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Consider contacting Providence Portland Medical Center. The email for the residency program is [email protected]. Website for the program is http://oregon.providence.org/our-services/p/providence-portland-internal-medicine-residency/

Consider contacting Providence Portland Medical Center. The email for the residency program is [email protected]. Website for the program is http://oregon.providence.org/our-services/p/providence-portland-internal-medicine-residency/

There's an opening at Providence Portland Medical Center for a PGY 2 position. You can email the Program Coordinator at [email protected]

Call some of the residency programs on the west coast and ask if they anticipate openings the next year. Some programs look like they filled on paper, but in reality, ended up taking extra prelims leaving them w/ openings for PGY-2s. There are some great community programs all along the west...

Can not imagine having survived residency without night float. We had NF in place for the wards but in the ICU we had the traditional overnight call. The ICU experience was much more exhausting and wearing on one's sleep pattern. Doing a month of NF per year is also painful but at least it's...

Don't worry!!! No program participating in the NRMP has any absolute verification of their match list at this time. The programs don't even learn if they filled until 1/2 hour before the scramble starts! As stated in previous posts, the only way a PD can assure a medical student a match is...

You complete the 3 year internal medicine residency program then go on to do a cardiology fellowship. Applications for the fellowship occur during your 2nd year of IM.

Research opportunities exist but are limited to clinical research not lab. Some people at our program develop clinical research projects of interest and find attendings to help them on it (staff always willing to support such endeavors). Other times, residents find someone working on a...

Hi there. I'm from St. Vincent's so I can give you my best perspective, but keep in mind that it's very hard to judge other programs when most of it is based on hearsay. After I spew my thoughts, I ultimately suggest that you speak with residents from each program to get the most accurate...

Many IM programs use cut-off USMLE scores for screening who to interview. During my interview year, I recall either seeing in the brochures or hearing through the grapevine, etc. that 200 was the cut-off for a handful of programs that I applied to. This included some strong community programs...

If you're defining competitive purely by # of applicants to # interviewed and # of residents they take each year, such information is listed under each program seperately on FREIDA.

Personal opinion without specific data to back it: Unless you're coming from a truly top-recognized program with letters and phone calls from top-recognized specialists in the field of interest, I don't think there's a difference between going to a university or community program. The only...

One additional thought from a PGY3 (only a week to go!): No matter how much a new patient case seems like "a dump" or boring because you've had plenty of similar cases, always take the attitude that there's something to learn from each case. Interns are overworked and gettting admissions that...

Snoopy - just sent you a private msg. Let me know if you don't receive it.

Just finishing my residency in Portland. I love this city and plan to stay. It's a great place for people who love the outdoors and, during the summer, it's beautiful with tons of events going on that bring the Portland community together. As for the residency programs, you can't go wrong...