Re: low match rate/Apologies to Warren Pearce
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri May 2 20:21:13 2003
mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
apologies as well.
art
At Fri, 2 May 2003, Gerald P. Rodriguez wrote:
>
>Ooops, I goofed, big-time. At once I dated myself terribly and exhibited
>yet another senior moment. The author of the op-ed piece referred to in my
>posting a few days ago was not Warren Pearce, and I apologize publicly to
>him for my error and slip. In fact, the author is the current Executive
>Vice President of ACOG, Dr. Ralph W. Hale. Dr. Hale succeeded Dr. Pearce.
>
>Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>Santa Fe
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gerald P. Rodriguez" <geraldpr@cybermesa.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 10:16 PM
>Subject: Re: low match rate
>
>> 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
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> "Well done is better than well said."--Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>>> ----- 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.
>> >
>> > ************************************************************************
>> > ******
>> > ************************************************************************
>> > 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
