Can someone list the rad programs in new jersey from best to worst?

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The list of programs include:

Morristown
Cooper
Monmouth
Newark Beth Israel
Rutgers NJMS
Rutgers RWJ
St barnabas

Perhaps if you could provide some reasoning behind your rank that would be helpful.

Thanks

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I don't know enough about all the programs to help you make an accurate list. But I can tell you to put Morristown near the bottom of your list as one of the worst rads programs in NJ or just about anywhere. Unless you have to live in Morristown or are FMG status and need to rank every program you interview, its a buyers market for radiology residents and you deserve to find better training for your 4 years. Morristown is a malignant residency. The negative atmosphere and resident morale at Morristown has long been an issue and discussed on this forum as well as Auntminnie (search archives for conformation). Morristown residents split time between 2 PP groups (Morristown and Overlook) and these groups do not get along professionally and compete financially in the same geographic region. The residents are there to be drone labor for the PP groups. The residency selling points are 'high volume' to prepare you for after residency and no fellows 'so, residents get to do all the procedures and advanced imaging'. However, this high volume is less valuable when comes with minimal teaching by the attendings. Almost all learning is self taught by residents. Lack of helpful teaching at the viewbox over 4 years will effect your overall training. If you don't see it now, you'll realize how behind you are when you see the level of teaching given to the residents at a bigger academic residency. The 'advanced procedures' at Morristown are putting in all PICC lines on IR (a helpful thing to learn, but usually done by a PICC team of nurses in most large hospitals) and ONLY after your 10-15+ PICC lines a day, you might get to help with something more IR related. Multiple residents have left MMH for other radiology residencies in the past 5-6 years, sometimes more than 1 resident in the same class transferred. Since the start of the CORE exam, board passing rates have been an issue (past few years have been better, but still something to consider). Good luck in your search for a residency.
 
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