11-08-2021, 09:47 AM
(11-08-2021, 09:45 AM)Guest Wrote: PGY7 at a busy southern program. Intern year was ~100, PGY2/3 were 250ish, PGY4 was 300, PGY5 (research) around 150, Chief year was around 450-500, enfolded fellowship ~250. If you count the non-surgical and EVD stuff that's another 300-400, but I wouldn't include that in any calculation.
Someone has already mentioned that pure case numbers are incredibly deceiving. Nothing beats actual autonomy in the OR. My PGY7 was many fewer cases - but they were T10-pelvis deformity cases done with the attending not in the room. Can't do more than two of those in a day (don't care who you are). I would wager that one of those cases where you independently do the instrumentation is worth 10+ where the attending is guiding you through it. You cannot say "I can do X" until you've done it all the way through with the attending only minimally scrubbing.
Excellent post, lots of wisdom here.
Also be wary of programs that group surgical and endo cases, these should be reported separately to applicants