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Post by Betsy on Jun 26, 2005 0:32:21 GMT -5
This was posted by mel from the Class of 2006 Forum.
Each student is on a different team. Morning report at 7:30, Daily lunch provided at 12:30. Q4 call - some teams have you stay only till you admit the first patient, sometimes you do end up staying over night. The experience is very dependent on which team/attending you get, but generally people are pretty friendly and helpful - I really like the hospital - it is smaller and the staff is quite nice.
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Post by rachel on Aug 13, 2005 11:10:34 GMT -5
Differences between Atlanta and MCG- I felt more independent in Atlanta and had ICU patients, which was great for learning. I was on a team with two second year residents and a sub-I, so I was less monitored than at MCG. The hours were hard because I did stay overnight Q4. I was really comfortable in the hospital and the people were all very friendly but the experience is completely dependent on your team.
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Post by dlollar on Dec 18, 2006 15:26:05 GMT -5
I enjoyed my AMC rotation immensely. It was my first rotation of the year. I had an R3 and two interns. The hours are long and I certainly got caught napping on rounds post-call but I felt you learned a lot during call and became an important part of the team. I was often sent in to do an initial H & P on in coming patients. The faculty and residents were really good about teaching especially if you asked questions and seemed interesting. In addition, there were some very useful X-ray and general medicine presentations. It was a great introduction and a good base for the rest of the year.
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Post by everest on Jan 6, 2009 13:01:50 GMT -5
AMC is hit or miss depending on your team. The attendings are pretty good for the most part although some are hardcore. You'll spend 90% of your time with residents. You may have some language barriers with both patients and residents as when I was there there were several residents that I had a hard time understanding. I had one resident tell me not to talk, but I heard she was having personal problems. Basically they are too busy to teach much.
AMC is a stroke center for Atlanta, so you'll see a lot of those. And a lot of HIV & ID. Try to avoid getting on the patients where you are only adjusting their DM & HTN meds as they get redundant. Some residents will let you do alot. I got to pull central lines and participate in a code.
Free parking, but the commute can be rough as it is downtown. Don't walk around there at night alone. You won't get access to the computer which is annoying. Be super nice to a resident and they might let you use their login.
Hours: Begin ~5/6am preround to write notes before 7am morning report. Usually rounding afterwards (attending dependent) which takes HOURS and covers most of the hospital (wear good shoes). Conference at 12 noon (geared at residents, but some info at our level). Free lunch always provided either by drug reps or hospital cafeteria (not always good, but free). Then finish rounds & follow-up on patients. Hours are long with the q4 call (see below). I worked ~70-80hrs/week.
Call: 3 teams with call q4. On short call days, you will stay until at least 5pm and take admissions from 7am-5pm. On long call, you take admits 5pm-7am. Post-call days you leave noon-1pm-ish. No call days, you leave when you're done... usually by 4pm. Call rooms available with some free food on some days - bring back-up as there is nothing nearby.)
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