Well, Paul leaves tomorrow morning for the first of SEVEN interviews he has already set up. We are still waiting to hear back from a few places that will be looking at the Dean's letter (sent out tomorrow), so he may in fact be offered even more interviews... Paul is crazy excited, as he should be. Paul worked hard in undergrad, even harder in his first two years of bookwork, and he worked even harder during the last year and some during rotations. He is going to make a fabulous doctor. I am so proud of him. Here he is submitting the application for residency programs.
After researching ALL of the programs for family medicine in the US, he narrowed it down by number of hours (he was looking for 60 or less hours per week, which sounds like a lot to me, but that is the smallest amount of hours you will ever hear about in a residency program, normal hours is more like 80), he also was interested in serving underserved populations and (if possible) Spanish speakers, insurance paid by the program for dependents, faculty tracks so he could potentially teach at the school, and a few other things... He made an enormous spread sheet and applied to his favorite programs based on that list. That way, any interview he got/gets will be for a program he already really likes. We weren't very concerned about which state we would live in, since so far we have really liked everywhere that we have lived, even though Florida and Georgia were never on our lists of places we thought would be fun to live... So we left that part up to chance. So far on the list, in order of interview date:
1. Urbana, IL - Carle Hospital
2. Jackson, TN - University of Tennessee
3. Jonesboro, AR - University of Arkansas
4. Cedar Rapids, IA - Cedar Rapids
5. Cheyenne, WY - University of Wyoming
6. Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Medical Center
7. Yakima, WA - Central Washington
I am excited to get through this next bit of interviews and hear what Paul has to say about each of them. He has been very fortunate to been given the opportunity to interview with so many programs, now he only needs to decide which would be the best fit for him and all of us. Based purely off of zillow.com, I like Jackson, TN best right now. :) Cheap houses and a very small town feel, which I think would be fun after living in Miami and Atlanta. And we will need a little break from all the spending after all these FLIGHTS! Yikes!
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Good luck Paul, We don't see Utah on there, but WY isn't to far away.
Love to all of you!
According to my father in law, another benefit to working with an ethnically diverse population is that you get to see more diversity in the illnesses and things that you treat which gives you better preparation for your practice.
That's awesome!!! Except, so far, none of his interview places match Josh's :( This part is so fun, and I love your attitude about living anywhere. Although does this mean your boys may experience their first winter??! It is true, there is fun to be found in just about any place, and I know if anyone can find it is you and Paul!
I like Heidi's comment. Interesting. One thing to keep in mind though, is that Tennessee and Arkansas both have very poor public school systems. How exciting!!! You have both worked so hard toward this goal.
Good luck! Univ. of Tennessee has a great medical program, although I'm only familiar with the UT-Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses. We love visiting our friends up there! We had a massive spreadsheet for picking PT school, I'm glad we don't have to go through that again. Maybe one of these interviews you can go too :)
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