In search of a PGY2 position

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(10-22-2018, 09:13 PM)Guest Wrote: FFI know of a PGY1 spot potentially vacating this year, top 30 program, great location. Would need to be a superb applicant. nsgyopen18@gmail.com

So will it be an open PGY1 or 2?

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let go as pgy-5.

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(10-29-2018, 12:51 AM)Guest Wrote: let go as pgy-5.

I'd rather chew the broken glass from the 1 guy 1 jar video than start residency over again.  This field sucks and is full of self righteous assholes.  Lie to yourselves all you want but it is.

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(10-29-2018, 08:50 AM)Guest Wrote:

(10-29-2018, 12:51 AM)Guest Wrote: let go as pgy-5.

I'd rather chew the broken glass from the 1 guy 1 jar video than start residency over again.  This field sucks and is full of self righteous assholes.  Lie to yourselves all you want but it is.

Attending here.  Academic neurosurgery is horrible. I could not be happier I left.

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(10-29-2018, 12:51 AM)Guest Wrote: let go as pgy-5.

This shit is so depressing to read. Neurosurgery residents need better protection from the ACGME. On the very rare occasion that a resident is fired in other fields it's a huge deal and the program gets put under a huge microscope.

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(10-29-2018, 12:51 AM)Guest Wrote: let go as pgy-5.

Where did this happen?

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(10-30-2018, 12:31 PM)Guest Wrote:

(10-29-2018, 12:51 AM)Guest Wrote: let go as pgy-5.

Where did this happen?

There's been many pgy-5+ firings in the last 5 years. Absolutely atrocious

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If the attrition rate is so high in this specialty then why are there no spots open?
Asking for a friend.

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(10-31-2018, 09:45 AM)Guest Wrote: If the attrition rate is so high in this specialty then why are there no spots open?
Asking for a friend.

Programs need more junior residents than senior residents to function - loss of a junior does not necessarily mean program will replace them.

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(10-31-2018, 10:19 AM)Guest Wrote:

(10-31-2018, 09:45 AM)Guest Wrote: If the attrition rate is so high in this specialty then why are there no spots open?
Asking for a friend.

Programs need more junior residents than senior residents to function - loss of a junior does not necessarily mean program will replace them.

aren't there usually like pre-residency fellows or "research" who end up sliding in