[Laura Brown]

I do the same thing as Kerwin through Outlook using a general email account I created through the University. This is now where I have them request time off as well. I have them create a calendar invite, invite all necessary parties, include their reason, etc., and then it’s approved through there and automatically added to the master calendar. We’re a smaller program, so it has worked well for us (so far).

[Laura Brown]

Laurel Lewis would love to help you.

 

Just kidding– though I’m sure she’d talk to you too. We’re both historically Osteopathic residency programs. Feel free to email me: laura.r.brown@okstate.edu

[Laura Brown]

Like Lucy said, I would check with your GME/policies. We’re also an Osteopathic program, and our state licensing board requires them to pass COMLEX-3 in order to be licensed as a PGY-2. GME policy and their contracts state that they have to be licensed, and can’t be promoted or work without a license. We had our first intern fail to pass on time last year. He signed a PGY1 contract (so PGY1 instead of 2) and got placed on probation until his re-take. If he failed it again, he was out. Feel free to email me if you have questions or want an example of the letter we used: laura.r.brown@okstate.edu

[Laura Brown]

This is our first attempt at bringing back in-person interviews. We’re doing virtual for the students who rotated with us and an in-person interview day for those who didn’t/couldn’t. And I will tell you– we’re going back to all virtual next year. We haven’t even had our interviews yet and we’re already planning something different next year. I’ll spare you the long story of why, but basically, our in-person day is now a small gathering because the applicants want to be virtual.

[Laura Brown]

There’s 1,000 ways to skin a cat, but I would highly (highly) recommend running all of the checks and pre-downloading the browser onto the PC desktops before the test day and not asking them to download the morning of.

[Laura Brown]

<p style=”text-align: right;”>The pass/fail has made it difficult to schedule audition rotations because it acted like a pre-screening. If they saw they didn’t meet the minimum requirements, then they didn’t apply for a rotation. With something concrete in place that didn’t require a human reading CVs or Letters, I could just schedule them first come, first serve. Now the date opens and I’m blown up with 20-something applications in a week (we can only accommodate 5 to 6 a month). We’re a small program and historically only match those that rotate. So—I can’t first come/serve anymore because we have to have mini-app reviews to see if they’re a competitive applicant. Which means I’m harassing my PD to do more work. I feel like I need thalamus for rotations now too. /rantover</p>
All that to say— It’s given me more work and I don’t want more work (lol).

[Laura Brown]

The pass/fail has made it difficult to schedule audition rotations because it acted like a pre-screening. If they saw they didn’t meet the minimum requirements, then they didn’t apply for a rotation. With something concrete in place that didn’t require a human reading CVs or Letters, I could just schedule them first come, first serve. Now the date opens and I’m blown up with 20-something applications in a week (we can only accommodate 5 to 6 a month). We’re a small program and historically only match those that rotate. So—I can’t first come/serve anymore because we have to have mini-app reviews to see if they’re a competitive applicant. Which means I’m harassing my PD to do more work. I feel like I need thalamus for rotations now too. /rantover

All that to say— It’s given me more work and I don’t want more work (lol).

[Laura Brown]

Our site visit was in 2022. It’s considered lengthy for some, but there’s a method behind the madness.

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[Laura Brown]

Here is a link to all of our policies: https://medicine.okstate.edu/gme/gme-policies.html

[Laura Brown]

If you haven’t already, I would have them go back and make sure they logged their cases correctly. I have a resident who habitually forgets to mark his as a pediatric case, even on 3-month peds rotations.

[Laura Brown]

Ortho has always been competitive, so it was never unusual to see a few go elsewhere or unmatched at all. But this year 65% we ranked and/or interviewed went to primary care, not Ortho. Everyone’s responses are helpful, though, and prove one of the theories that it’s an Osteopathic problem. You MD-ers never have issues 😉

Too many DO schools/students, not enough programs/slots. Also, Osteopathic medicine by nature is very primary care focused, with a hope that they’ll serve rural/underserved areas. (A detriment to women/minorities in Ortho if you read my poster last year lol)

Anyway– thanks, everyone!

[Laura Brown]

They didn’t know today was 1 of 2 of our testing days, and we were sent an upset email about it. Of course, the hospital was hit this week with ransomware, and I lost my OITE files, so I have no way of seeing if it was missed on a form by me, or what. There’s no way for me to double-check my dates and proctors, plus they used that Microsoft Form survey for a portion. Anyway, I feel much more discombobulated this year than in years past, and they are obviously taking it much more seriously, as Cindy said.

[Laura Brown]

We’ve been successful and not successful in both Stryker and Synthes grants. You have to have everything ready and lined up in advance. We were successful with a Synthes grant for an AO Trauma Basic course for my PGY2s. As soon as they released the date for the next course, they enrolled before it was filled, gave me their total cost, and I applied. The reps can’t be involved, but they are a big help in getting you talking to the right people should you need to. Synthes has a list (click the Educational Events box) of what they aren’t funding or don’t have money for on the website: https://www.jnjmedtech.com/en-US/depuy-synthes/about-us/grants-and-giving/education-grants

Stryker is tricky, but similar advice. Get it in early and make sure it’s something they’ll cover. Most won’t give money out to competitors’ courses, either. Since the funding isn’t always there, we just started an Education and Research foundation so that faculty, alumni, and local philanthropists can donate to the fund (and get a tax write-off), and we use that money to pay for everything the institution doesn’t cover.

[Laura Brown]

Same here.

About half the amount as last year, more signals, and just an overall better quality. I think the half I’m missing are the desperation applicants who throw at everything, hoping something will stick. Like everyone else said, I think the strategies are working.

[Laura Brown]

I tried to edit my post but it seems to have died in the cloud somewhere.

Don’t let the “fracture” part trip you up. This is in reference to their schedule and time spent there, not cases. Trauma in this sense is in reference to traumatic bone injuries seen in an emergency/trauma setting.

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