OK, the accredidation cycle. Kind of a hard thing to grasp, but I feel it’s important to understand what, if anything, this means regarding applying to programs.
Essentially the main point I’ve taken away is that programs have a certain amount of time that they can run freely, undisturbed by the ACGME, and teach their residents as they wish. When the ACGME comes around programs will often try to make themselves look great, touch up on areas they’ve not looked at, and threaten their residents to lie on their behalf (kidding but serious at the same time).
If a program has a shorter time between these visits it suggests that there’s something amiss with the resident training experience: hours violations, not enough patients or not exposure to certain diseases, not enough teaching or conferences, etc. In essence it is a gauge to see how well a program has done teaching their residents...but won't allow you to see what the problems were if a program is on probation and such.
For instance, in my school I think a lot of the problem lies in the amounts and types of patients being seen. Because the residents have to travel a lot to get a more “well-rounded education I can understand there being some issue with not getting enough patient interaction or not enough procedures, etc.
Another program might have hours infractions, residents that decide to go against their program and rat them out for abuses etc. It is just a tool to help you decide where and whom you decide to rank when it gets to that time.
I for one would not skip an interview at a place just because they’re a little light on cycle years – unless their history shows small cycles. If that’s the case then you can bet that might not be a great program and you should probably look elsewhere – or use it as a safety net.
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And yes, to HBCU - I have received some interview invites, but not a lot. I'm still battling with the school to let me know when they plan on releasing the class' transcripts since I've been told none have been sent out yet. So hopefully when this goes out I'll see more.
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Thanks for that MSG. Very interesting. This application process sounds the most daunting BY FAR of any application process i have ever undergone in my life (college, abroad programs, grad school, med school etc). Scary.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
Same story here my friend. Interviews are trickling in, but I definitely think we are at a disadvantage right now since our school has decided not to release our transcripts yet. Seems like everyone on SDN has 50 interviews already.
You would think that since we're at a disadvantage going into the application process (disadvantage being most people have no clue what or where MMC is), our school would go at great lengths to at least even the field for us (upload stuff immediately or at least on time). More faculty members have NOT heard of MMC than have heard of it on both of my visiting rotations, and these are the same people who are on the admissions committee. Good luck for us huh?
Best of luck!
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