard all about the overworked culture. I have an average step 1 score with a couple of publicationsI feel pretty average all around. • 10 yr. The medicine will come. Undergraduate: The University of Texas at Austin. Arguably one of the best pediatric cardiology programs & busiest PED in the country. No. . Our residents' growth is assisted by faculty dedicated to The CWRU School of Dental Medicine patient care facilities include the Bill and Chloe Cornell Pediatric Dentistry Clinic and the outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Unit. 1-2 seniors per team ~20 census with 2-4 interns. Question about Pediatric Residency Pathways. It is a beast and you have to like that type of medicine. Zucker school of med - Staten Island university, NY. Crash course for incoming Peds interns. 9. I'm an international medical graduate who studied at a top 100 ranked university and med program outside the US. Peds residents does 24 hour duties every 3 days for 3 years. -watching patients and families grow. Yes. In the US for peds hospitalist it requires a “hospitalist fellowship” so it becomes 3+2 years. BRS is nice and dense, but somewhat outdated. The service has as many beds as there are patients bedded. Priority base being ( close knit, good didactic, wellness). Graduates of the program meet all eligibility requirements of the American Board of Pediatrics to sit for the Certifying Examination in General Pediatrics. - step 1 = 206. O student. Phoenix, AZ 85008 Lysette_Borquez@dmgaz. The next best time is tomorrow. 0530: Wake up, pick out socks that tastefully clash with outfit. Read reviews and see ratings from program alumni. So basically: fuck you, we aren't going to match even 50% of inflation. Rainbow is down the street. Providers are averaging 6000-7000 rvus. All things regarding the practice of pediatrics! Please feel free to post interesting articles, updates, or news regarding this area of medicine. Maybe not 270s but you need to be well rounded and have good scores and letters. I regret going into peds. I would only recommend it if you 1. Match A Resident is dedicated to Empowering IMGs. bm vn sp xz fq yx wk cx kt bo