housing for UTSW rotation?

We have a list for students only, PM me and i can post something for you.

we also have people send stuff out on the class listserve from time to time regarding subletters.

other option, the 4th year ortho students here may be gone during october. you might be able to sublet from one of them.

Try the medical students.

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i've heard differently. at my interview I got the vibe that any UTSW students that wanted to do ortho didn't have a chance at all of getting in there. maybe it is true that none of them wanted to stay, but I'm confident that feeling is mutual. I know some that rotators that actually wanted and are excited to be there. As for being overworked, the 80 hour work week is a great equalizer. I'm pretty sure that any program in the nation is working closer to the 80 hr work week rather than the 40 hr work week. I have no problem working hard and having a big patient population. all that means is more operative cases. I believe it is all how you view things. I've met unhappy residents in a lot of places. My perception is it depends who you work with at a particular place whether or not you like it. I don't feel UTSW is beat down.

as a resident at UTSW - the prior post sounds like someone who is a little bitter about not matching here. it is not a beat down - far from it. it is simply a front loaded program where you pay your dues as a PGY 2 (floor work, weekend calls but YOU are the one operating in EVERY case) but then live the good life for the next 3 years i.e. most every weekend off, operate then forget about the patients etc. there is much more to the residency than Parkland, although there are few better places to train. you can nail femurs and tibias in your sleep by christmas of your PGY 2 year, then work with all of the private guys at hospitals around town in the later years. For 6 months in your PGY 3 you do a Pedi ortho rotation at texas scottish rite hospital that (honestly) rivals most pedi ortho fellowships. the PGY 5 year is almost all elective time where you go anywhere in the world you want for 4 months (usually england) then hone your skills at whichever hospital you choose for the rest of the time. basically, after your PGY 2 year, you come in for conference at 7am and go home when the cases are done, leave on friday, leave your pager in the car and come back on monday morning. as a rotator you are exposed almost exclusively to parkland which can be crazy, but we take residents who work hard and play hard and who don't complain. feel free to PM me if you have any questions

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I cannot believe what I have just read. I don't know what scares me more: the fact that you have the audacity to b+*&^ slap your own ortho program or the fact that you are worried about work hours. You must be joking with your post, right? Those residents have paid their dues; they all worked 100+ hours. And yes, it is expected of you to do the same. As a student, you are at the bottom of the food chain. You are not even the scum on the bottom of the shoes--you are the scum that feeds on the shoe scum. You are there by privilege, not any right you might perceive yourself to have. That is how it works. Will you complain about hours when you are an attending? I hope not! It is orthopedic surgery, man, not banking. If you wanted a banker's hours then you should have become a banker.
It looks UTSW dodged a bullet by not having you on their housestaff; you would probably have been an albatross around their necks. What group of guys wants to constantly dragged down by someone who is dragging a$$. I guess I should recall my pops' old saying..."if the dog don't growl and show his teeth, and bite, he ain't worth havin'." If you have no fight in you now, when will you have it? If you don't know when it is gut check time, will you ever be willing to pay the price?
And one final thing...programs that require that much dedication and heart to survive are where any orthopod should want to be. I guarantee you that those residents won't piss down their legs when the s*&^ hits the fan.
Culture...when will that overused, P.C. term be put up in front of a firing squad and eliminated.