That small office can accommodate a futon, coffee table, desk and chair? Sound spacious enough to me! Hope she enjoys making it her own!
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I’ve been a doctor for over 20 years and my office is 5ftx 6ft. No windows, no ventilation. Former supply closet.
Lol! D said not to get ahead myself. Her is supply closet size
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Pro tip: Instead of a futon, get a trifold mattress. You can store in up high on a shelf, and put it on the floor of your office if you are staying overnight due to call or bad weather. Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/American-Furniture-Alliance-TriFold-Mattress/dp/B00CL9900E/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2VI1JQ2NU372W&keywords=trifold+mattress&qid=1688165059&sprefix=
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I know it is going to be LOL with my post, when you are all talking about years of residency, my post is with almost 1 week of residency only!
First week about to get over tomorrow, 5.30 to 7.30 (including commute) whether day or night shift for 6 days, roughly 80 hours per week. 3 days and 3 nights and 1 day rest.
Getting used to getup early and also change sleep pattern is more challenging which eventually they need to get used to it. Second, getting used to traffic in one of the heaviest traffic place. I accompanied last week 3 days during orientation. Half glass full and empty, now feel it is good it is ever congested, and hence the speed in in general 30-40 miles only in the highway. Local person joked the only time you can drive at 60 miles is 2 am.
Residents find it hard in the rush to get used to new software. MD school used EPIC and Residency Hospital uses Cerner. In this place the orientation was only 4 days with so much. Apparently it used to be weeks in some place and students wanted to more time between MD and Residency start and this is way too compressed with 4 days. Life goes on. So far good.
Interestingly my child has 155 weeks to go (3 years) but for me more than 155 quarters(completing 40 years) of work life is over
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The traffic in CA is no joke! One CA school that D interviewed with provides Uber rides home and back to the hospital when residents have to work extra long shifts or have been up for long hours while on-call. I told D that’s because it can take an hour to drive just a few miles, and to think about commute times on top of the working hours. That benefit was negotiated by the union and was put in place for safety reasons. I hope the commute for your resident is not too bad!
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We live in New England where there can be lots of snow…or worse…ice. DD drove home or to the hospital in less than optimal weather more than a few times. And she had to get there! Weather wise, it took some planning ahead!
If you think their sleep hours are strange now–just wait until they get a month of overnights.
DW did residency at a community program in NYC 20+ years back and they had to go to another hospital for some rotations and program director was kind enough to arrange a car service for all the residents (that was Pre Uber time).
Asked D today about fellowship orientation and she said only 2 days most likely.
OB/Gyn is withdrawing from ERAS and will be using its own application platform starting the 2024-25 cycle.
FAQs about the new process and platform
OB/GYN will still participate in the NRMP Match.
How will the new application platform improve the way that obstetrics and gynecology residency programs process applications?
The new platform will allow programs to apply data science to better align programs and applicants and improve staff efficiency at no cost to programs. Residency programs will be able to undertake a more holistic review of applicants. It will provide critical tools and support services to drive an effective selection process and provide better applicant support at a time when resources and staffing are limited.
Applicants will have significantly lower application fees on the new platform.
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That sure is a plus!
Wondering how many other specialties will follow suit.
OB/GYN has been going its own way w/r/t to the residency application process for about 5 years now.
They were the first to use the gold/silver/region preference signaling system that ERAS now uses.
And they had implemented a system 3 or 4 years ago where every residency program will only tender the same number of interview invitations as they actually have interview slots and allow applicants 48 hours to respond before offering a slot to another candidate. (IOWs, none of this sending out 60 invitations for 25 interview slots scramble that some programs do.)
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It is not the current cycle right? Have a couple of friends kids planning to OBGYN.
Students will use the new platform for the 2024-25 cycle. (Next cycle)
It’s interesting because OB/GYN was the specialty that originally piloted ERAS and was the first to use it. Now they’re the first specialty to leave ERAS.
My DS liked OBGYN rotation, may be he will have change of heart and apply for it 
OB/GYN values male applicants and they are in high demand.
It’s an interesting specialty that can be very surgically oriented or very clinically oriented depending on the interest of the practitioner. Or it can be a balance of both.
OB/GYN subspecialties are among the most competitive of all specialties. In 2023, MIGS had 52% match rate; gyn/onc had a 56% match rate; REI-62%; MFM- 72%. For context, cardiology had a 68% match rate; GI was 62%.
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He is surgically oriented and wants to go into surgical specialities. He recently scrubbed in for lung transplant which took 8 hours and he was there entire time with no drink or bathroom breaks.
D2 said she once assisted at a gyn/onc surgery that went 12 hours. Started in the pelvic region and continued up through the lungs and upper chest/lower neck. Lots of lesions to remove. There were brain lesions too, but the neurosurgery dept frowns in OB/GYNs doing brain surgery.
D1 talked about how she was instructed in med school to “go dry” by the general surgery residents if there was a long surgery scheduled for the next day. No liquids after midnight so they didn’t need to leave the OR to relieve themselves. A few ice chips for dry mouth were allowed during surgery.
D1 spent 2 semesters shadowing/assisting an ortho surgeon in med school and everyone in the surgery dept was impressed because she, a 3rd year med student, could tie knots either left handed or right handed. The ortho was a lefty so it was natural for her to work left handed when she worked beside him, but she’s a natural righty.
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Husband is a OBGYN. They are only in demand in shortage areas. In most areas, patients tend to prefer females if they have a choice. Hubby has great Patient Satisfaction scores, but it is very hard to start a practice if you are male on your own. Even in a group, when patients call they will ask for a female. Yes some patients don’t care but if you talk to most male OBGYNs they will tell you that there is a lot more competition now since there are so many female OBGYNs and ON Nurse Practitioners.
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