UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Program Individual Response

What is your in-state status?:

In state

On what date did the interview take place?:

2/1/2009

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

8 out of 10

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

7 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?:

8 out of 10

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

8 out of 10

How do you think you did?:

9 out of 10

How did the interview impress you?:

Positively

How long was the interview?:

15 minutes

How many people interviewed you?:

3

What was the style of the interview?:

One-on-one

What impressed you positively?:

The program is very thorough. Residents rotate through the main University Hospital, level 1 trauma center and state hospital, and a private but well-known hospital: Hackensack University Medical Center. At UH there is an extremely broad range of pathology and the cases therefore are pretty challenging. They are a liver center and so many liver transplants come through. No Heart transplants though. But lots of heart cases, maybe a transplant here and there (?) at HUMC. The faculty all seemed interested in the Residents, and most important of all, the Residents were all happy. Report as inappropriate

What impressed you negatively?:

The ICU experience is a bit lacking. It's a major trauma center at UH and so the SICU is completely under Surgery. The CTICU though is Anesthesiology-run but is very small (6 beds). Residents do their required ICU rotations in the SICU and the MICU, and then another month in the CTICU as the sole Anesthesia resident. The CT Surgical residents rotate through as well, but only Anesthesia attendings. Some of the facilities also seemed a bit old, but at Hackensack everything is extremely modern. Report as inappropriate

How was your interview day? Please summarize.:

Dinner the night before with the Residents. Start with Interview day with breakfast and presentation by Dr. Davidson, program director, who is very talkative and candid about the program and the residents. Then interviews with Dr. Delphin (Chair), Dr. Davidson (PD), and one other faculty Attending. Afterwards, tour of UH given by a Resident and then shuttle ride to Hackensack for lunch and tour of the facilities there. The Residents apparently know how to have fun; they found a mini hockey rink in the hospital and frequent it quite often. After that, return to UH for final comments and then done. Overall a very pleasant experience. Report as inappropriate

What was your primary mode of travel?:

Automobile

What was your total time spent traveling?:

0-1 hour

What airport did you use?:

EWR if arriving by air