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Cambridge Hospital/Cambridge Health Alliance Progr Individual Response

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Basic Info

What is your in-state status?:

In state

On what date did the interview take place?:

How do you rank this residency among ALL other residencies?:

9 out of 10

How do you rank this residency among other residencies to which you've applied?:

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this program's facilities?:

7 out of 10

What is your ranking of this program's location?:

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?:

9 out of 10

What was the stress level of the interview?:

4 out of 10

How do you think you did?:

8 out of 10

How did the interview impress you?:

Positively

Questions

How long was the interview?:

50 minutes

How many people interviewed you?:

4

What was the style of the interview?:

One-on-one

What impressed you positively?:

excellent psychdynamic psychotherapy training but also all residents do CBT, supportive therapy, short term dynamic therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and DBT is optional. Strong emphasis on training, education and developing as a person and a psychiatrists. PD is awesome as is associated PD and PC very nice too. Strong emphasis of public psychiatry, social and cultural psychiatry, excellent clinical services for different ethnic groups, LGBT, Victims of Violence etc., elective time in PGY-1 year, residents very friendly and happy, excellent benefits, including $1900 educational stipend, conference leave, money for conference attendance, unionized housestaff Report as inappropriate

What impressed you negatively?:

possibly too much supervision, does not have the clinical facilities of McLean, WPIC, UCLA etc, possibly too much emphasis on psychodynamic therapy Report as inappropriate

How was your interview day? Please summarize.:

8.30 start with breakfast and introduction from PD and APD, then 2 interviews with faculty, lunch with residents at Harvard Faculty Club, then visit to outpatient clinic in Somerville and 2 Further interviews. Day ended with wrap up from PD. Report as inappropriate

Travel

What was your primary mode of travel?:

Other

What was your total time spent traveling?:

0-1 hour

What airport did you use?:

Where did you stay?:

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?:

How would you rate the hotel?:

5 out of 10

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?:

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