First of all sorry it has taken me so long to post again. Unfortunatly when I finally got back home life became a little busy, which is not a bad thing, and I did need some down time to decompress from my 4800 mile driving tour of the Midwest.
The Rehilitation Institute of Chicago interview went well, and everyone I met with there was very kind and informative. The RIC shares the 17th floor with the NorthWestern University O&P program. Space is a bit limited for all the practitioners, but they are in the process of obtaining a bit more room. The Residency director told me they had somewhere around 40 applicants for there program this year, which is the most he has seen in a while. The RIC is located just of the downtown loop on East Superior street, and each floor of the building deals with a different medical condition. The bottom floor contains an awesome resource library which is free to use for all the patients so they too can become more informed on their conditions if the choose too. I believe my last correspondence with the Residency director said they would be making thier choices by April 1st and I should get some type of reply one way or the other.
Once I returned back home I recieved a couple of leads on 2 places here in Florida that are now looking for a Resident.....lol. That is just how it goes in life, you go out looking for your opportunity, and when you get back home there is one just around the corner. So I have a couple more interviews to go to here in the first part of April. I will try and post my results when I have received everyone's reply. As always I am hopeful to find the best fit for myself and whom I will be training further under. Some might think I am being a bit to picky, but at 46 I have learned that you cannot jump into the waters without first checking out all the conditions.
I am still trying to catch up on all the ativity here on the site with everyone else's postings, but it is good to see you are all keeping busy with life.
Be Well,
Gerald
