E.M. Residency Program Reviews

[Dr_Rogers_Neighborhood]

The other thread hasn't been updated in 3+ years, so I wanted to get started a new one with all the new programs. I will continue adding programs, just can't do it all at once. Will also add links to any recent reviews of the program by current residents of that program, if you PM me with the URL or leave a note below.

Alabama

• University of Alabama Medical Center Program

Alaska

• (NONE)

Arizona

• Maricopa Medical Center Program
• University of Arizona College of Medicine at South Campus Program
• University of Arizona Program

Arkansas

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Program

California

• Kern Medical Center Program
• University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno Program
• Loma Linda University Program
• University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center Program
• UCLA Medical Center/Olive View Program
• Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital Program
• University of California (Irvine) Program
• University of California (Davis) Health System Program
• Kaiser Permanente Southern California Program
• University of California (San Diego) Program
• Naval Medical Center (San Diego) Program
• University of California (San Francisco)/San Francisco General Hospital Program
• Stanford University Hospital/Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Program
• Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program
• Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) Program

Colorado

• Denver Health Medical Center Program

Connecticut

• University of Connecticut Program
• Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program

Delaware

• Christiana Care Health Services Program

District of Columbia

• Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center Program
• George Washington University Program

Florida

• University of Florida Program
• University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Program
• Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System Program
• Florida Hospital Medical Center Program
• Orlando Health Program
• University of South Florida Morsani Program

Georgia

• Emory University Program
• Medical College of Georgia Program

Hawaii

• (NONE)

Idaho

• (NONE)

Illinois

• University of Chicago Program
• McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program
• John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County Program
• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program
• Presence Resurrection Medical Center Program
• Advocate Christ Medical Center Program
• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Program

Indiana

• Indiana University School of Medicine Program

Iowa

• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program

Kansas

• University of Kansas School of Medicine Program

Kentucky

• University of Kentucky College of Medicine Program
• University of Louisville Program

Louisiana

• Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Program
• Louisiana State University Program
• Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Program

Maine

• Maine Medical Center Program

Maryland

• University of Maryland Program
• Johns Hopkins University Program

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program
• Boston University Medical Center Program
• Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine Program
• University of Massachusetts Program

Michigan

• University of Michigan Program
  
• Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Sinai Grace) Program
• St John Hospital and Medical Center Program
• Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University Program
• Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University (Detroit Receiving Hospital) Program
• Genesys Regional Medical Center Program
• Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University Program
• Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine Program
• Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University Program
• William Beaumont Hospital Program
• Central Michigan University College of Medicine Program

Minnesota

• Hennepin County Medical Center Program
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Rochester) Program
• HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research/Regions Hospital Program

Mississippi

• University of Mississippi Medical Center Program

Missouri

• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Program
• University of Missouri at Kansas City Program
• Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program
• St Louis University School of Medicine Program

Montana

• (NONE)

Nebraska

• University of Nebraska Medical Center Program

Nevada

• University of Nevada School of Medicine (Las Vegas) Program

New Hampshire

• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Program

New Jersey

• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program
• Hackensack University Medical Center Program
• Atlantic Health (Morristown) Program
• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Program
• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Program
• New York Medical College at St Joseph's Regional Medical Center Program

New Mexico

• University of New Mexico Program

New York

• Albany Medical Center Program
• Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Program
• Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Jacobi/Montefiore) Program
• Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Program
• SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Program
• New York Methodist Hospital Program
• Maimonides Medical Center Program
• Brooklyn Hospital Center Program
• University at Buffalo Program
• New York-Presbyterian/Queens Program
• Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital Program
• Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center Program
• New York Presbyterian Hospital Program
• New York University School of Medicine Program
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Program
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel) Program
• New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program
• University of Rochester Program
• Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital Program
• Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program
• SUNY Upstate Medical University Program

North Carolina

• University of North Carolina Hospitals Program
• Carolinas Medical Center Program
• Duke University Hospital Program
• Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University Program
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program

North Dakota

• (NONE)

Ohio

• Summa Health System/NEOMED Program
• Akron General Medical Center/NEOMED Program
• University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program
• Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth) Program
• Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center Program
• The Ohio State University Hospital Program
• Wright State University Program
• University of Toledo Program
• Mercy St Vincent Medical Center/Mercy Health Partners Program

Oklahoma

• University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) Program

Oregon

• Oregon Health & Science University Program

Pennsylvania

• St Luke's Hospital Program
• Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of Medicine Program
• Geisinger Health System Program
• Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program
• Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital Program
• Thomas Jefferson University Program
• Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Program
• University of Pennsylvania Program
• Temple University Hospital Program
• UPMC Medical Education Program
• Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium (AGH) Program
• Crozer-Chester Medical Center Program
• York Hospital Program

Puerto Rico

• Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce School of Medicine Program
• University of Puerto Rico Program

Rhode Island

• Brown University Program

South Carolina

• Medical University of South Carolina Program
• Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine Program

South Dakota

• (NONE)

Tennessee

• University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga Program
• University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Memphis Program
• University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Murfreesboro Program
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program

Texas

• University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program
• Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital Program
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Program
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine Program
• Darnall Army Medical Center Program
• John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District) Program
• Baylor College of Medicine Program
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program
• San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Program
• University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine at San Antonio Program
• Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Program

Utah

• University of Utah Program

Vermont

• (NONE)

Virginia

• University of Virginia Program
• Eastern Virginia Medical School Program
• Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) Program
• Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program
• Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program

Washington

• University of Washington Program
• Madigan Healthcare System Program

West Virginia

• West Virginia University Program

Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin Program
• Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program

Wyoming

• (NONE)

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[Cinematographer]

If you actually click on any given individual link listed in the original thread, you will be redirected to the review thread for that program. Most have been updated within the past 1-2 years (e.g., I just went through the Maricopa County review thread. First review was from 2007 (I think), but there are 2-3 reviews from 2014-2015). I also found it useful to compare the earlier reviews from previous residents to those of current residents; gives you an idea of how a program has improve (or deteriorated) over the past few years.

 

[cbrons]

If you actually click on any given individual link listed in the original thread, you will be redirected to the review thread for that program. Most have been updated within the past 1-2 years (e.g., I just went through the Maricopa County review thread. First review was from 2007 (I think), but there are 2-3 reviews from 2014-2015).

Those aren't updated and lots of new programs are not listed.

 

[Cinematographer]

Those aren't updated and lots of new programs are not listed.

The example I gave has reviews by current residents (in subsequents posts, not necessarily the opening one) as recent as May of this year. What exactly is your definition of "updated"?

 

[StephBee]

The example I gave has reviews by current residents (in subsequents posts, not necessarily the opening one) as recent as May of this year. What exactly is your definition of "updated"?

Some are updated some are hideously old (ex Penn states last post was in 2008). Just varies by the program, I don't think this is a bad idea to update it except it's going to quickly become unmanageable. Maybe an external Google doc?

 

[alpinism]

The main problem is that there are a ton programs with the last review being >4 years ago.

Take California for example:

program/last review
Highland = 2011
Loma Linda = 2009
Olive View = 2011
Irvine = 2009
USC = 2011

Not to mention there are still a few places without any reviews at all (UT San Antonio, Washington, Wright State, Virginia Tech, etc...)

Its probably not realistic to expect new reviews every year. At the same time it would be nice to have more up to date information available for applicants (updated reviews every 2-3 years).

 

[Bojack Horseman]

I think the issue is that not enough people are writing reviews and posting them to the threads or messaging an admin and asking them to post anonymously. I don't think a new thread needs to be made for each program, but perhaps more people could be encouraged to write reviews and update the list

 

[Cinclus]

There are many interview day reviews of programs posted in the past few years' EM ROL threads that do not appear in the residency reviews stickied threads, even though I have seen reviews of these types in the official threads. Could we "move" these into the threads to update them, using quotes? I would definitely be willing to do some of these types of updates. It would consolidate a lot of info, as well as provide more recent reviews.

 

[Dr_Rogers_Neighborhood]

Well for now, I just updated the list to include all ACGME EM programs right now.

 

[kmb1908]

Wrote this last year in the ROL thread...currently an intern here. Feel free to put this whereever you wish.
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UT-Memphis- Pros: New program in a very crime heavy city (#3 in the country, #1 Detroit, #2 Flint). 80K visits a year and very sick people (on a shadow shift I saw 3 central lines, LP and STEMI). Chest pain and stroke center. Recently expanded the ED to (about) 56 beds, just finished in September and looks AWESOME. Has low risk chest pain/obs area in the ED and a fast track staffed by PAs. Highest rates of strokes in the country. Heavy critical care focus with a possibility of a neurocritical care fellowship in the future. Trauma is covered at The MED as a intern and a senior. It seems to be set up a lot like Cook County (separate trauma center from ED). Faculty is a good mix of newbies and seasoned attendings who were all very enthusiastic and passionate about the program and opportunities presented. Clicked with two of the faculty members almost instantly. Ties to TN and the greater Memphis area. PD is a cool laid back guy that has a lot of interest in things like tactical/hyperbarics which I've never considered before. Would be interested in learning more about that from him. Great opportunity to really build a program that shines. Had the most amazing pre-interview dinner. The food and wine at the restaurant was incredible (that probably carries a little bit too much influence) Even though this is a new program, I feel as though I would be a beast coming out. Cons: Peds isn't seen in the main ED, but peds shifts will be mixed in with the ED months. With the new expansion of the ED, nursing staff wasn't also amped up, so there has been a lot of nurse turnover. Nurses were very nice and friendly on the shadow shift, but I don't know how that will play out in regards to the amount of scutwork.
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I would like to add that our homebase is Methodist University (Central). We do a community ED month every year at St. Francis Hospital. St. Francis has only FM residents there. We do OB as an intern at Methodist South where we are the only residents there so there is no competition for deliveries. Teaching is one-on-one with an attending. During our senior year trauma, we will spend time with the anesthesiologists learning how to manage trauma airways.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

you're missing Henry Ford Hospital in the Michigan section

 

[caveman721]

Have any of you Co'e across a review about st joes? I have been searching but with no luck.

 

[HoosierdaddyO]

It's in Paterson nj...aka good luck and have fun lol

 

[DO2016EM]

Have any of you Co'e across a review about st joes? I have been searching but with no luck.

It used to be a DO program. There's a review or two in the osteopathic programs thread.

 

[drxbx]

Kern Medical Emergency is a diamond in the rough. I recently graduated and stayed on as faculty (that says something right?) Feel free to PM me with any questions re the program.
For matching in residency, definitely do away/audition rotations where you want to end up and to see if the program is a "good fit". For Kern Medical Emergency you can visit for more info:

http://kmcemed.com/

http://www.kernmedical.com/health-p...rograms/emergency-medicine-residency-program/

http://www.kernmedical.com/health-professionals/medical-student-education/