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i'm tom schaller i'm a professor of
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orthopedic surgery at university of
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south carolina school of medicine in
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greenville
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i'm an orthopedic trauma surgeon and
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i've been practicing here for about 10
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years now
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and i've been the residency director
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since 2017.
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i can think of a number of things that
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set our program apart from other
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residencies
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we've done a great job organizing our
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intern year
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using our electives that we have in
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order to get them comfortable
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with the program get them mentorship
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relationships with some of the key
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faculty and leaders of our department
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and we do that throughout the first year
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while we're doing that we supplement
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their education with a number of skills
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labs basically trying to get them the
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core
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educational things that they need to be
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successful as they transition from being
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interns to second year residents i'm
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erin piccitino i'm a pgy4 in the
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department of orthopedic surgery
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i think what drew me most to greenville
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was just the people there was just
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something different about this program
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and the interview day and
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the way that people interacted with me
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and interacted with each other
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my interview here was the first time i'd
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ever been to south carolina
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and so when i did my other interviews i
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just in the back of my mind i just kept
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thinking like
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it was different at prism it was
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different at greenville
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my name is corey smith i'm a fifth year
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resident here at prisma health
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upstate and orthopedic surgery this was
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my first interview
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of the interview season i didn't know
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anything about the city anything about
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the program
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drove through downtown it was beautiful
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and the main street was so cool
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kind of just got like a family vibe from
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the program all the residents that were
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here
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the attendings and then the interesting
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thing was as i went through the rest of
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my interviews
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i kind of found myself comparing the
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program to every other program
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and nothing really ever seemed to match
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up beginning with their pgy one year all
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the way through graduation
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they have a very well-balanced clinical
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and surgical education
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they'll get time in the operating room
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time in the clinics and that's spread
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out very evenly throughout we're not a
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program that's
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top-heavy where they spend most of their
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time say in the emergency room or on the
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floors during the early years
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and then only really getting to operate
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in the later years we've been very
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successful at balancing our curriculum
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to make sure that residents make nice
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progress throughout all five years of
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their education
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we have a resident-run clinic so we have
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our own panel of patients
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where the patients come to see us they
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know that we're the ones they're coming
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to see
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it's pretty unique in residency programs
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and it really gives us
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the autonomy to go through the whole
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decision-making process and also build
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relationships with patients that we
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might not otherwise get you find
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yourself here around people who
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are so qualified and are so smart and
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work so hard
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and it's humbling in one sense it really
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pushes you to be better to work harder
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to learn more to be a better doctor to
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be a better surgeon
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people are very dedicated to work
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both inside and outside doing research
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publishing papers going to conferences
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and just being all around
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pretty amazing and it just keeps me
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engaged and i want to do what they're
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doing and i don't know how people find
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the time to do it but they do and i
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think it's really impressive here
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our program supports wellness and a
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healthy work life balance in a variety
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of ways
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feel like our mentorship pod program
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works great to really get
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residents involved and interacting with
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each other and creating that support
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network
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both in and out of the hospital i think
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another thing that we do
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quite well is is we have a professional
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development
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curriculum that takes place monthly and
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included in that is also some personal
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development
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initiatives uh trying to make sure that
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we're covering all the topics that can
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help our resident physicians achieve
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that healthy work-life balance
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the thing i'm most proud of is the the
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collective
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pride and sense of responsibility that
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our residents and our faculty take
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when it comes towards just practicing
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really high quality patient care
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and working together as a team
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you said what's the been the best part
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of my experience here at prisma health
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it's been the experiences with the staff
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the other residents the attendings the
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people have been the big highlight for
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me
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you
