Re: low match rate
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu May 1 07:23:37 2003
Gerald-
Warren Pearce and his ilk are part of the problem.
just my opinion - i could be wrong.
art
At Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Gerald P. Rodriguez wrote:
>
>Warren Pearce, the Exec. Director of ACOG in a Op-Ed piece a few months ago
>admonished us all to abide by the old saw of: "Loose lips sink ships." He
>was urging us who are in contact with medical students not to be speaking
>negatively about our profession in their presence as this discourages
>students from seeking a career in Ob-Gyn. I wrote back to him saying that
>IMHO, better that they know the reality of the practice of Ob-Gyn than have
>some glamorous, romantic, and unrealistic idea of what our work-a-day life
>like.
>
>What do you think?
>
>Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>Santa Fe
>
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Charlie Chambers" <cchamber@gorge.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:17 PM
>Subject: low match rate
>
>> Read the other day that ob/gyn residencies matched at one of their
>> lowest levels in years. Things have really changed from when I applied
>> for residencies '89 and ob/gyn was one of the most competitive
>> residencies to match. My partner and I were talking about the match,
>> and remarked that we would have a hard time recommending this specialty
>> to a new grad. Don't get me wrong, I love my specialty and take home a
>> lot of job satisfaction. But considering all the adverse events
>> happening outside the clinic door but having a direct effect on
>> activities behind the clinic door, I don't think I could recommend
>> ob/gyn to a student. In a way that really saddens me because I think
>> it's a great area of practice. Curious whether others could recommend
>> the specialty to others. Especially curious how our brethren in
>> academia counsel students seeking advice.
>>
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>> Charlie Chambers
>> Hood River, OR USA
>> cchamber@alumni.rice.edu
>>
>> "All good things...come by grace,
>> and grace comes by art,
>> and art does not come easy."
>>
>> Norman Maclean
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
