Besides the university programs...

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Besides the "big name" university programs, what are some good places to train?

1. Christiana
2. Hennepin
3. Maricopa
4. Cook County
5. Highlands
6. Denver (not sure if this is U Colorado)
7. Carolinas
8. Henry Ford
9. Allegheny

I'm sure there are some more, especially in New York. Thanks for your input!
 
Besides the "big name" university programs, what are some good places to train?

1. Christiana
2. Hennepin
3. Maricopa
4. Cook County
5. Highlands
6. Denver (not sure if this is U Colorado)
7. Carolinas
8. Henry Ford
9. Allegheny

I'm sure there are some more, especially in New York. Thanks for your input!


Sorry, I'm new to the forum and specialty.... is this where I put the In'N'Out joke?
 
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Besides the "big name" university programs, what are some good places to train?

1. Christiana
2. Hennepin
3. Maricopa
4. Cook County
5. Highlands
6. Denver (not sure if this is U Colorado)
7. Carolinas
8. Henry Ford
9. Allegheny

I'm sure there are some more, especially in New York. Thanks for your input!

FYI its Highland. Not Highlands (if you're talking about the one in Oakland).

USC is one of the oldest in the country and highly regarded. As is New Mexico.
 
Given the original list, I admit to some fascination with what the OP considers the "big name" university programs. Especially if Denver and Highland didn't make the cut...
 
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Dr. VanNostran's, when I read your posts, your avatar looks like a giant turd. I see what it is clearly when looking directly at it, but out of the peripheral vision...

Anybody else see this phenomenon?
 
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FYI its Highland. Not Highlands (if you're talking about the one in Oakland).

USC is one of the oldest in the country and highly regarded. As is New Mexico.

Yeah, I was talking about Highland, sorry 🙂

Dr. VanNostran's, when I read your posts, your avatar looks like a giant turd. I see what it is clearly when looking directly at it, but out of the peripheral vision...

Anybody else see this phenomenon?

Haha now the Cubs make me look like a turd! They need to win a WS damn it!

Given the original list, I admit to some fascination with what the OP considers the "big name" university programs. Especially if Denver and Highland didn't make the cut...

I didn't know Denver and Highland are University affiliated? I thought they were powerhouse "community/county" programs.

I'm not sure if what I was asking was clear given the running joke? EM seems to a field with a lot of great residency programs that are unheard of to a medical student. At my school when I talk to people applying to EM, they are just as naive as me. Until I came to this board, I didn't know about the reputations of places like Denver, Highland, Carolinas, etc. I apologize for not knowing for what seems to be common sense information.

Thanks to those who replied.
 
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I didn't know Denver and Highland are University affiliated? I thought they were powerhouse "community/county" programs.

I'm not sure if what I was asking was clear given the running joke? EM seems to a field with a lot of great residency programs that are unheard of to a medical student. At my school when I talk to people applying to EM, they are just as naive as me, until I came to this board, I didn't know about the reputations of places like Denver, Highland, Carolinas, etc. I apologize for not knowing for what seems to be common sense information.

Thanks to those who replied.

Ditto.
 
I'm not sure if what I was asking was clear given the running joke? EM seems to a field with a lot of great residency programs that are unheard of to a medical student. At my school when I talk to people applying to EM, they are just as naive as me. Until I came to this board, I didn't know about the reputations of places like Denver, Highland, Carolinas, etc. I apologize for not knowing for what seems to be common sense information.

I don't know if its common sense.

I think on SDN in general people get touchy when someone asks about places with the "highest reputation."

Anyway, the overall answer to your question is you can't go wrong in EM. Its a great specialty because there really are no "bad programs" which isn't always true for other specialties. There were a few sketchy programs about a decade ago but they all cleaned up or disapeared.

So really you should pick your list based on location and type of program you want. University, County and Community are very different styles of learning. They are all great - it depends how you best learn. Some programs have mixed sites.

Your best bet is to first get an idea of what you want out of your training, then decide if you care about 3 or 4 years, then read some of the reviews on this site (sticky link at the top) and see what sounds good.
 
Forget highland (or highlands). Go with the highlander. There can only be one. They cut of the head of other residencies and absorbed their power.

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...the humor comes from this being an annual question for the last 10+ years. Don't sweat it, as I wasn't aware of different programs and "powerhouse" groups until I started to do a search.

Use the search buttons and do some reading and you'll see why EM is based at, and sometimes excels at "non university" systems 🙂.

I'm at Carolinas as an attending if you have questions.

....roll on Fatty McFatty Pants...... or do we still have in and out burger going as well 🙂
 
Also look at programs with very loose academic affiliations but are at community county hospitals like Harbor-UCLA or St. Luke's Roosevelts (ties to Columbia)