Cleveland Clinic

SICU ... completed ... next Thomas Jefferson Univ (anesthesiology).

All I can say, the Clinic is amazing. I had a great time there and it's one of my top programs right now. The residents there are great, very laid back, not too stress. The attendings love to teach and very resident friendly.

The caseloads are huge but then it's the clinic so it gets a ton of zebras cases. Residents definitely finish there with solid abilities in handling pretty much any type of cases. There's no lack for any type of cases. Their call schedule seems decent even in the SICU. SICU depends on the number of residents there for the month. The craziest week was Q3-4.

Didactic was good. Nothing really spectacular. 1 hr/week for each class, going over the relative topic and 1 hr/ week for every one. The rest is rotation dependent. SICU has lectures Mon and Tues for 1 hr and journal club on Wed. Otherwise, it's a lot of your own initiative and learn on your own.

The only thing I really had an issue with was the size. I keep getting lost around the clinic even by the end of the month. The clinic covers about 4 block square all connected and some more on the periphery. It almost felt like a mini medical city.

I've surprised myself in really liking it and enjoying it. I was kinda uncertain about it being in the midwest and knowing that I'm not really a midwest kind of a gal. So this has gone up on my list.