"The campus is quite expansive, the program has a solid reputation. Very strong pediatrics program. They hired an education specialist to help with resident learning techniques. PD also spearheaded podcasting of lectures and got every resident an ipod touch. Great potential for educating residents." | More from this Member | Report Response

"- Faculty and residents were extremely nice and "real"(Midwestern attitude I suppose)<br> - The PD's active involvement with the program and interest in making changes based on resident feedback<br> - Future plans to set aside more "reading" time by hiring 8 more CRNAs<br> - In the PGY-1 year, program is creating an opportunity for the residents to do something during the medicine resident's clinic hours (like pre-op clinic or free time to read)<br> - Reasonable cost of living in the area and relative reimbursement<br> - The didactics are set up with different lecture complexity (and board review) based on your year in training<br> - Do ALL types of transplants (heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, etc)<br> - Level 1 trauma center<br> - Good regional experience with experienced faculty who are fellowship trained at various places (Duke, etc.)<br> - Electronic OR records coming down the pipeline in the next year or two (already talking about time table for implementation)<br>" | More from this Member | Report Response

"*Pretty big program with 20+ residents in each class, and they also keep several spots open to fill outside the match each year, so there are quite a few residents who have done partial residencies or even had careers in other fields of medicine prior to coming here. <br>*You rotate through ORs at Froedtert Hospital, Children's Hospital of WI, and the VA, and can do elective heart months at a couple of local private hospitals, and you also spend time in the SICU and the MICU at Froedtert. <br>*Lectures are on Wednesday mornings and Friday morning is M&M type conferences and journal club meetings. The didactics have recently been revamped into a class-specific lecture series (general concepts for CA-1s, subspecialty topics for CA-2s, and PBL-style discussions for CA-3s). <br>*Relatively few CRNAs. No problem getting any numbers for types of cases, although it can be tight for on-pump hearts. Plenty of trauma and TONS of peds experience (6 months) here on very challenging cases. Tons of OB (volume and high-risk) at the local private "baby factory" hospital. (OB call schedule is sweet. Three teams of two residents, you are on 24-hr call Q3 with your teammate, and you alternate 1st and 2nd call with them. Post-call day off, and if you were 1st call, you get the post-post-call day off, too! Post-post-call day for 2nd call resident is spent in a short day at Froedtert.) The program has made regional a strong suit since they started the Regional Anesthesia/Acute Pain Service a few years ago, and have some great regional attendings from Duke and Wake. From what I can tell it seems moderate for adult heart and lung transplants, but there are plenty of livers, lots of big vascular cases that will keep you busy, lots of neuro. <br>*Call schedule at the main OR is 1st through 5th call. 1st-3rd are in-house overnight, 4th & 5th are late call. 2-3 overnight calls per month, probably 1 late call per week. Attendings running the board are usually pretty good about getting you out early when you need to be. Rumor has it that they are toying with the idea of changing call system...possibly to a night-float, or to CRNA-based call on weeknights and resident based on weekends. Could be interesting... <br>*Call at the VA is home call (rarely called in) unless there is an intern on call in the anesthesia-run SICU, then you stay overnight so someone in-house has airway experience. <br>*Internal moonlighting available for weekend OB shifts at Froedtert's Birth Center. <br>*Milwaukee is a nice medium-sized midwestern city with no traffic issues and plenty to do around the area. Great place to raise kids. Good mix of single and married residents at this program." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Residents seemed very tired, but supportive of program. Massive snowstorm the night before during the pre-interview dinner and still a large number of residents showed up." | More from this Member | Report Response

"- Seems like a "harder working" program (although more attempts are being made at hiring 8 more CRNAs to relieve some of the burden on the residents)<br> - The 2 different "standardized" weird questions that each interviewer had to ask" | More from this Member | Report Response

"Unsavory comments by the program director about my Step scores and competition to get into their program. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"You will work hard here, but as a result you come out ready to hit the ground running after residency. <br>Rocky transition in July means lots of call for CA-2s and 3s for the first couple months each year." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Opening powerpoint by PD, then three interviews. Some situational questions. PD is very upfront about his opinion that step 1 and 2 scores are of the utmost importance. Tour by tired looking resident, whom was also a big cheerleader of the program." | More from this Member | Report Response

"Overall, I would say that this is a very underrated program. It offers all types of transplants and gets all varieties of trauma exposure. The faculty/residents are very approachable but the residents may work a little harder than some comparable programs. Great clinical training and residents seemed very well prepared to take on anything after completion of this program." | More from this Member | Report Response

"The Bottom Line/Impression: A hardworking, outstanding program that greatly suffers due to location.<p> Lodging/Dinner: Department “discount” gets you $3 off at Radisson ($92 otherwise) but you can find similar nearby for substantially less – however the Radisson’s airport shuttle is crucial if you’re not driving. Dinner at local restaurant.<p> Schedule: Morning and afternoon sessions w/ info session from PD Dr. Ebert. Very informative presentation including Milwaukee, changes to department, and lots of details regarding #’s of cases, application #’s and how far down the ROL they go. Big focus on Step scores, and PD seems to be very direct/honest/blunt regarding where you’ll be on the ROL and what they’re looking for. 3 interviews total, lunch, tour, and out the door for the morning session by 1330. Interviews were friendly and faculty knew my application, and threw in some pretty tough behavioral questions.<p> Program Info: Approved for 66 CA 1-3 residents but due to dropouts/out-of-matchers the class size is usually but not always 22: 14 CAT, 3 ADV. Rotations at Froedtert, Children’s, VA, county hospital for OB, and local private hospital for cardiac. Offer most fellowships.<p> Pros: Known best for research and peds. Peds experience is very high-quality. For research, residents seemed emphatic that it is nearly impossible to do substantial research during residency since you work really hard. Bosjnak (researcher) just won ASA Research Award which goes out once a year, pretty high-profile stuff. Otherwise, solid experiences in all subspecialties and lots of diverse experiences at the different hospitals. Good cost of living. Senior faculty seem responsive to resident feedback.<p> Cons: Location in Milwaukee hurts the program without a doubt – this program in Philadelphia or Dallas or Miami or Atlanta would be known as a powerhouse. This leads to most of the residents being MCW’ers, DO’s, and Caribbean grads. Residents seemed a little tired/annoyed and a tad overworked, but 60 hrs/wk is the quoted workload, so that is tough to interpret. A bit concerning that every class has 1 or 2 dropouts or switchers which was not openly addressed. " | More from this Member | Report Response

"Program pays for hotel, dinner the night before with residents (Cheesecake Factory, McCormick & Schmicks, etc). Bagels & OJ provided at interview day. Quick presentations by the chair and then the program director, then 4 interviews. Fairly laid-back interviews, although each interviewer will have 1 or 2 canned "behavioral questions" that are difficult to answer. (i.e., tell me about a time when you had to work with somebody difficult). Tour ends the day." | More from this Member | Report Response