Yale Neuro Residency Virtual Open House 8.26.25

Transcript

• 00:00I think we'll start with,
• 00:02just introducing everybody.
• 00:04So like I said, I'm
• 00:06Sarah Schafer, I'm the program
• 00:07director for the residency.
• 00:10And,
• 00:11I took over the program
• 00:12from Jeremy Mueller, who's here
• 00:14as well. He
• 00:15is the vice chair of
• 00:16education for the department.
• 00:19I have been the associate
• 00:20program director since twenty eighteen,
• 00:23and,
• 00:24have been
• 00:25deeply involved in the residency,
• 00:28as a chief resident as
• 00:30well,
• 00:31back
• 00:32in, twenty sixteen,
• 00:34twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen, and
• 00:36then, as the APD from
• 00:38twenty eighteen to twenty twenty
• 00:39five. So
• 00:41I'm so excited,
• 00:42for,
• 00:43this recruitment season.
• 00:45And,
• 00:46Jeremy, since I mentioned you,
• 00:48you wanna introduce yourself as
• 00:49the vice chair?
• 00:52Love to introduce myself. This
• 00:54is great. This season comes
• 00:56faster and faster every year.
• 00:57So,
• 00:58as Sarah mentioned, doctor Schafer
• 01:00mentioned,
• 01:01I, am a recovering residency
• 01:03director, but still very involved,
• 01:05in the residency. I gave
• 01:06noon conference,
• 01:08on Monday, for example.
• 01:10Then I'll actually be in
• 01:11the
• 01:12resident,
• 01:13epilepsy clinic I think I'm
• 01:14covering, in the first seizure
• 01:16clinic on Thursday morning, and
• 01:18I just came off service
• 01:19with, with Rachel, who you
• 01:20see,
• 01:22in the the group president,
• 01:24thing, in July.
• 01:26And,
• 01:27now I'm the associate dean
• 01:29for the MD curriculum, so
• 01:30I've moved to the undergraduate,
• 01:32area, area, but still very
• 01:34involved in, the residency. And
• 01:37it's so close to my
• 01:38heart, and it's in outstanding
• 01:40hands with doctor Schaeffer.
• 01:43Doctor Schafer and I meet,
• 01:44periodically to go over residency
• 01:46issues and challenges and for
• 01:48me to try to explain
• 01:50myself,
• 01:50by some of the things
• 01:51that I left, for her
• 01:53to take care of. And,
• 01:54I told doctor Shay for
• 01:55the last time,
• 01:57that I I'm also I'm
• 01:59starting to feel a little
• 02:00useless in that role. She
• 02:01said I have this problem
• 02:02and this is what I
• 02:03wanna do, and I have
• 02:04this problem and this is
• 02:04what I wanna do, and
• 02:05I have this idea. And
• 02:06I said that all sounds
• 02:07good.
• 02:08I I have nothing no
• 02:09notes as the kids say.
• 02:11So,
• 02:12and I'm delighted,
• 02:14to meet you all. I
• 02:14hope we'll be able to
• 02:16interview many of you, during
• 02:17the season.
• 02:18Thanks for joining us.
• 02:21And I see that our
• 02:22chair
• 02:23has also joined us, and
• 02:25I don't know,
• 02:26doctor Khatri, if you
• 02:28are in a position to
• 02:29introduce yourself.
• 02:31I'm very happy to do
• 02:32that. So,
• 02:34Puja Khatri, I became the
• 02:36new chair of neurology
• 02:37on April first, and,
• 02:40it's been wonderful. I am
• 02:41just so excited to be
• 02:43part of this department.
• 02:45So many wonderful things going
• 02:46on, and
• 02:48the residency and the educational
• 02:50program is one of it
• 02:52really one of the stars.
• 02:53And so,
• 02:55like I told Jeremy and
• 02:57Sarah before I came, the
• 02:58reputation has completed it. And,
• 03:00and I'm I'm so pleased
• 03:01to see the next batch
• 03:02of potential residents. So so
• 03:05thanks for being here, everybody.
• 03:08Alright.
• 03:10Steph,
• 03:11you wanna introduce yourself?
• 03:13Hey, guys. I'm Stephanie Capucci.
• 03:16I'm the new associate program
• 03:18director,
• 03:19filling some very big shoes,
• 03:21for Sarah.
• 03:23I am also a neurointensivist,
• 03:24so I spend most of
• 03:26my clinical time in the
• 03:27neuro ICU,
• 03:28but I'm very involved in
• 03:30both resident and fellow education.
• 03:32This will be my first
• 03:33season,
• 03:34as part of program leadership,
• 03:35and I'm really excited to
• 03:36kind of,
• 03:37go through the whole length
• 03:38of things, although I, interviewed
• 03:40folks
• 03:42in the past.
• 03:43And, you know, I think,
• 03:45we're all just I think
• 03:46there's a lot of new
• 03:47faces.
• 03:48Kind of everyone's like, oh,
• 03:49I'm new this, new that,
• 03:50but I,
• 03:51I think it's been a
• 03:52really sort of exciting
• 03:55and we're we're,
• 03:56thrilled to have Jeremy still
• 03:58so involved in kind of
• 03:59carrying things forward. So,
• 04:00it's been an exciting couple
• 04:02of months as I, have
• 04:03just started, but,
• 04:05I think a lot of
• 04:06great things ahead.
• 04:08And Jeff?
• 04:10Hey, everybody. I'm the only
• 04:11one here without a new
• 04:12job. My name is Jeff
• 04:14Dewey. I am the other
• 04:15associate program director. I also
• 04:18really focus on, residency and
• 04:19fellow resident fellow well-being.
• 04:21I also direct the clerkships,
• 04:23so I wear two educational
• 04:24hats. And I'm a alum
• 04:26from twenty seventeen of the
• 04:27residency.
• 04:28I did my intermuscular fellowship
• 04:30the year after at Yale
• 04:31and then have been around
• 04:32ever since,
• 04:33and really love it here.
• 04:34So I'm excited to talk
• 04:35more about it with all
• 04:36of you tonight.
• 04:38I should say I also
• 04:39I'm a graduate of the
• 04:40residency and the movement disorders
• 04:42fellowship and run the fellowship
• 04:44as well.
• 04:45Steph is external as is,
• 04:47doctor Khatri. So we have
• 04:49both in,
• 04:50inside scoop people and
• 04:53ex,
• 04:54external people,
• 04:55to round it out, which
• 04:56is really, I think, of
• 04:58benefit to this program.
• 05:01I don't think Vanessa is
• 05:03here.
• 05:04So let's
• 05:06oh, and a Canadian. Thank
• 05:08you.
• 05:10You.
• 05:12I don't think Vanessa's here.
• 05:14I'll talk a little bit
• 05:15about her in my presentation,
• 05:16and then,
• 05:18we have a bunch of
• 05:19residents. Do you wanna start
• 05:20with the the group residents
• 05:22and then we can do
• 05:23the individuals?
• 05:25Why don't you introduce yourselves?
• 05:27Hi, everybody.
• 05:28We're all really excited to
• 05:30meet with you and talk
• 05:30with you tonight.
• 05:32I we're all bunch of
• 05:33PGY fours. We are also
• 05:36all good friends, so we're
• 05:37excited to be,
• 05:38coming into you live, altogether
• 05:40here. We have some baked
• 05:42goods. We have a lot
• 05:42of really good bakers in
• 05:43our program, not to not
• 05:45to brag. So we we
• 05:46can send some pictures,
• 05:47later,
• 05:48if any sweet tooth people
• 05:50are around. I'm James. I'm
• 05:51a PGY fours. I'll be
• 05:53staying here next year for
• 05:54neuroimmunology
• 05:55fellowship.
• 05:56And he's one of the
• 05:57recruitment chiefs?
• 05:58Yes. As yeah.
• 06:00I'm Emily. I'm the other
• 06:01recruitment chief this year, also
• 06:03a PGY four. Next year,
• 06:04I'll be doing Metro College
• 06:06at Beth Israel.
• 06:09I'm Rachel.
• 06:10I'm not a recruitment chief.
• 06:11I'm a wellness chief.
• 06:13I will be doing a
• 06:14headache fellowship at Mass General
• 06:15next
• 06:17year. Hi, everyone. I'm Vanessa.
• 06:20I'm also one of the,
• 06:22chiefs. I'm education chief along
• 06:24with, Akash.
• 06:26And I I'm currently applying
• 06:28to neurophthalmology,
• 06:29so don't know where I'll
• 06:30end up, but guess we'll
• 06:32see.
• 06:33Hey. I'm Patrick.
• 06:35Another one of the PGY
• 06:36fours.
• 06:37I'm, staying at Yale for
• 06:39stroke fellowship next year. And
• 06:41I'll I'll add that. As
• 06:42you could see, we're all
• 06:42doing different fellowships.
• 06:44There's
• 06:45pretty wide,
• 06:46variability with what people do,
• 06:47and there's great access to
• 06:48all of the different subspecialties.
• 06:50And, we're pretty diverse in
• 06:51that sense. And, next year,
• 06:53five of us are staying,
• 06:55here at Yale for for
• 06:56fellowship, which is really exciting,
• 06:57and I think goes to
• 06:58show how much we, like
• 06:59the department and and like
• 07:00the, the training here.
• 07:03Alright. Ahmed, I see you
• 07:05on.
• 07:06Hi, everyone. My name
• 07:07is Ahmed. I'm, one of
• 07:09the PGY threes.
• 07:11Well
• 07:16Alright.
• 07:17I saw
• 07:19Rafaela's name.
• 07:20Are you
• 07:21I'm trying to there's so
• 07:22many people on this list.
• 07:24Rafaela, you wanna introduce yourself?
• 07:26Sure. Hi, everyone. I'm Rafaela,
• 07:28one of the PTOI ones
• 07:30here.
• 07:32Okay. I think I'm gonna
• 07:33have to rely on the
• 07:34residents to make themselves known.
• 07:38Are there others
• 07:40individually
• 07:41on?
• 07:42I am on. I'm Cara.
• 07:43I'm a PGYG.
• 07:45Sorry. I don't have my
• 07:46camera on. I'm having some
• 07:47camera issues, but,
• 07:49I'm a third year resident.
• 07:51I'm in the research track
• 07:52within the program, and I'm
• 07:54interested in neuromuscular.
• 07:58Oh, and I see that
• 07:59Vanessa has now joined us.
• 08:00Vanessa, you wanna introduce yourself?
• 08:04Yeah. Hi, everyone.
• 08:06My name is Vanessa Cooper.
• 08:08I am the associate director
• 08:09of collaborative excellence. So I'm
• 08:11part of the recruitment team,
• 08:13helping to make sure that
• 08:15we have a inclusive,
• 08:17residency representation.
• 08:19I also did residency here
• 08:20many years ago.
• 08:24I'll just add Elizabeth Deerhake
• 08:26is gonna be hopping on
• 08:27soon. And I mentioned that
• 08:28she's one of our PGY
• 08:29fours and is, the research
• 08:31chief. So if anyone is
• 08:32interested in the research track,
• 08:33any of that, we can
• 08:34hook you up with some
• 08:36information.
• 08:38Alright. Did I miss anybody?
• 08:42Speak now or forever hold
• 08:44your peace.
• 08:45No.
• 08:46Okay. So this is going
• 08:48to be how it's gonna
• 08:49go.
• 08:52I'm gonna give you a
• 08:53little bit of a presentation
• 08:54about what the program's all
• 08:55about and,
• 08:57what kinds of things we're
• 08:58excited about here at Yale.
• 09:01And then you'll have an
• 09:02opportunity to ask me some
• 09:04questions,
• 09:05and hopefully
• 09:06all of that won't take
• 09:08more than the next twenty
• 09:09minutes. And then we're gonna
• 09:11allow you to go into
• 09:12some breakout groups with our
• 09:14residents.
• 09:16And we're gonna give you
• 09:17about ten minutes to ask,
• 09:19questions of the residents
• 09:21themselves without program leadership in
• 09:23the room.
• 09:25And then after that, program
• 09:26leadership will,
• 09:28divvy up into the rooms
• 09:29for further questions, and then
• 09:31we'll come back together, and
• 09:32that will be the end.
• 09:34So
• 09:35any questions about that? It's
• 09:36a little complicated. Hopefully, we
• 09:37can get all the breakout
• 09:39rooms figured out. James is
• 09:40on it over there.
• 09:45Okay. So
• 09:47I'm gonna share my screen.
• 09:51Welcome to Yale Neurology Residency.
• 09:53We're so excited to see,
• 09:56so many people here interested
• 09:58in our program.
• 10:00This is from the welcome
• 10:01picnic
• 10:02at the beginning of this
• 10:03year
• 10:04in my backyard.
• 10:06You can
• 10:07see my broken down swing
• 10:08set
• 10:10there and a lot of
• 10:11smiling faces. It was a
• 10:12beautiful day. There were a
• 10:14lot of yard games. There
• 10:15was a food truck. It
• 10:16was a good time.
• 10:19So just so you know
• 10:20how to get in touch
• 10:21with us,
• 10:22we are active
• 10:24on X, on Instagram.
• 10:27There is a webpage also
• 10:30that you can see here.
• 10:32We have a couple of
• 10:33podcasts that we're involved in,
• 10:35the Neurology Exam Prep Podcast.
• 10:38Some of you may have
• 10:40listened to over the years.
• 10:42There's a medical student series,
• 10:44and then My Baby, the
• 10:45Neurology Nuts and Bolts Podcast,
• 10:47which is a very career
• 10:48oriented podcast.
• 10:51And those are the names
• 10:52and contact information of, the
• 10:54program leadership as well as
• 10:56our fabulous program coordinator,
• 10:58Gina Magnotti.
• 11:01It is an advanced program
• 11:03with twelve positions starting at
• 11:04PGY2.
• 11:07But there are guaranteed
• 11:08preliminary medicine slots for all
• 11:10twelve residents. So, we literally
• 11:12match up our rank list
• 11:14with the internal medicine program
• 11:15to guarantee these slots.
• 11:17If you decide that you
• 11:18wanna come here as a
• 11:20prelim and you match into
• 11:21our neurology program, you will
• 11:23match into the preliminary program.
• 11:25But if you decide that
• 11:26you want to do your
• 11:27preliminary year elsewhere, for example,
• 11:29you have
• 11:31a partner who's finishing up
• 11:33medical school or some other
• 11:34compelling reason to,
• 11:36be somewhere else for a
• 11:37year,
• 11:38then you can do that.
• 11:41If you do decide to
• 11:42do PGY one year with
• 11:43us, you will do some
• 11:45neurology
• 11:46to kind of get your
• 11:47feet wet, make sure that
• 11:48you're,
• 11:49engaged with, our residents and
• 11:51our faculty,
• 11:53and prepared for your PGY
• 11:55two years. So that includes
• 11:57four weeks of stroke, two
• 11:58weeks of neuro ICU, and
• 12:00two weeks of epilepsy and
• 12:02EEG.
• 12:03For prelim, you do not
• 12:05need to do a separate
• 12:07interview, but you do need
• 12:09to apply.
• 12:10So,
• 12:11your interview day with us
• 12:13counts as your interview day
• 12:14for the preliminary program.
• 12:17Most of our residents do
• 12:18pursue fellowships and there's a
• 12:20pretty big mix, as you
• 12:21heard from our PGY4
• 12:23residents, a mix of inpatient,
• 12:25outpatient, and all kinds of
• 12:28subspecialties.
• 12:29And on average, fifty to
• 12:31sixty percent of our residents
• 12:33stay at Yale for fellowship
• 12:34and many stay on as
• 12:36faculty.
• 12:37Some go do fellowship elsewhere
• 12:39and come back as faculty.
• 12:40We have,
• 12:41a lot of retention in
• 12:42the department.
• 12:45For the application, you need
• 12:47three reference letters,
• 12:49at least, a maximum of
• 12:50four.
• 12:51We really want at least
• 12:53one to focus on clinical
• 12:54neurology. It's great if you
• 12:55have some research mentors that
• 12:57want to write letters for
• 12:58you, but that's not all
• 12:59that we want to know
• 13:00about you. We also want
• 13:01to make sure that you're
• 13:02going to be,
• 13:03able to,
• 13:05you know,
• 13:08hit the ground running in
• 13:09terms of your clinical neurology
• 13:11here.
• 13:12Most applicants do include at
• 13:14least one, internal medicine letter,
• 13:16and it doesn't have to
• 13:17be one of those form
• 13:18department letters.
• 13:20And we do understand that
• 13:22everybody's coming from different backgrounds
• 13:24with different experiences and different
• 13:26access to letter writers, and
• 13:27so that is taken into
• 13:29consideration.
• 13:30We plan on interviewing about
• 13:32a hundred thirty applicants,
• 13:34with twelve applicants
• 13:35per interview
• 13:36day. The interview days, I
• 13:38didn't list them here, but
• 13:39they are listed on the
• 13:40website. And we do two
• 13:41half day sessions, a morning
• 13:43session and an afternoon session
• 13:45with the case conference from
• 13:47noon to one overlapping between
• 13:49the two groups.
• 13:50And this is to accommodate
• 13:52different schedules.
• 13:53We would like to keep
• 13:54it, you know, a a
• 13:56tight, four hours for you
• 13:58so that it's not overly
• 14:00cumbersome. And, also, we don't
• 14:02want our, West Coast contingent
• 14:04to have to wake up
• 14:04at five o'clock in the
• 14:06morning in order to interview
• 14:07with us.
• 14:08So this has been a
• 14:09really, nice way to do
• 14:12that.
• 14:13All applications are reviewed. There's
• 14:15a holistic review,
• 14:17by,
• 14:18multiple reviewers, and all reviewers
• 14:21are educated on sources of
• 14:23bias in applications.
• 14:25There is no strict USMLE
• 14:27cutoff score. It's not like
• 14:29if you get below a
• 14:30certain score, we won't review
• 14:31your application.
• 14:33We do interview and match
• 14:35IMGs.
• 14:36Rafael is here as one
• 14:38example,
• 14:39Vanessa as well, as you
• 14:41can see.
• 14:42We do
• 14:44prefer,
• 14:45US direct care experience with
• 14:48a letter of recommendation.
• 14:50And,
• 14:52and ideally, that would be
• 14:54an actual care experience and
• 14:55not just an observership,
• 14:57and scholarly work is preferred.
• 15:00And we
• 15:02have a policy that we,
• 15:06that you should have graduated
• 15:07from medical school within the
• 15:09last five years with very,
• 15:11very rare exceptions to that.
• 15:14We do offer visas, j
• 15:15one and h one b
• 15:16as well,
• 15:17depending on circumstances. And, of
• 15:20course, there are different, criteria
• 15:22for getting those different visas.
• 15:25So when we look at
• 15:27the applications, we look at
• 15:28grades, of course, the MSPE,
• 15:31including all the comments,
• 15:33research and scholarly work,
• 15:35your leadership and engagement with
• 15:37your community,
• 15:39including your medical school community
• 15:41and and the greater community.
• 15:43And also we look at
• 15:44something called distance traveled,
• 15:47which is really,
• 15:49thinking about,
• 15:50you know, what kinds of
• 15:52opportunities you may have had
• 15:53growing up and in your
• 15:54education and and whether you
• 15:56took full advantage of those
• 15:58opportunities that were given to
• 16:00you rather than thinking about
• 16:02everybody as having the same
• 16:04opportunities.
• 16:06In the interview, we look
• 16:07at clinical skills, we look
• 16:08at academic and scholarship potential,
• 16:11we look at citizenship and
• 16:12leadership
• 16:14potential.
• 16:15We we're evaluating your interpersonal
• 16:17skills, as you can imagine.
• 16:19And we do in our,
• 16:21in our,
• 16:23interviews, ask some behavioral based
• 16:25questions, which are structured questions,
• 16:28in different domains such as
• 16:30resilience,
• 16:32that where, we're really just
• 16:34trying to get an idea
• 16:35of,
• 16:37fairness across interviews,
• 16:39asking similar questions across interviews.
• 16:45Okay.
• 16:46So for the interview experience,
• 16:49the the night before, you'll
• 16:51meet with the residents,
• 16:53virtually, and that,
• 16:55is usually a a panel
• 16:56discussion with introductions.
• 16:58Sometimes they come up
• 17:00with small games or icebreakers
• 17:02and things like that that
• 17:03are fun.
• 17:04And then there are opportunities
• 17:06for smaller group or one
• 17:08on one discussions with residents
• 17:09so you can get your
• 17:10questions answered.
• 17:11And then on interview day,
• 17:13I'll I'll do an overview
• 17:14of the program, let you
• 17:15know all of the kind
• 17:16of nuts and bolts of
• 17:17the program.
• 17:18You'll have a number of
• 17:20interviews with a mix of
• 17:21faculty
• 17:22and residents,
• 17:23so you can get a
• 17:24range of experiences,
• 17:26the case discussion, as I
• 17:27mentioned.
• 17:28And again, there's no separate
• 17:30preliminary
• 17:31internal medicine interview that's required.
• 17:35A couple of additional things.
• 17:36We do have an X
• 17:37plus Y or five plus
• 17:39one or clinic block format,
• 17:41however you might
• 17:42call it. We were one
• 17:44of the first to do
• 17:45this, back in twenty eighteen,
• 17:47and it's been a really
• 17:48wonderful thing for our residents,
• 17:51to get this,
• 17:52dedicated
• 17:53outpatient experience every six weeks.
• 17:56They can look forward to
• 17:58that if, you know, if
• 17:59they're having some,
• 18:01harder rotations or busier rotations.
• 18:04And it also gives them
• 18:06opportunities throughout the three years
• 18:08of their neurology training to
• 18:10get both,
• 18:12general outpatient
• 18:13neurology experience and subspecialty outpatient
• 18:16neurology experience.
• 18:19We have continuity clinics at
• 18:21multiple locations, including at Yale,
• 18:23at the VA, Veterans Association
• 18:26Hospital in West Haven, and
• 18:27also at a community hospital
• 18:29called Hill Health,
• 18:31that sees,
• 18:32very underserved
• 18:33populations of patients.
• 18:36There's no in house twenty
• 18:38eight hour call since twenty
• 18:40seventeen. We, moved at that
• 18:42time to a night float
• 18:43system.
• 18:45And,
• 18:45we do have early exposure
• 18:47to outpatient specialties during clinic
• 18:49block.
• 18:50And, you know, I'm a
• 18:52movement disorder specialist. Jeff is
• 18:54a neuromuscular
• 18:56specialist.
• 18:57Vanessa is a headache specialist.
• 18:59So we really care a
• 19:00lot about your outpatient experience.
• 19:01And I spent many hours
• 19:04every six months,
• 19:05going through what your preferences
• 19:08are for, outpatient
• 19:09subspecialty
• 19:10experiences and make, individualized
• 19:12schedules for each resident.
• 19:16We have,
• 19:17a lot of,
• 19:19different ways that you can
• 19:20explore your career opportunities
• 19:22during your residency.
• 19:24So there's a very popular
• 19:26clinician educator distinction pathway, which
• 19:29has had,
• 19:30a lot of graduates, seventeen
• 19:32grads since twenty sixteen, and
• 19:34there are ten currently in
• 19:35the track. And this is
• 19:36a nice longitudinal way to
• 19:38get a lot of,
• 19:39experience as a clinician educator
• 19:41and some, exposure to a
• 19:43scholarly project in medical education.
• 19:47There is a global neurology
• 19:48distinction,
• 19:52where residents
• 19:53spend some time in Uganda,
• 19:57and also
• 19:58have some global neurology
• 20:01coursework. And this has had
• 20:03four graduates since twenty seventeen.
• 20:06And then we have,
• 20:07what's called a health equity
• 20:09patient safety and quality improvement
• 20:11pathway,
• 20:12which, is exactly,
• 20:14the things that it says
• 20:15that exist.
• 20:18And, I think they actually
• 20:19renamed it from HEPSCUII
• 20:22to health equity, quality improvement,
• 20:24and patient safety because HEPSCUII
• 20:26is such a silly acronym.
• 20:28But anyway,
• 20:29this is,
• 20:30focusing on,
• 20:32healthcare administration,
• 20:33quality improvement, and those types
• 20:35of things.
• 20:37We have,
• 20:38a research track as well.
• 20:40So,
• 20:41we have three current residents
• 20:43in this track who
• 20:45are,
• 20:46very engaged in,
• 20:48translational
• 20:49research,
• 20:50clinical research, basic science research,
• 20:53and, some of whom have
• 20:55pursued the UE5 or R25
• 20:59grant
• 21:00through the NIH. And then
• 21:01there's also just
• 21:03an enormous amount of other
• 21:05scholarship,
• 21:07and
• 21:09engagement with
• 21:10national and international organizations that
• 21:12our residents do. They're on
• 21:14leadership,
• 21:17editorial boards at the AEN,
• 21:20the NRMP, the ACGME,
• 21:23and really take advantage of
• 21:25a lot of
• 21:26wonderful programs and opportunities.
• 21:29We're very proud of our
• 21:30residents.
• 21:32So Vanessa is here with
• 21:33us today.
• 21:34So in terms of our
• 21:36commitment to diversity
• 21:38and inclusion,
• 21:39Vanessa serves as the associate
• 21:39director for this in education,
• 21:40and,
• 21:42department
• 21:47level,
• 21:50there is also, the director
• 21:52of collaborative excellences, Doctor. Reshma
• 21:55Narula.
• 21:56As I mentioned, we have
• 21:57a holistic application
• 21:59review by a trained group,
• 22:01including,
• 22:03training,
• 22:04against bias in applications.
• 22:06And there's mandatory anti bias
• 22:08training for all residents, as
• 22:09well as bystander training,
• 22:12for faculty, for all faculty
• 22:14at our faculty retreats in
• 22:16order to,
• 22:17give them the tools to
• 22:18respond to microaggressions
• 22:20that may be,
• 22:23targeted towards them or towards
• 22:25trainees,
• 22:26that are,
• 22:27working with them.
• 22:29We have clinical grand rounds
• 22:31and patient safety quality improvement
• 22:33conferences that are dedicated
• 22:35to
• 22:36looking at,
• 22:38diversity, equity and inclusion and
• 22:40gaps in health access and
• 22:41outcomes
• 22:42and multiple community outreach opportunities.
• 22:44So you can see in
• 22:45this picture, this is, Rachel
• 22:47Foreman on the right and
• 22:49Jasmine,
• 22:50who's one of our, residents
• 22:52on the left,
• 22:53doing Stamp Out Stroke, which
• 22:54is a community engagement
• 22:56through the stroke department.
• 23:00So for the next
• 23:02Our vision for the future,
• 23:03everybody always asks this, right?
• 23:05So we're going to just
• 23:06nip this in the bud
• 23:07and tell you what our
• 23:08vision is right off the
• 23:10bat. So in terms of
• 23:12our vision,
• 23:13we have a lot of
• 23:14new neurology leadership, as you
• 23:16can see, with Doctor. Khatri
• 23:18and myself and
• 23:20Stephanie stepping into
• 23:22these roles.
• 23:23And I'm, you know, every
• 23:25time I meet with Doctor.
• 23:27Khatri, I just leave energized
• 23:29because I feel like we're
• 23:31so aligned in, our priorities
• 23:33for the educational mission of
• 23:35this department.
• 23:37We are actively recruiting for
• 23:38a new neurohospitalist
• 23:40service,
• 23:41and a neurohospitalist
• 23:43division.
• 23:44And we're actually just expanding
• 23:46basically every division in this
• 23:49department, including,
• 23:51a very robust
• 23:53focus on
• 23:54expanding general neurology.
• 23:57And,
• 23:58one of the reasons that
• 23:59we're moving towards a neurohospitalist
• 24:02service is because in twenty
• 24:03twenty seven, there will be
• 24:05a new neuroscience tower in
• 24:07downtown New Haven at the
• 24:08site of the St. Raphael's
• 24:10campus of Yale New Haven
• 24:11Hospital.
• 24:12And this is gonna be
• 24:14a big, beautiful state of
• 24:15the art,
• 24:17place where,
• 24:18our inpatient teams
• 24:20are going to be moving,
• 24:21a lot of our neuro
• 24:23ICU,
• 24:23our stroke,
• 24:24and our general neurology,
• 24:27and EMU teams are going
• 24:28to be moving over there.
• 24:29So we're really excited about
• 24:31that.
• 24:32And then we're constantly looking
• 24:34at expanding resident career opportunities.
• 24:37So you heard about some
• 24:38of the opportunities that there
• 24:39are in research,
• 24:41in global health, in education,
• 24:43in patient safety and quality
• 24:45improvement.
• 24:46And I'm also really passionate
• 24:48about advocacy,
• 24:49outreach, and leadership. And I
• 24:50think,
• 24:51that these are some things
• 24:53that I am going to
• 24:54be focusing on,
• 24:56in the coming years.
• 24:59We are innovators in education.
• 25:01We have been under the
• 25:03leadership of Doctor. Moller, and,
• 25:05that continues to be a
• 25:06passion of both him and
• 25:08me.
• 25:09Doctor. Capucci is, doing a
• 25:12longitudinal
• 25:13medical education
• 25:14fellowship this year.
• 25:16Doctor. Dewey did the master's
• 25:18degree in medical education as
• 25:20I did. So we all
• 25:21have,
• 25:22sought additional training in medical
• 25:24education and it's really something
• 25:26we feel very passionately about.
• 25:28And I particularly love curriculum
• 25:30development.
• 25:32And all of this happens
• 25:33with resident input. So,
• 25:35we have education chiefs as
• 25:37you heard, and they're really
• 25:39just,
• 25:40helpful to make all kinds
• 25:41of changes.
• 25:42And then there's a really
• 25:44robust mentorship structure. And one
• 25:45thing that I've been working
• 25:46on with the residents over
• 25:48the past couple of years
• 25:49is developing a curriculum in
• 25:51transition to practice, which is
• 25:53under the umbrella of my
• 25:55podcast that I do, but
• 25:56also direct lectures about things
• 25:56like billing. New Haven,
• 25:58about things like billing.
• 26:01New Haven,
• 26:02is a wonderful place to
• 26:04live. I didn't know anything
• 26:06about it when I moved
• 26:07here and have been pleasantly
• 26:09surprised. It's
• 26:11actually very similar demographically
• 26:13to
• 26:14the rest of America. As
• 26:16you can see here, it's
• 26:17at the top of the
• 26:18list.
• 26:19It's a beautiful campus. If
• 26:20you've never been here, even
• 26:21if you don't end up
• 26:22here for residency, I recommend
• 26:24you visit.
• 26:25This, top right, for example,
• 26:27is the Cushing's
• 26:29center, which has all of,
• 26:31the biomedical
• 26:32specimens of Harvey Cushing in
• 26:34a beautiful display.
• 26:37There's a lot of art
• 26:38as a former theater nerd
• 26:40in high school.
• 26:41I can say that, going
• 26:43to,
• 26:44all of the the art
• 26:46and the theater and the
• 26:47music here,
• 26:48has been,
• 26:49just a wonderful,
• 26:52a compliment to my life
• 26:53in New Haven. And I've
• 26:55been part of a choir
• 26:56for many years, for example.
• 26:59And,
• 27:00it's just a cool place
• 27:01to live. And it's you
• 27:03know, people hear about New
• 27:04Haven pizza, but there's a
• 27:05lot more to New Haven
• 27:06than that.
• 27:08And if you're itching to
• 27:10get out and about, it's
• 27:12easy to take the metro
• 27:13north down to New York
• 27:14for an hour and a
• 27:15half and then, you know,
• 27:17come back,
• 27:18to your quiet,
• 27:19house
• 27:21in New Haven.
• 27:22You can go to the
• 27:23beach. The beach is five
• 27:25minutes away from my house.
• 27:26You can go skiing in
• 27:27Vermont. It's two hours away.
• 27:28There's wonderful hiking. This is
• 27:30my husband and my son
• 27:32apple picking at the orchard
• 27:33down the street from me.
• 27:36And we are just
• 27:37happy,
• 27:38people who like each other.
• 27:40So, you know, there's that.
• 27:42You want a place where
• 27:44where everybody,
• 27:45you know, likes hanging out
• 27:46in the workroom. They like,
• 27:49running into each other on
• 27:51the elevator. And,
• 27:52and at the same time,
• 27:54we're constantly being inspired by
• 27:56each other.
• 27:57So,
• 27:58I hope that gave you
• 27:59a little bit of an
• 28:00idea of what Yale Neurology
• 28:02is all about.
• 28:04And I know it's
• 28:06I'm of course, I took
• 28:07too long, but, I would
• 28:09welcome any questions before we
• 28:10go into the breakout rooms.
• 28:25So,
• 28:26that is a so we
• 28:28do not have any twenty
• 28:30twenty six PGY two positions
• 28:32open.
• 28:34So that is,
• 28:35a relic,
• 28:38to answer your question, Anna.
• 28:45So we're we're only so
• 28:47the question in the chat
• 28:48is about signals,
• 28:50and geographic preferences.
• 28:52I think signals are much
• 28:53more important than geographic preferences.
• 28:56It's helpful to you know,
• 28:58if you are from California
• 29:00and you've been in California
• 29:01for your whole life and
• 29:02you've never left California and
• 29:04you signal New England,
• 29:06you know, then that might
• 29:07be helpful,
• 29:09to understand that you're actually
• 29:10maybe willing to leave California.
• 29:13Signals are going to be,
• 29:15very important. We,
• 29:17we are,
• 29:19just
• 29:20figuring this out. Right? This
• 29:21is only the second year
• 29:22that eight signals are available,
• 29:25to neurology, and so we
• 29:26have one year's worth of
• 29:28experience with this.
• 29:30But, you know, I think
• 29:32that if Yale is not
• 29:33in your top eight of
• 29:34programs,
• 29:36then,
• 29:37that's gonna be something that
• 29:39I'm gonna take seriously into
• 29:41consideration.
• 29:42I do understand that IMGs
• 29:44have a different calculus, and
• 29:46so just be aware that
• 29:47I I do understand that.
• 29:50The next question
• 29:52what oh, dear.
• 29:57How important
• 29:58oh, wait. For IMG, how
• 30:00long
• 30:02USCE
• 30:03is needed?
• 30:06I'm sorry. I don't actually
• 30:07know what that means. Is
• 30:08it US clinical experience, probably?
• 30:12Oh, you oh, US clinical
• 30:14experience.
• 30:17I think,
• 30:19the more the better.
• 30:22But, you know, I know
• 30:24that there are some limitations
• 30:26to what can be offered
• 30:27to an IMG.
• 30:29I think at least at
• 30:30least a month of solid
• 30:32clinical experience would be,
• 30:34would be helpful to have.
• 30:37How long important is the
• 30:38internal medicine letter for IMG
• 30:40applicants?
• 30:42Well, you know, I think
• 30:43that,
• 30:44I think that,
• 30:47because
• 30:48we are kind of linked,
• 30:50though we're not categorical
• 30:52with the internal medicine department,
• 30:54that if they're reviewing your
• 30:56applications, then they're gonna,
• 30:58be very interested in seeing
• 31:00the perspective of an internal
• 31:01medicine colleague to make sure
• 31:03that you'll do well in
• 31:04the intern year.
• 31:05Jeremy's had more conversations with
• 31:07Mark Siegel about this, so
• 31:09I wonder if you have
• 31:10any thoughts on that question.
• 31:13Yeah. I think I think
• 31:14it's gonna be hard to
• 31:15answer in a a broad
• 31:17group. Right? We we look
• 31:19at every application,
• 31:21on,
• 31:22on its own.
• 31:23And so,
• 31:25you know, it's it's a
• 31:26holistic review.
• 31:28But in general,
• 31:30the,
• 31:32you know, we we wanna
• 31:33see some significant,
• 31:36clinical experience in in most
• 31:38cases, but we take into
• 31:39account the availability that might
• 31:40be there
• 31:43for
• 31:44that.
• 31:45Can you,
• 31:46how much elective or other
• 31:47exposure we might have to
• 31:48subspecialties in PGY two?
• 31:51So the the clinic block
• 31:53system really allows you to,
• 31:55have subspecialty
• 31:57experience,
• 31:58starting from day one of
• 31:59your PGY two. So when
• 32:01you're not in continuity clinics,
• 32:03you can go to your
• 32:04subspecialty
• 32:05clinics,
• 32:06and there is,
• 32:09so there is opportunities for
• 32:11that. Also, we have
• 32:12a lot of outpatient providers
• 32:14that rotate through the inpatient
• 32:15services like myself and, Jeff
• 32:18Dewey. And so I do
• 32:20a lot of movement disorders
• 32:21teaching when I'm on service,
• 32:22even if that has nothing
• 32:23to do with the reason
• 32:25that, that we were consulted
• 32:26on this patient. A lot
• 32:28of people have tremors. Gotta
• 32:29tell you.
• 32:31So I do you can
• 32:32I think you should ask
• 32:33the residents in the breakout
• 32:34rooms if they feel like
• 32:35they had enough experience to
• 32:37make an informed decision?
• 32:41Oh, there's so many questions.
• 32:43Okay. Let's see. Could you
• 32:44expand further on the clerkship
• 32:46demand?
• 32:47I think I kinda answered
• 32:48that question. Could you also
• 32:50expand on what you consider
• 32:51to be the necessary scholarly
• 32:53work? We really think holistically
• 32:55about these applications. So scholarship
• 32:57is, you know, it it
• 32:59doesn't mean bench work research.
• 33:01Right? It can mean bench
• 33:03research,
• 33:04but it could also mean
• 33:05that you're,
• 33:07super engaged in advocacy
• 33:08or you've started a robust
• 33:10community program. And,
• 33:12and so we look at
• 33:13it,
• 33:14not like you have to
• 33:16have a certain number of
• 33:17papers in order to, get
• 33:19an interview here, but,
• 33:21do you have,
• 33:22kind of a passion that
• 33:24you've,
• 33:24followed through on over the
• 33:26course of your training thus
• 33:28far?
• 33:31So I won't be discussing
• 33:33the pediatric neurology
• 33:35training program today.
• 33:37That's a separate program run
• 33:38by Christian Iannida.
• 33:41And I don't actually know
• 33:43if he has an open
• 33:44house that he's planning. Sorry,
• 33:46Michelle.
• 33:47If you email me, I
• 33:49can I can get that
• 33:50information for you?
• 33:54So,
• 33:55Jeff, you wanna talk about
• 33:57the free clinic experience?
• 34:00Yeah. I think it's it's
• 34:01in flux for residents, so
• 34:02I'll just kinda say that
• 34:04up front.
• 34:05What I've been doing over
• 34:06the past six to nine
• 34:07months is setting up, what
• 34:09are now regular
• 34:10neurology
• 34:11sessions in our internal medicine
• 34:13free clinic, which is called
• 34:15Haven. And it's a little
• 34:16confusing because there's also a
• 34:17Fairhaven clinic,
• 34:19which is different. But this
• 34:20is the student run free
• 34:21clinic.
• 34:22I've been working with the
• 34:23the right now, there aren't
• 34:24any residents in that clinic,
• 34:25internal medicine or neurology. So
• 34:27that's the holdup. We're trying
• 34:28to figure out how residents
• 34:29might fit in, but I
• 34:30see it as a good
• 34:31opportunity.
• 34:32If you're interested in
• 34:34caring for patients who are
• 34:35uninsured, sliding scale, underinsured,
• 34:38our residents do also rotate
• 34:39at the Cornell Scott Hill
• 34:41Health Center in New Haven,
• 34:42which is an independent, non
• 34:43Yale affiliated,
• 34:45federally qualified clinic
• 34:46that, contracts with us to
• 34:48provide neurology. So we are
• 34:50the only neurologists in the
• 34:51entire clinic system. It's actually
• 34:53a great outpatient neurology experience
• 34:55because it's true general neurology.
• 34:56There are no subspecialists
• 34:58filtering out consult questions. We
• 35:00see
• 35:01probably a representative sample of
• 35:02general neurology,
• 35:04and I think is is
• 35:05a really good education experience
• 35:06from that standpoint. So that's
• 35:07built in. The free clinic
• 35:09stuff is in flux and
• 35:10may look very different by
• 35:11the time any of you
• 35:12would start, so I I
• 35:13won't comment too definitively.
• 35:16Okay. I really appreciate all
• 35:18the chat responses
• 35:19that have gone in. So
• 35:20I'm gonna answer the one
• 35:22question that it looks like
• 35:23hasn't been answered, which is
• 35:24on couples matching.
• 35:27So I if your couples
• 35:28matching, just be very,
• 35:31upfront with us at the
• 35:32beginning, you know, and then,
• 35:35there can be some conversations
• 35:38between departments. And,
• 35:41and,
• 35:41I understand that's also a
• 35:43very stressful experience.
• 35:45But, but, absolutely, just let
• 35:47us know so that so
• 35:49that we can,
• 35:50we can,
• 35:52approach it properly.
• 35:54Okay. Ahmed,
• 35:56you get the last question,
• 35:57and we're going in into
• 35:59breakout rooms.
• 36:02Okay. Hi.
• 36:03I just wanted to ask
• 36:04about the, career enrichment pathways.
• 36:07Mhmm. If you can tell
• 36:07us a little bit more
• 36:08about the, long term,
• 36:11impacts or support that they
• 36:12offer residents after they graduate.
• 36:15I'm interested in the global
• 36:17health one. I read that
• 36:18they're they're
• 36:20enriching the interest of the
• 36:21residents, but how do they
• 36:23affect them on the long
• 36:24term if they were to
• 36:25go down one of the
• 36:26distinction pathways?
• 36:28Well, so the distinction pathways
• 36:30are designed to be completed
• 36:32over the course of your
• 36:33residency training. So for that
• 36:35one in particular, you have
• 36:36the global health experience and
• 36:38other aspects of the of
• 36:39the pathway that you can
• 36:41see on our website.
• 36:42I I would say after
• 36:44graduation,
• 36:45the main thing is that
• 36:46what that's gonna do is
• 36:47give you a lot of,
• 36:49not only just experiences
• 36:51that you can use to
• 36:53inform what you're gonna do
• 36:54next, but also really good
• 36:56mentorship.
• 36:57And and I think for
• 36:59a lot of the of
• 37:00our residents' lifelong mentors,
• 37:03that can, help you with
• 37:04next steps even after you
• 37:06graduate. Just because you graduate
• 37:07from our program doesn't mean
• 37:09we we won't stop mentoring
• 37:10you.
• 37:11Okay. That's good to know.
• 37:13Thank you. Alright. James, you
• 37:15wanna take it away?
• 37:17Yes. Alright. I haven't done
• 37:19a lot of this breakout
• 37:20room stuff, but I think
• 37:21I got it all down.
• 37:24Program leadership is gonna stay
• 37:25in the main room.
• 37:27If you do wanna hop
• 37:28back and ask them a
• 37:29question, they'll be there, but
• 37:30everyone else is gonna be
• 37:31in another room. And then,
• 37:34program leadership will be placed
• 37:36in in about ten minutes
• 37:37for any other additional questions.
• 37:38I'm gonna open the rooms
• 37:40now.
• 37:41I hope you guys had
• 37:42a nice time in your
• 37:43breakout rooms.
• 37:45We have eight minutes left,
• 37:47so
• 37:47we're happy,
• 37:49residents or program leadership to
• 37:51take,
• 37:52any additional questions,
• 37:55and, then we'll let you
• 37:56go off into your nights.
• 38:00I'm also gonna put the
• 38:02email addresses for the recruit
• 38:04sorry, recruitment chiefs in the
• 38:06chat. So
• 38:08please reach out if you
• 38:09don't get your questions answered
• 38:10tonight.
• 38:12Oh, Sam's here. Hi, Sam.
• 38:15Do you wanna just super
• 38:17quick say who you are?
• 38:19I I did in my
• 38:21well, I guess, in my
• 38:21break breakout room. I'm Sam
• 38:24y three. So nice to
• 38:25see so many faces from
• 38:27everywhere.
• 38:28We had a nice chat
• 38:29in our breakout room. I
• 38:30don't know,
• 38:31how the other one went.
• 38:33So
• 38:34Ours was just so
• 38:36messed. It's a good competition,
• 38:37Sam.
• 38:39I just wanted to say
• 38:40hi to you.
• 38:41I I was at the
• 38:42in person thing, and then
• 38:43I had to put my
• 38:44baby to sleep. And so
• 38:45but now I'm on I'm
• 38:45Elizabeth. I'm a PGY four,
• 38:47and I'm the research chief.
• 38:49So I'll put my, contact
• 38:50in the group chat. I'm
• 38:51happy to talk more about
• 38:53research and residency if anyone's
• 38:54interested. So how about you?
• 38:58I'm actually curious,
• 39:00in the breakout room maintaining
• 39:02anonymity if any questions came
• 39:04up that our residents thought
• 39:05might be something that,
• 39:07everybody could benefit from hearing.
• 39:09Just curious about that.
• 39:15I'm not trying to, like,
• 39:16end it on a cheese
• 39:17ball note, but someone just
• 39:19asked, like, if we're happy.
• 39:20And I think, you know,
• 39:22I felt very, very strongly
• 39:23that I am
• 39:25I'm gonna mute that. Okay.
• 39:28And, yeah, I just really
• 39:29feel like the program is
• 39:30structured in a way that,
• 39:33you
• 39:33know, you you dive in
• 39:35as a PGY two. There's
• 39:37a lot of support, but
• 39:38you're put in a position
• 39:39where you get to give
• 39:40it your shot and you
• 39:41learn really quickly. And then
• 39:42over the course of the
• 39:43three years of the neurology
• 39:44portion, you transition into a
• 39:46more senior role.
• 39:48And I feel like that's
• 39:50intentionally built that way. And
• 39:51then along the way, you
• 39:52just have these amazing friends
• 39:53and amazing mentors. So I
• 39:54feel really happy coming here
• 39:56to Yale residency, and I
• 39:57really hope you for us.
• 40:02James is asking about not
• 40:04not you, James. Other James,
• 40:06is asking about neuroinfectious
• 40:09disease.
• 40:11So we have multiple neuroinfectious
• 40:13disease
• 40:14providers in our,
• 40:16department. So
• 40:18Serena Spudich is
• 40:20the head of the neuro
• 40:21ID division. She is
• 40:23a a professor
• 40:24of neurology here. She's been
• 40:26here
• 40:27for
• 40:29a couple of decades. I
• 40:31don't know how long she's
• 40:32been here. But she has
• 40:33a clinic in the Nathan
• 40:35Smith
• 40:36clinic, which is the HIV
• 40:39clinic.
• 40:40And,
• 40:42there's also another,
• 40:44neurologist,
• 40:45Lindsay McAlpine,
• 40:47who did a neuro,
• 40:49immunology
• 40:50fellowship and has a particular
• 40:52interest in
• 40:53COVID related neurological
• 40:55illness. And so she has
• 40:56kind of a cross neuroimmunological,
• 40:59neuroinfectious
• 40:59disease,
• 41:02interest. And she has a
• 41:03dedicated long COVID clinic,
• 41:06that takes place in Guilford.
• 41:07I don't know if any
• 41:08of the residents have been
• 41:09involved in any of those
• 41:11electives
• 41:12or,
• 41:13clinical experiences.
• 41:18Oh, I just, put my
• 41:19email in the chat if
• 41:21anyone wants to email me
• 41:23about that. I did some
• 41:24stuff with doctor Spudich,
• 41:26so I'm happy to talk
• 41:27about it offline.
• 41:29And I worked with her
• 41:30in the clinic, but I've
• 41:31worked with her on the
• 41:32wards, and she's just a
• 41:33fountain of knowledge about neuro
• 41:35ID. I learned a ton
• 41:37from her. So,
• 41:38yeah, really, really great clinician.
• 41:42And,
• 41:43Noor asked about,
• 41:46skills workshops. So,
• 41:48we have,
• 41:49an LP simulator, and you'll
• 41:51do an LP simulator training
• 41:53as part of your orientation.
• 41:55And then you'll do it
• 41:56again later in your PGY
• 41:57two year,
• 41:59to make sure that you,
• 42:01have all the skills that
• 42:02you need to practice independently
• 42:04for lumbar punctures.
• 42:05And then we also,
• 42:07have started having,
• 42:09four times a year, two
• 42:10in the fall and two
• 42:11in the spring, we have
• 42:12Botox workshops with mannequins.
• 42:15And, in the fall, we
• 42:17do cervical dystonia and migraine.
• 42:19And in the spring, we
• 42:20do upper and lower limb
• 42:22spasticity. So those are some
• 42:23of the examples
• 42:25of,
• 42:26the skills training that we
• 42:28do.
• 42:29We've started,
• 42:32during clinic blocks, if somebody's
• 42:34interested in headaches and occipital
• 42:36nerve blocks, I've,
• 42:37I've set up a system
• 42:39where they can contact the
• 42:41nurse who's in charge of
• 42:43the infusion center,
• 42:45where migraine patients come in
• 42:47to get infusions
• 42:48to contact the resident,
• 42:50should there be a nerve
• 42:51block that they can participate
• 42:53in as
• 42:54well.
• 42:56Thank you so much.
• 43:00Do residents get to work
• 43:02with doctor Blumenfeld?
• 43:03Doctor Blumenfeld does have, he's
• 43:06an epileptologist.
• 43:07So he does have clinics,
• 43:08and then he also spends
• 43:10time on the inpatient services.
• 43:12So yes. Oh, I'll just
• 43:13add that I was at
• 43:14a meeting with some presidents
• 43:15today who helped teach in
• 43:16this course.
• 43:17So if you like to
• 43:18teach,
• 43:19there's an opportunity to do
• 43:20small groups with exclusive
• 43:22bloom and felt content that
• 43:23is not in his book,
• 43:24which is very exciting.
• 43:27Yes. Several of our residents
• 43:28every year do that.
• 43:30Mhmm.
• 43:31And fellows.
• 43:34I don't wanna spend all
• 43:35my time in the chat.
• 43:36Kendall has Sir, I think
• 43:37Kendall has her. Yeah. I
• 43:39would yeah. Kendall has been
• 43:41patiently waiting. So go ahead,
• 43:42Kendall.
• 43:44Hi. Thanks.
• 43:45I was just wondering what
• 43:46way you support your residents
• 43:48during the prelim year, especially
• 43:50in creating your schedule because
• 43:51I know some programs,
• 43:53whenever they're creating their schedules,
• 43:55the internal medicine people get
• 43:57all the first picks and
• 43:58then, you know, all the
• 44:00prelim year transitional year people
• 44:01kinda get what's left.
• 44:03Do you support them in
• 44:04getting some of the electives
• 44:06that maybe they desire that
• 44:07aren't necessarily,
• 44:09like, neurology, or is that
• 44:10something that's offered?
• 44:13So I'll be honest with
• 44:15you. I don't know how
• 44:16the preliminary,
• 44:19the preliminary
• 44:20elective selection
• 44:22works,
• 44:23for interns versus prelims. There
• 44:25is a dedicated associate program
• 44:27director in the internal medicine
• 44:28department, specifically for preliminary residents
• 44:32that I work with very
• 44:33closely.
• 44:35And we collaborate
• 44:36with their scheduling chiefs on
• 44:38the neurology,
• 44:40the neurology,
• 44:42experiences, the stroke and NICU
• 44:44and epilepsy.
• 44:46A lot of the prelims
• 44:47this year have just have
• 44:49opted to do neurology electives
• 44:50actually, and so I've been
• 44:52setting them up with neuroradiology
• 44:54and with outpatient and,
• 44:56neurology experiences in various sub
• 44:58subspecialties, so they're getting their
• 45:00feet wet right off the
• 45:01bat in those.
• 45:05Yeah. So that's that's what
• 45:07I know about that.
• 45:08Well I did my preliminary
• 45:11year here, and I had
• 45:12a fabulous experience.
• 45:14I think I got an
• 45:16elective that I didn't want,
• 45:17which was oncology, and I
• 45:18switched it for neuron or
• 45:20for an infectious disease,
• 45:23elective, and then that was
• 45:25great.
• 45:26So I I think they
• 45:27kind of consider you just
• 45:29another intern resident.
• 45:31When you're an intern, it's
• 45:32very cohesive. So, like, for
• 45:34elective selection, like, it's you're
• 45:36getting the same time to
• 45:38sign up for them as
• 45:38the other folks. So it's
• 45:39not really, like, a separate
• 45:40thing. That's
• 45:42fine.
• 45:43Yeah.
• 45:46Okay. So I think,
• 45:49I see there are, of
• 45:50course, more questions, but it
• 45:52is eight o'clock, and I
• 45:53wanna respect everybody's time. So,
• 45:56if you have burning questions,
• 45:58feel free to reach out,
• 45:59of course.
• 46:01And,
• 46:02you know who we all
• 46:03are, so you can reach
• 46:04out to whoever you think
• 46:06would be most able to
• 46:07answer your question. Question. And
• 46:08if not, of course, you
• 46:09can reach out to me,
• 46:09and I can point you
• 46:10in the right direction.
• 46:12And it's been a real
• 46:14pleasure. Thank you for sharing
• 46:15your evening with us,
• 46:18and best of luck with
• 46:19the match. Very exciting.