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Ortho pgy-2 or house officer positions open June/July 2012?

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14 years 10 months ago - 14 years 10 months ago #30787 by prelim
Please post if you know of any pgy-2 or house officer positions that will be open for starting in June/July of 2012. I am currently a surgery prelim intern at UCLA.

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14 years 8 months ago - 14 years 8 months ago #22165 by
Lenox Hill, NYC usually has one house officer position to fill each year. You can check and see if they are offering/interviewing for July 2012 by emailing: [url=mailto]PKennemur@lenoxhill.net[/url]

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14 years 7 months ago - 14 years 7 months ago #22597 by
can you expand? Did someone drop out and they are looking to fill a spot?

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14 years 7 months ago - 14 years 7 months ago #22598 by
A house officer is an md, usually with at least a year of general internship under their belt but without a dedicated match into the specialty of their choice. In the case of Lenox, I know the following:
1. The spot is for a house officer, not a spot in the residency
2. The responsibilities and role played as an orthopaedic house officer is roughly equivalent to those of a pgy-2
3. The utility of the house officer position is that it offers those unable to match directly into Ortho out of medical school an opportunity to build their resume, establish working relationships with Attendings who may later prove useful for applications, etc....
4. The house officer is not guaranteed a spot in any orthopaedic program because they have served as house officer
5. The house officer salary is roughly equivalent to that of a PGY2.
6. Some BUT NOT ALL former house officers have gone on to obtain residency positions in Orthopaedics either at Lenox or elsewhere. There are no guarantees

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