For those that interviewed or work at these places, what are your thoughts? Which one would you pick and why

I was a student at temple, and absolutely loved it there. I really do think the residents there get top notch training. It is a hard program, but most are ;) And I would have been more than happy to stay there had i not heard the calling to finally leave philly for a few years, having grown up there.

That being siad, Philly is awesome, and I seriously miss what it has to offer now that ive lived in nyc for 6 months.

yea i got the feeling that temple residents were pretty happy..thanks for the response

On the interview trail, I've noticed that not too many people are impressed with Georgetown. The program seemed somewhat disorganized, and the exposure to cardiology at the main hospital is not that great given that cardiology centers at Washington Hospital Center. Granted, even though I am not interested in cardiology, I would like decent exposure to it. Also, because of Georgetown's location, it's somewhat inaccessible to public transportation and thus their patient population may not be that diverse. They have the double attending system with the attending of record and teaching attending which could be cumbersome. Still, it seems that the residents are pretty content there and a good number of former students stayed on for prelim and categorical positions.

I'm a Temple student, and I will be ranking it significantly higher than Georgetown. My residents have all been excellent, and I feel like they can handle anything that comes their way. The residency is extremely busy and things don't get much slower as the years go on unless you are on elective because interns and residents pretty much share the workload evenly. There are a ton of service patients and a dedicated private only team. Everyone is pretty friendly and get along well, but I'm sure that's the case almost anywhere. I suppose I'm influenced to pick Temple because I'm a student, but that's my take.

I don't go to either med school so I don't think I will be too biased.
I interviewed at Georgetown and was actually very impressed with the program. They have very solid fellowship matches and have made a huge financial turnaround. The hospital will always have a great name but I got the feeling that they are quickly rising again. I have been told that they are heavily recruiting some of the big guns of academia (just got a world class CHF expert to head the Cardiology programs of G'town University Hospital, the med school, and Washington Hospital Center).The program director Dr. Adams really seems to be THE MAN, and its becoming clear that the PD should be a big factor when it comes time to rank our programs, and all the residents seemed very happy with the program. During the Q+A somebody addressed the daily routine with regards to dealing with different attendings of record etc. and the residents seemed to genuinely feel that it is a very smooth system. With regards to cards, they still do pretty well with their matches and I think they will only get better with their new head. From what I understand WHC is a major US heart hospital and residents often choose to do their CCU cards electives there. I have also very much dissected many of the programs I have interviewed at with my classmates and other people on the trail, and all my friends shared similar feelings about Georgetown. In Philly I applied to Penn, Jefferson, and Temple. I was ahemm politely rejected by Penn, but I interviewed at Jefferson and Temple. I really liked Jeff and thought Temple was just ok. I felt G'town and Jeff were comparable but DC is a much nicer city. My top 3 will probably end up coming down to Georgetown, NYU, and BU, and my 1st second look will be at G'town later this week. Take care.

Also about Georgetown being kind of isolated. Thats true so I doubt they will be seeing crazy stuff coming in through the ER. I was a bit concerned about that as well but the residents told me some of the sickest/most complicated patients in the mid-atlantic are flown to the hospital since they are a major tertiary referral center. Apparantly they can thank the Medstar connection for this huge referral base.