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Old 05-14-2012, 01:11 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by MarquetteGuy View Post
If you're looking to join a podiatry group, then the name of your residency program might play an influencial part in your job search, since the people hiring you are familiar with the podiatric residency programs, but when you're only applying to orthopaedic groups, as I did, they couldn't care less what the name of your residency program is. Ortho guys have not the slightest clue what a "big name, top teir" podiatric residency program is.
Congrats on the job, however I'm not sure I agree with this statement.
Ortho groups would likely recognize highly respected institutions, such as the following:

Beth Israel Deaconess
Mass General
Cedars Sinai
Ohio State University
Penn Presby
Univ of Texas Health San Antonio
Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Univ of Cincinnati
Swedish Medical Center

These are just a few examples of well known hospitals that also have a podiatry residency. I would imagine any ortho group would recognize these names and think more highly of them because of their reputation. Some highly thought of podiatric residencies are only "highly thought of" in the pod world.
I have no idea if this is actually true - it's just a thought.
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