Recent content by Ga5man

Hello, As an anesthesiologist who trained in 2 different continents before coming to United States and working as an anesthesiologist, I have to admit never has this specific issue discussed in such detail. My take- Now we have a lab value about recovery times, which may not be exact but...

Interesting topic, I work in the UK and i am due to start working in the USA (residency). I have previously worked in >80hour/week system. both systems (more vs less hours) have their advantages and disadvantages. Whilst 9-5pm is fantastic, patients do get put off to the next day as rightly...

Dear friends, I am trying to get a non accredited position in a speciality in a city. I wrote to the PD of the medicine program and he pointed me to the department where these positons are available. So i rung the department and the secretary does not have any clue of what i am talking about...

hmm...the problem stems from the fact that if ranks 15-20 are one person matching only, then its going to be a wild guesswork i presume if they donot tell you. or is that the case at all? cheers, ga5man

Dear friends, i was wondering when you are in a couples match, and one doesnt match, will the unmatched person know where the other has matched? (atleast geographical area if not the exact program). i was wondering if they donot divulge this detail, how does the unmatched person of the pair...

Dear all, I have applied to prelim progs in medicine and advanced anesthesia progs in one hospital. Most of my anes application were for categorical track. Now during the match, if i dont match in the prlim prog and match in the advanced prog what will be my message on mar12th? This is...

This thread has been very supportive. I would like to point out wildflower's post...is that a quote (pregnancy like disability) from the american board for IM's website. Its strange they have clubbed pregnancy with disablitity!!!! i am not calling for righteousness, but surely classing pregnancy...

sorry for this late response. My wife isnt keen to drop a year, not after the horndous interview schedule, travelling and anxiety of the match. having done 90% of the job, including thank you letters, it seems really harsh to let go now. so shes confused as well. the idea of relaxing sauna...

Dear Colleagues, I really appreciate all your input. My wife is applying for internal medicine. Not big names, really quite reasonable ones. Shes just unsure of starting during 7th.8th month of pregnancy, not able to cope with the schedule and having to give reasons that she isnt able to come...

Dear all, I would really appreciate some sincere advice on this huge situation confronting us. My wife is in for the match for 2007. She has become pregnant now, quite unexpectedly. We want some advice regarding some aspects of our residency. 1. Do programs allow deferred start of...

Is it just one ROL we submit for both types of progs? I want to clarify this because i have attended for preliminary progs starting in July 07 and categorical prog commencing July 08 + 4 year progs for Anesthesiology which commence in Jul 07. How do i create my ROL. Someone pls advice cheers...

hi, thanks for the response, yes we are aware that matching in diff locales might be difficult to transfer as a PGY-2 but we are weighing it against the option of one of us not matching at all. thanks for the response, ga5man

Dear Colleagues, My wife and i are looking for a couple match. i tried looking at the archive for an answer but no luck, so i apologise if this is a repetetion. The situation: I am trying for anesthesiology and wife for int med. We interviewed at 8-9 places but only 4 were together. We...