"The most well-rounded residency program, no weaknesses (and I interviewed at all the big names on West and NE, East). Have all the transplants, trauma, regional, peds, icu you could hope for in a program. Also, you get the opportunity for PP experience in CA-3 which was unique. PD is very supportive and actively changing things for the better. Almost all categorical spots now so cohesiveness of classes seem to be much better." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Casual, usually outside-of-transcript interview. Great facilities. Chief was the nicest person ever. Only interviewing with 2 people turns the stress level way down. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"First and foremost is the location. The city of Seattle is so vibrant and has everything you could want in a major city. The surrounding area is BEAUTIFUL with mountains in every direction. I could not believe how massive Mt. Rainier looks off in the distance. Plus, you have the ocean. I was able to go skiing the day before my interview with plenty of time to make it to the pre-interview dinner by 6pm. The program itself is top notch with a long history of being a strong residency. The didactic structure has been revamped recently. There are tons of fellowships available if desired. The medical center offers excellent clinical exposure, variety, and faculty committed to teaching. UW is a research powerhouse and a well-known medical academic entity. There was a great turnout of residents at the preinterview dinner as well as the lunch on interview day. All of the residents I spoke to seemed very happy and had few complaints. I specifically asked how many hours per week on average and nearly everyone said between 60-65. Multiple residents reported being able to ski 20+ days each season. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Big program with a national reputation as an academic/research powerhouse. Residents work hard here and as a result are very well-trained. They all seemed very happy. Intern year probably not as bad as rumored. Tons of trauma experience of any type imaginable as UW serves as the trauma center for the entire WWAMI region. <P>To be honest, this was my last interview of the season and I was somewhere between fairly to completely burnt out with information overload from all my other interviews. I'm sure I would have been much more impressed/excited if I had visited earlier in the season." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Current residents were overwhelmingly happy with the program in 2008. Apparently they had problems back in 2002-2003, all of which have been corrected. Hours are averaging 55/wk except in the 3 of the 4 ICU months. Then it's closer to 65 - 70 according to residents. There is a new chair (Debra Schwinn) who seems to have significant pull with the University. She's hired a big time pain specialist to lead rebuilding the pain center, and she is totally into making Washington a leading anesthesiology research center. No shortages of AGME case numbers. Plenty of opportunity for regional anesthesiology blocks. You can even go over to Virginia Mason for electives in regional. They noted that VM residents come to the University of Washington for grand rounds and the diadactic resident lectures. What more needs to be said about Seattle? High cost of housing, but it will be a blast to live here for three years if I can get in the program. Nice book/conference allowance each year, and an extra week annually to attend a conference of your choice. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Relatively few residents at the dinner, but it was a 3 day weekend so I can't blame them for not being there. Many more at lunch during the day to talk to. Not much else negative... didn't seem to be as malignant as their previous reputation" | More from this Member | Report Response

"Poor camaraderie among residents. Way too much competition between them. Not terribly cohesive-seeming to me. Only categorical guy was triple UWash. Out of staters tend to be advanced only. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"The program is pretty big with around 24 residents per class and some of the faculty interviews seemed a bit impersonal. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"The most telling thing for me was talking with two UW residents(well, one current, one former) at my Virginia Mason interview. Both of them said if they could do it over again they would do their residency at VM over UW. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"There are diadactic lectures only every third week for each class of residents, although they pointed out their pass rate on the boards is high 90% each year. The cost of Seattle housing is worrisome too. Still, all the residents said they were happy to be there. No free parking at the University (or anywhere else, it seems, in Seattle). " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Talks about the dept and research going on at the beginning. Overall, low stress and very open about what their program had to offer. Tour by the chief was cool, but only got a tour of UWMC (where they spend less than 50% of their time)" | More from this Member | Report Response

"A lot less stressful than other programs. Day begins really slow with two long political lectures (where our department is going, where healthcare is going sort of stuff) that add little value to the day. Dinner was nice and LONG. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Dinner the night before with tons of food and wine. Big interview group but a proportional number of residents also showed up. Typical interview day...arrive around 7:30am and have some pastries during a slide-show presentation by the Chair. Then we split into groups where half interviewed and the other half went on a tour. The interviews were each fairly brief and seemed to be more interested in selling the program rather than asking a lot of hard questions. Finished around 2-3pm. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Pay for your own hotel. Dinner with the residents at a nice restaurant with plenty of wine. Presentation by chair on interview day, then separate into tour/interview groups." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Early morning arrival at 7:30. Overview given by department chair herself, complete with a discussion of her vision for the program and for the specialty of anesthesiology. Followed by a presentation given by the program director. Then two one-on-one interviews, a box lunch and visits with the chief residents, then done by around noon. " | More from this Member | Report Response