Happy Felloween!
Happy Felloween!
Welcome to the Halloween version of Medscape Hematology. This is Bruce Cheson from Georgetown University Hospital, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Notice the pumpkin tie. People comment on ties and braces.
I've had a lot of interesting trick-or-treaters today at my office door. People call them fellow applicants. They come in in their costumes. They're dressed like missionaries. We have interviewed over 50 of them this year. They sure run the gamut, from those with whom 6 minutes seems like an hour, to some of the most engaging, charming young doctors I can imagine. Although some of them are kind of clueless, they all sell themselves as working hard, and they want to go into academics. Only a few have a clue as to what that means.
But there are some who really are thoughtful. They are very imaginative, creative, and have great ideas about what they want to be. It's not just being a good doctor. Some of them are interested in health outcomes and health disparities. They're interested in legislation and a variety of things. The whole gamut.
It has been a wonderful experience since I took over this job as director of the fellowship program in July. It has been an amazing experience to see that there is hope. There is a generation of young, talented physicians who are traipsing around the country, looking at 5, 10, 15 fellowship programs, looking for the one that really fits them, that will really give them the opportunity to flourish, grow, and develop into what they want to be. We've sort of developed our programs to make them flexible to help them achieve those goals.
I'm encouraged. To anyone else who has been interviewing fellow candidates, I hope you have the same sense of warmth and hope that I have gotten during this period. I'm sure there will be good fellowships for all of them. From what I have seen, if we can get 4 out of the top 15 or 20 applicants that we've seen, I'd be perfectly satisfied. It is a good group of people from diverse environments.
Today, as I get on an airplane, which I seem to do a lot on Halloween, you can think of me and my shark nose flying across the ocean. Hopefully I won't get held up in security somewhere for being too radical.
This is Bruce Cheson, signing off for Medscape Hematology. I hope to see you again before next Halloween.
Welcome to the Halloween version of Medscape Hematology. This is Bruce Cheson from Georgetown University Hospital, the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Notice the pumpkin tie. People comment on ties and braces.
I've had a lot of interesting trick-or-treaters today at my office door. People call them fellow applicants. They come in in their costumes. They're dressed like missionaries. We have interviewed over 50 of them this year. They sure run the gamut, from those with whom 6 minutes seems like an hour, to some of the most engaging, charming young doctors I can imagine. Although some of them are kind of clueless, they all sell themselves as working hard, and they want to go into academics. Only a few have a clue as to what that means.
But there are some who really are thoughtful. They are very imaginative, creative, and have great ideas about what they want to be. It's not just being a good doctor. Some of them are interested in health outcomes and health disparities. They're interested in legislation and a variety of things. The whole gamut.
It has been a wonderful experience since I took over this job as director of the fellowship program in July. It has been an amazing experience to see that there is hope. There is a generation of young, talented physicians who are traipsing around the country, looking at 5, 10, 15 fellowship programs, looking for the one that really fits them, that will really give them the opportunity to flourish, grow, and develop into what they want to be. We've sort of developed our programs to make them flexible to help them achieve those goals.
I'm encouraged. To anyone else who has been interviewing fellow candidates, I hope you have the same sense of warmth and hope that I have gotten during this period. I'm sure there will be good fellowships for all of them. From what I have seen, if we can get 4 out of the top 15 or 20 applicants that we've seen, I'd be perfectly satisfied. It is a good group of people from diverse environments.
Today, as I get on an airplane, which I seem to do a lot on Halloween, you can think of me and my shark nose flying across the ocean. Hopefully I won't get held up in security somewhere for being too radical.
This is Bruce Cheson, signing off for Medscape Hematology. I hope to see you again before next Halloween.
