Hopkins resident class size

[won't match at JHU anyway]

Just out of curiosity, why does the class size vary so much at Hopkins between each year? Currently they have 3 PGY7, 2 PGY6, 2 PGY5, 4 PGY4, 2 PGY3, 4 for PGY2, PGY1, and the match google spreadsheet has them matching 5 new PGY1s this year. It looks like they've been approved to have 4/year recently (https://apps.acgme.org/ads/Public/Progra...ramId=3015), but why so much variation?

Thanks

[Guest]

The result of people regularly quitting or getting fired

[won't match at JHU anyway]

(03-19-2017, 02:54 PM)Guest Wrote: The result of people regularly quitting or getting fired

That's what I was thinking but did not know that JHU had such a reputation for attrition

[aaa]

extra research years?

[Guest]

They have 2 years of protected research according to their website (PGY5/6) and that doesn't account for only having 2 PGY3s.

[Focus]

I may be off by a pg year or so but my recollection is One of there pgy5 or 6s joined the special forces, one of their pgy4s switched to neurology and was replaced, and one of their pgy3s left to do research full time.

[Guest]

Correct. There have been no resident firings...an odd combination of departures happening around the same time. One of the current pgy-6s took a leave of absence last year to enlist in the special forces, and was told that he would be able to return following his 4 year military commitment. His spot was not replaced. One of the pgy-5 class quit during second year andis currently a neurology chief resident at Hopkins after the. Neurosurgery chair helped secure that position. A 4th resident was added to the pgy-4 class to make up for that loss. The original third member of the pgy-3 class was MD/PhD and quit at the end of intern year to quit clinical medicine completely and pursue research full time. The pgy-2s have 4 residents to make up for that loss. The following year, a full time 4th slot was approved. The 5th resident theoretically makes up for the departure of the pgy-6 last year...should be 4 residents per year from here on out. Despite the resident departures, remains one of the best academic training programs in the country. Just look at the jobs obtained by the graduating residents ober the past 10 years.

[Guest]

(03-20-2017, 01:03 PM)Guest Wrote: Correct. There have been no resident firings...an odd combination of departures happening around the same time. One of the current pgy-6s took a leave of absence last year to enlist in the special forces, and was told that he would be able to return following his 4 year military  commitment. His spot was not replaced. One of the pgy-5 class quit during second year andis currently a neurology chief resident at Hopkins after the. Neurosurgery  chair helped secure that position. A 4th resident was added to the pgy-4 class to make up for that loss. The original third member of the pgy-3 class was MD/PhD and quit at the end of intern year to quit clinical medicine completely and pursue research full time. The pgy-2s have 4 residents to make up for that loss. The following year, a full time 4th slot was approved. The 5th resident theoretically makes up for the departure of the pgy-6 last year...should be 4 residents per year from here on out. Despite the resident departures, remains one of the best academic training programs in the country.  Just look at the jobs obtained by the graduating residents ober the past 10 years.

Leaving as a pgy-6 to enlist in the special forces? What, a NS residency wasn't already brutal enough for him?

[Guest]

some people like the pain

[Guest]

(03-20-2017, 01:03 PM)Guest Wrote: 2tv7wCorrect. There have been no resident firings...an odd combination of departures happening around the same time. One of the current pgy-6s took a leave of absence last year to enlist in the special forces, and was told that he would be able to return following his 4 year military  commitment. His spot was not replaced. One of the pgy-5 class quit during second year andis currently a neurology chief resident at Hopkins after the. Neurosurgery  chair helped secure that position. A 4th resident was added to the pgy-4 class to make up for that loss. The original third member of the pgy-3 class was MD/PhD and quit at the end of intern year to quit clinical medicine completely and pursue research full time. The pgy-2s have 4 residents to make up for that loss. The following year, a full time 4th slot was approved. The 5th resident theoretically makes up for the departure of the pgy-6 last year...should be 4 residents per year from here on out. Despite the resident departures, remains one of the best academic training programs in the country.  Just look at the jobs obtained by the graduating residents ober the past 10 years.

Very few residents are actually fired. Most go to a different field and the"  chair helps secure" that spot