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<blockquote data-quote="seriously" data-source="post: 463160" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>I'll give my sister a call and ask her if she's familiar with either of these programs. Pediatric neuropsychologist is a pretty small field and she just finished her PhD in Peds Neuro. I expect she may know someone in one of the programs or know about the reputation of each program.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, I would call U of M and check to see if they have any cancellations. Do this even if they keep a cancellation list. Sometimes you get lucky or at least can confirm you are on such a list.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if the difference in wait time can be attributed to:</p><p></p><p>1. Teaching and research demands are probably much higher at U of M so the faculty and fellows may only work in the program part time. Also I would expect that you are more likely to get a fellow or intern at U of M and their work must be supervised so any reports, etc have to be reviewed before being issued - which takes longer.</p><p></p><p>2. U of M may be the provider of last resort and the main tertiary care center in the region for anyone receiving publicly-funded health coverage such as those on Medicare or MedicAid. This is likely to increase their patient load, weighting it with patients who are sicker and/or have many barriers to care like language that can make the provision of services take longer and require more coordination, etc. This means each patient takes longer compared to programs that don't serve a large number of these patients.</p><p></p><p>What forms did each place send you? U of M may rely more heavily on basic screening tools or it may be that they send you a lot of stuff so their graduate students/fellows get practice using them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seriously, post: 463160, member: 11920"] I'll give my sister a call and ask her if she's familiar with either of these programs. Pediatric neuropsychologist is a pretty small field and she just finished her PhD in Peds Neuro. I expect she may know someone in one of the programs or know about the reputation of each program. In the meantime, I would call U of M and check to see if they have any cancellations. Do this even if they keep a cancellation list. Sometimes you get lucky or at least can confirm you are on such a list. I wonder if the difference in wait time can be attributed to: 1. Teaching and research demands are probably much higher at U of M so the faculty and fellows may only work in the program part time. Also I would expect that you are more likely to get a fellow or intern at U of M and their work must be supervised so any reports, etc have to be reviewed before being issued - which takes longer. 2. U of M may be the provider of last resort and the main tertiary care center in the region for anyone receiving publicly-funded health coverage such as those on Medicare or MedicAid. This is likely to increase their patient load, weighting it with patients who are sicker and/or have many barriers to care like language that can make the provision of services take longer and require more coordination, etc. This means each patient takes longer compared to programs that don't serve a large number of these patients. What forms did each place send you? U of M may rely more heavily on basic screening tools or it may be that they send you a lot of stuff so their graduate students/fellows get practice using them. [/QUOTE]
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