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The Responsibilities of Residentsby Ross Tomlin and Kimberlee Barbour In some ways, Baylor College of Medicine's (BCM) residency programs are like any others. The hours are long, and the pay won't put much of a dent in those monstrous medical school loans. But the opportunities for BCM residents in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) provide a wealth of experience for new doctors getting their first taste of the increasingly complex and collaborative world of health care. The plethora of hospitals here, conveniently concentrated within a few square miles, melds an extraordinary diversity of medical experts, patients, technology, clinics, and research labs that doctors-in-training would be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. BCM residents typically rotate between institutions several times a year, working and training at a particular hospital for six weeks to four months before trading places. There are more than 1,000 Baylor residents participating in 169 different residency programs or fellowships in 25 departments. The programs range from three to seven years, the number of residents per program varying from as few as one to as many as 170. Their experience will take them through both outpatient clinics and hospital settings. The first year of any residency consists of a general internship with constant supervision of an attending physician or upper level resident. After each year, residents are granted greater autonomy with patients and assigned more responsibilities over younger residents and staff aides. They are also evaluated regularly throughout their residencies, and those that do not meet preset objectives are asked to repeat any given rotation. "Supervising BCM faculty help residents develop technical proficiency by first demonstrating various procedures for the residents and then observing the residents perform those same procedures," said Dr. Linda Andrews, associate dean for graduate medical education. "Each of the BCM affiliated hospitals provides unique skill development opportunities based on patient demographics and the clinical expertise of BCM faculty working in those institutions." BCM Solutions followed three of the College's residents - each burning the midnight oil in disparate departments and environments - for an entire day to find out what lies beyond medical school and how they get through it all. Dr. Bharat Guthikonda: 'The Sounds of Surgery' |
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