Both set you up at great hotels. Case's has an awesome big screen TV, and Clinic's is pimp, and if you're lucky enough to get a top level room, it has a great view of the city, and they are very large with good room service.
Case: Everyone was really laid back, nice, and collegial. They really recruited you to come to their program, and even though the dinner the night before blew (not to mention the fiasco of lunch afterwards, which was actually kinda funny), overall, there was alot of contact with the residents, and they had no trouble answering questions. The hospital isn't that great looks wise on the inside (some people would differ on this?), but it seems like they have a good didactic program with faculty support. Only one resident seemed hostile about the faculty/resident relationship and learning process, but he seemed like an utter toolbox. Interview wise, very laid back, and while I interview well, I felt like this one was particularly "homey" feeling as others have said, with the faculty straight up saying "we work hard, and we play hard, come and join us if you're cool". One last thing: you get TONS of time with many residents in order to pick their brains. Not so at CCF.
CCF: Massive hospital, not that far from Case, with an ever growing set of resources. Interview day seemed like the line at an airport, with shuffling to whatever faculty member was available, no matter if they had seen your file or not. It wasn't all bad: I enjoyed the conversations with the faculty, and while, like I said, I'm a good interviewer, I felt that this one was definitely more cold and dry, as it took alot more out of me to get the homey feeling I strive for in interviews. The PD at the end sits you down, and gives you a % score of how you did, but it seemed to me like he told everyone "you did really well". I had several residents during the lunch (which, btw, had the PD and Secretary...whats her name...present), NOT to come to the program, and one guy, who was seriously a pompous toolbox, tell us that he knows he will be "one of the best out of CCF, and that the workload of 100+ hours a week and no didactics is just something to deal with". Seemed like the didactics was weak, the faculty cold, the residents toolish gunners.
Hospital Factor: CCF >>> Case
Didactics Factor: Case >>> CCF
Name Factor: CCF>>Case
Coolness Factor of Residents: Case >> CCF
Atmosphere: Case >> CCF
Cleveland? 👎
I'd say that's a pretty honest assessment all the way around.
