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  Tuesday, 24 January 2006
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Just wanted to know if anybody knew which programs are more Family Friendly. Putting it that way sounds better than saying.. Which programs have a better lifestyle/schedule.

P.S. Yes I do know all ortho residents"work HARD", I would just like what advise you guys would have for someone with 2 kids just starting elemantary school.

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a program w/o a level 1 truama center, >5 residents/yr, usually means "family friendly".
20 years ago
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I had a reasonable lifestyle at the University of Wisconsin, except for the nine months spent on the trauma service. Spent a lot of time skiing on the lakes in the Summer.
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not sure about lifestyle/schedule, but the programs I interviewed at where families were really involved were Iowa and Grand Rapids--both awesome places, during the social night I met several spouses and kids at both programs, they actually give money to the spouses of residents to go out and have dinner once a month together! Needless to say, my fiance is definitely pulling me towards those two programs...
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Family friendly:

Temple- all 3rd, 4th, and 5th years are married and have 20 kids among them. Things may be changing though- none of the 1st or 2nd years are even married.

Madison- many families, and they seemed happy. Excellent cost of living.

UNC- several families. Excellent cost of living and superb schools. Not necessarily an easy schedule though.

OHSU- a few resident families. Decent schedule. Great city for families- very affordable.


Not family-friendly: Both the following places may accept applicants with families, but I'm guessing there is a reason none of the residents at either have kids.

NYMC- (Westchester/St. Vincents). Their two main hospitals, which they essentially split the time between, are 1 hour apart. To me this obligatory commute fully explains why residents with families chose not to go there, and the married residents there don't have time to have kids.

George Washington- has several married resdients, but still no kids either. Other than a moderately high cost of living, there's no obvious reason they'd be not family friendly. Perhaps the average of 2000 cases logged keeps them too busy?

One issue I didn't think much about until just before applying was distant rotations. I read about a few programs on this site that talked about several far away rotations. Don't quote me, but I recall crossing Lenox Hill off my list because they do a 6 month trauma rotation in Texas? and a 3 month rotation in Boston, or somehting like that. Regardless of the details, I personally would avoid places that put you more than 60 miles from your family for more than a month or two.
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Agree with noonan! about UIHC (kids running around at the informal)... others that I've run across include URMC (spouses have busier schedules togethers than residents), UVA (great resident group with kids at chief-hosted informal), UTHSCSA (again, busy spouse schedule), and Dartmouth (several residents with 4+ kids and lots of groups/support).
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Dartmouth - pays insurance, cheap to live, cush hours

OHSU - tougher hours than dartmouth, but the most family friendly program on the west coast

All Midwest programs - cheap!
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