Best residency programs?

[sunflower79]

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Hi SDNers,

What makes a residency program good? How are they ranked? Is there a rankings guide on this? (not the USnews one, which ranks hospitals)

I'm personally thinking about IM, especially programs with a social mission such as the UCSF/SFGH one. If you have other suggestions I'd appreciate it.

cheers,
sunflower79

 

[Rads Resident]

You are asking a great question.

We're so busy in medical school, that it's often difficult to see far beyond it. All too often, we don't even recognize the bias with which our universities bombard us. Afterall, they are overwhelmingly lifelong academicians, however the majority of medical school graduates will choose private practice. Perhaps the biggest bias of all is that they would have us believe that the brightest among us always choose academics.

When I set out to make my rank list, I picked a phonebook, called radiologists at random from selected cities and asked them their thoughts. Where would you go? Or from which program would want to find a partner? Etc.

It made a huge difference in my understanding of the profession (and my selection).