The Match & Residency - INTERVIEW INVITATION BY MISTAKE ???
INTERVIEW INVITATION BY MISTAKE ???
yurimd - 11-24-08 20:13
Last month I received a kind invitation for an interview at a Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland for an Internal Medicine Program, via ERAS. To this point, everything was OK (congratulation included), but here comes the unbelievable: 48 hs later I received an e-mail without signature with this text: "I apologize profusely. There was a problem with our program yesterday,
Tuesday, 10/14/08, at approximately 2:52 p.m., and a mass number of
invitations were sent by mistake at approximately
Please know that we are still going through the selection process and if you
are selected a second invitation email will be sent.
For those who have already scheduled appointments. These will remain. Please
do not call or email for confirmation or to set up another appointment.
Again I apologize and good luck to you in the future."
I was awaiting for any explanation or reconsideration until now, but nothing!
Do any of you heard about this evil joke?
I think that we deserve a minimum respect as physicians that trusted in the ERAS system and the Hospitals involved. Does this Hospital send mass invitations?, isn't it an individual and serious procedure? I really don't know what to think.
Of course I am about to make a formal complaint, but i'd like to Know your valuable opinoion before, and if anyone could tell me where should I send my complaint, besides ECFMG or AMA, I will thank you so much.
yurimd - 11-24-08 20:13
Last month I received a kind invitation for an interview at a Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland for an Internal Medicine Program, via ERAS. To this point, everything was OK (congratulation included), but here comes the unbelievable: 48 hs later I received an e-mail without signature with this text: "I apologize profusely. There was a problem with our program yesterday,
Tuesday, 10/14/08, at approximately 2:52 p.m., and a mass number of
invitations were sent by mistake at approximately
Please know that we are still going through the selection process and if you
are selected a second invitation email will be sent.
For those who have already scheduled appointments. These will remain. Please
do not call or email for confirmation or to set up another appointment.
Again I apologize and good luck to you in the future."
I was awaiting for any explanation or reconsideration until now, but nothing!
Do any of you heard about this evil joke?
I think that we deserve a minimum respect as physicians that trusted in the ERAS system and the Hospitals involved. Does this Hospital send mass invitations?, isn't it an individual and serious procedure? I really don't know what to think.
Of course I am about to make a formal complaint, but i'd like to Know your valuable opinoion before, and if anyone could tell me where should I send my complaint, besides ECFMG or AMA, I will thank you so much.
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kingofhearts - 11-27-08 09:40 haha interesting incident.... first it gives you ample joy and then suddenly cuts it down to ample anger.....well never loose heart........
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radhamesramos - 12-08-08 00:29 it happened to me two years ago, and another fellow of this forum happened this year...
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glacieres - 12-18-08 07:57 Dear Pal, lodge your complaint, all these people should be at least questioned and a clear message should go across to them, so that this would not be repeated. What do u think?
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kingofhearts - 12-18-08 08:30 ya it can be done so as to prevent any such furthur incidents from happening in he future with imgs or be it anyone in particular .....but how far will will be succesfull will be a question mark.....
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almamd - 12-18-08 11:28 same thing happened to me from the same program. I've heard that they send more invitations than they have interview spots, and if you reply quickly, during that same day, then you got an interview. It is really bad and unethical, but unfortunately I don't think you can do much about it.
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drsohaib203 - 12-18-08 11:49 Same thing happened to me and 4 of my other friends.
What the hell was that?
That program has no moral values , what kind of joke they played on us.
Shame on that prog.
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kingofhearts - 12-18-08 11:50 well lets hope for the best and let evryone be mentally prepared to face such consequenses ..... lets be prepared to expect the unexpected and tacle the situation....
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rainbow - 12-18-08 12:00 I got the same email from this hospital. They did nt even send me the email saying it was a mistake. I replied thanking them and with my questions about the interview twice after which they replied with apology !!!
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kingofhearts - 12-18-08 12:04 good gracious i can see the number raising .....this has been encountered by many doctors ....so people be more cautious.....
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