[HSF] Current Requirements for the ABTS

[Tea Acuff]

We did not have a pyramid type program and except for letting me thru it seemed to work pretty well. Fear is not a particularly good teacher, even if it may focus the mind. Neuroscience might suggest that focusing the mind is counter productive. (My words/ concepts are a little loose.) Does having a lawyer look over your shoulder help you do better, too?
Tea


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Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:50:20 AM
Subject: Re: [HSF] Current Requirements for the ABTS


John,
  Basically, all that does is make it so that the future CT surgeon  merely 
goes through the paces of the general surgery residency.  He  completes his 5 
years and moves on to cardiothoracic residency no matter  what.  What a farce!  
I can't tell you the untold hours I spent  reading Schwartz, journals, and 
whatever I could get my hands on as a  general surgery resident, knowing that I 
had to excel on the In Training Exam if  I was going to beat the pyramid. We 
went from 10 interns to 4 chiefs at the Univ  of Maryland and I was the only 
one from out of state who survived the cut.   Let me tell you, those first 
couple of years were scary as heck, because I new  that I could easily end up as an 
anesthesiologist or ER doc.
Hal  
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