Recent content by Doctor Bob

Wait. No. What? It's starting already? But... I'm not prepared...

I'm very hopeful that next year we can go back to in-person interviews. There remains pressure from the professional associations to continue virtual interviews but if there's enough push-back from applicants that may change. If virtual interviews weren't beneficial in interviewing and picking...

It's not easy to work critical care for 10-20 years and then go work as a pulmonologist when you tire of the ICU. Your pulm skills and knowledge of evolving therapeutics will be well out of date. CCM is not a lifelong career for people who started by doing it half-time and then got a job where...

Please... as much lead time as you can give the program is best. Even with a virtual model it's tough to fill an interview spot that goes vacant a few days ahead of time. Timing of an interview doesn't really make much of a difference. There's advantages and disadvantages to all different parts...

To the first question: it could be anything. Programs can set all kinds of filters; board scores, step specific scores, MD/DO, if they went to an LCME accredited school, etc... ERAS has 51 pre-defined filters, and then the program can make additional ones based on whatever data point they want...

If your application was in before the first round of invites went out then it ought to have been reviewed. For my place, I review all the applications that I have in hand (that are complete) and then put together a list of people I want to interview equal to the number of interview spots I have...

This is a busy time of year for programs. We're trying to get our new class settled, doing all the annual upkeep as far as ACGME reporting, etc. August is when we can really turn our attention to applications. Oh, discord? Yikes. That would just add even more craziness to the waiting game...

You can apply to multiple tracks in the same program. Just have an answer for when they ask about what you're actually interested in.

It shows me "most recent application status date". So an adjustment today would show up as 7/19. Hehehe... I agree that Meditech and Allscripts are trash. Cerner is... institution dependent. Same with Epic. They're both very very customizable so the quality of the EMR is very much dependent on...

How you place things isn't as important as how succint it is. We're reading through hundreds of applications. The ERAS application isn't the place to write a paragraph to say one sentences worth of stuff. Very little from before medical school will make a difference at this point. The name of...

It's just a conversation starter. "So I see you're from Mordor. Did your family ever take you to the Sea of Nurnen?" FREIDA still shows visa sponsorship. And you can sort by type of visa they sponsor. I'm not sure I have enough space here to put my thoughts on this... In general, I'm not a fan...

If you don't have a tie to the area that's fine. If you have a strong tie to the area that's fine. But don't try to pretend like you have a strong tie to the area when you really don't. It's way better to be honest and say you have no geographic preference and are applying broadly, than to give...

The APCCMPD (association of pulmonary and critical care medicine program directors) is again strongly recommending virtual interviews -only-. I know that from an applicant point of view it's nice to be able to do a whole lot of interviews and not have to take much (if any) time off from...

Absolutely. If you're coming to rotate at my program, and you're interested in our facility for your residency they want to meet you. I have medical students coming to do electives with my department all the time. If I know they're interested in applying for residency at my facility then I tell...

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