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--- Overall Rating: 30-Sep- 2008 Teaching: Atmosphere: Research: Schedule The hours can vary depending on what rotation you are on. The overall hour total is not the worst, however, you are not given 24 hours off after an overnight call, and can work for up to three weeks without being given a complete day off that is not post call. Floor medicine hours are from 6:45 till 5pm if at Wilson hospital, 6:45-6pm if at BGH. Short call at BGH is every three days, with nine days spent in the ICU at BGH during a month rotation of medicine. Clinic goes from 5pm till anywhere between 8 to 9:30 pm once a week. Doing floor medicine, you can carry up to 12 patients a day, with an average of 10. Teaching Faculty range as they do anywhere. Some people attempt to teach, others use you as cheaper labor, carrying out discharge summaries, without ever discussing patient management. Teaching is attempted every other day depending on the hospitalists' service. Teaching day conferences are good, if you are able to see 12 patients and write notes, and have enough time left to go to the conference. Atmosphere Transitional residents get along, there is camaraderie, which is the saving grace, Senior residents vary as do the attendings. There are not any foreign graduates for transitional residents, but there are foreign graduates in the internal medicine and family medicine programs. There is very limited time for an outside life. Conclusion What stands out about this program compared to others? The program goes out of its way not to distinguish transitional residents from internal/family residents (which is not a good thing). What are the drawbacks? The sense that anything you want to do, has to be justified to the point of frustration. Would you feel prepared once finished? Depends, on how much outside reading that will be able to be performed. Any other pertinent +/-? There is a lack of concern and compassion about the residents, their interests, and their growth. Would you reapply to the program? I would not. I would rather not have inquiries about my experience, thank you.

Intern Overall Rating: 28-Nov- 2001 Teaching: Atmosphere: Research: Schedule Your typical day on in-house rotations begins at 7-7:30am and lasts until 4-5pm. On Medicine months (you do 5 medicine months including ICU and Cardiology/Telemetry) you generally end up staying until 5pm. On Peds and OB, you generally have call q3 and get to go home at around 2-3pm on non-call days. Post call days are always off as per NY State law. ER is shift work and you do about 15-16 ten hour shifts for the month. The ER schedule is flexible so you can squeeze in a few extra vacation days if you wish. There is a night float for medicine so when you are on medicine you take call only 3-4 times per month on the weekends. However, you get 3 months of electives in which you can truly set your own schedule. Overall, workload is very manageable here. Scutwork is minimal. Resident satisfaction is incredible. This program is a gem in the world of Transitional programs. Teaching Faculty are excellent. Barring a handful of attendings, faculty are very approachable and eager to teach. Didactic sessions are numerous--each day, you can count on at least two lectures. Most of them are good. It is not unusual to have high-level attendings running small group conferences for 7-8 residents daily. Atmosphere Peer relations are good. Most of the residents are very laid-back. Even the "gunners" are people you really have no trouble dealing with daily. Attending-resident relations are top-notch. Being a community hospital, it is not unusual to have residents dining at attending homes or socializing outside of the hospital. Most residents have a good-life. Many are married with children. (Johnson City is not a large metropolis, but is not rural either. The population of the area is about 125-150,000 and there are enough places to hang out. There is a college (Binghamton University) in town, so there are some avenues for nightlife). Conclusion The program director, Dr. Towle, is perhaps the best director in the nation. He's well connected and stands up for his Transitional residents. His knowledge is incredible and his personality is amazing. I will be very prepared for my next years after PGY-1 here. I would be a fool not to choose this program again. A real fool. IF you are looking for a solid transitional year with incredible working conditions in a strong community hospital with big-institution ties this is your place. The pay is great ($40K) and when you consider Binghamton is a cheap place to live, it is that much better. There is a great mix of allopathic and osteopathic interns and residents who function equally in the institution.