PHASE 3 CLERKSHIP SURVEY RESULTS
Clerkship?
Surgery
Required Elective or Subinternship?
Required
What was the elective called?
Which site did you attend?
st. mary's/transplant
Do you wish you did it at another site?
no opinion
Any tips on preparing for Day 1?
finish all your nonschool chores for the next four weeks if you are starting with transplant
How was the driving and parking?
st. mary's was easy
How bad were the on call hours?
all luck (long hours when you get called in for an organ trasplant)
What were your weekday hours?
St. Mary's: lots of study time, short round in the morning. transplant: round, surgery, clinic, round, surgery, round.....sleep, next day
What were your weekend hours?
st. mary's: good, transplant: be ready to write >10 soap notes if you are on call
What should we know about the attendings and residents?
don't get personal if you get yelled at, happends to almost all of us
Did you learn any new procedures or skills?
yes, a lot of suturing in transplant
What books were useful for the shelf exam?
surgical recall was the best
How was your shelf exam?
5/10-tough but fair
Did you have enough time to study for it?
no, USE your spare time at St. Mary's
What pearls of wisdom should an incoming student ABSOLUTELY know?
learn to dissociate from it all on a bad day
How would you rate the stress level?
worse than average
Are you now more or less interested in this specialty as a career?
Less
Any other comments?
Date posted: Sat Oct 30 23:11:31 1999
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