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I'm struggling with where to rank this program.

I really have no connection to this area or the south in general. I left fairly impressed with the place, but I know I would never want to stay in the south afterwards. I know you don't have to worry about fellowship at Duke, but would it be a smart move to rank this higher than places in more desirable markets (Stanford, BWH, Northwestern) if I want to work in a major city (not in the south) after fellowship? I'm tempted to rank those programs higher just to start establishing connections, both in radiology and outside of work.

Another reason I'm tempted to rank those other programs higher is because I'm single and anticipate the scene being limited to college students from the nearby area. The residents seemed a little more married or settled than other places I interviewed at.

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The most direct answer to your question is to obtain a list of job placements for recent alumni. Please share when you get this.

 

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notable Duke alums include Rich Duszak (vice chair Emory), Vivian Lee (ceo/dean U Utah), Eric Rohren (chair Baylor), Pamela Woodard (vice chair MIR), Steven Primack (vice chair OHSU), Christopher Beaulieu (chief MSK Stanford)

 

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https://radiology.duke.edu/wp-conte...diology-Department-Newsletter-Final-Vol-1.pdf

The Duke Radiology residency program continues to thrive, attracting the best from a perennially strong field of medical student applicants. Our philosophy of training has not changed: attract the best medical students, expose them to high volumes and great pathology, and maintain the highest standards of clinical practice and professionalism. Erik Paulson has reemphasized this commitment to clinical training. Our “3/2 program” curriculum has allowed us to improve the residents’ academic experience while still maintaining clinical excellence as the main goal of training and practice. The class of 2013 graduated last July with 79 publications as a class! That’s impressive (12 residents, 79 publications ... do the math), but we’re most proud of the fact that the class was extremely strong clinically. A rigorous clinical training experience remains our highest goal. The pool of applicants for radiology residency remains as strong as ever, as measured by AOA and board scores. And Duke continues to get our fair share of the top applicants. This past year, we dropped only to position #19 on our rank order list to match our 12 residents. Eight of the residents in our 1st year class, who started July 1, scored above 260 on their Step I boards, which is ridiculous. Our most recently recruited class, which is currently enjoying their prelim year, is equally impressive, and noteworthy for the fact that 7 of 12 in the class are female! (That’s a first at Duke!) Among our current 48 residents, we have 8 PhD’s, two martial arts black belts, an Olympic gold medalist, and two natives of Pocatello, Idaho. You can take a look at snapshots of our entire current resident by visiting our website using the following link: http:// radiology.duke.edu/education/residency/our-residents/ The biggest change to radiology training nationwide is the replacement of the Oral Boards (at the Executive West in Louisville) with a computerized, multiple choice exam at the end of the 3rd year. This has allowed all programs to introduce more flexibility into the 4th year curriculum. This actually impacted Duke very little, since we’ve had the 3/2 curriculum for a decade. Our 4th year residents can do as many as 10 months of research, and some do. Others use the year to get ready for clinical practice, and our department has reduced the number of fellowship positions slightly to allow more highend work and volume for our 4th years to get them ready for practice. Several of our 5th year residents (the last year of our 3/2 program) have not yet secured jobs for next year, and so if you are looking for a Duke-trained interventionalist, mammographer or pediatric radiologist, please contact us ([email protected]). If your group may be hiring a year later, our next class (finishing July 2016) will include a musculoskeletal radiologist, 2 mammographers, 5 interventionalists and a neuroradiologist. It’s not too soon to start planning! Chuck Maxfield M.D. Program Director

 

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two natives of Pocatello, Idaho

Duke radiology is huge in Boise, Idaho. http://www.aboutimi.com/about/our-radiologists/ It's the third largest city in the Pacific Northwest...

 

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This guy recently escaped to the bay area: https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/matthew-lungren

 

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https://radiology.duke.edu/wp-conte...diology-Department-Newsletter-Final-Vol-1.pdf

The Duke Radiology residency program continues to thrive, attracting the best from a perennially strong field of medical student applicants. Our philosophy of training has not changed: attract the best medical students, expose them to high volumes and great pathology, and maintain the highest standards of clinical practice and professionalism. Erik Paulson has reemphasized this commitment to clinical training. Our “3/2 program” curriculum has allowed us to improve the residents’ academic experience while still maintaining clinical excellence as the main goal of training and practice. The class of 2013 graduated last July with 79 publications as a class! That’s impressive (12 residents, 79 publications ... do the math), but we’re most proud of the fact that the class was extremely strong clinically. A rigorous clinical training experience remains our highest goal. The pool of applicants for radiology residency remains as strong as ever, as measured by AOA and board scores. And Duke continues to get our fair share of the top applicants. This past year, we dropped only to position #19 on our rank order list to match our 12 residents. Eight of the residents in our 1st year class, who started July 1, scored above 260 on their Step I boards, which is ridiculous. Our most recently recruited class, which is currently enjoying their prelim year, is equally impressive, and noteworthy for the fact that 7 of 12 in the class are female! (That’s a first at Duke!) Among our current 48 residents, we have 8 PhD’s, two martial arts black belts, an Olympic gold medalist, and two natives of Pocatello, Idaho. You can take a look at snapshots of our entire current resident by visiting our website using the following link: http:// radiology.duke.edu/education/residency/our-residents/ The biggest change to radiology training nationwide is the replacement of the Oral Boards (at the Executive West in Louisville) with a computerized, multiple choice exam at the end of the 3rd year. This has allowed all programs to introduce more flexibility into the 4th year curriculum. This actually impacted Duke very little, since we’ve had the 3/2 curriculum for a decade. Our 4th year residents can do as many as 10 months of research, and some do. Others use the year to get ready for clinical practice, and our department has reduced the number of fellowship positions slightly to allow more highend work and volume for our 4th years to get them ready for practice. Several of our 5th year residents (the last year of our 3/2 program) have not yet secured jobs for next year, and so if you are looking for a Duke-trained interventionalist, mammographer or pediatric radiologist, please contact us ([email protected]). If your group may be hiring a year later, our next class (finishing July 2016) will include a musculoskeletal radiologist, 2 mammographers, 5 interventionalists and a neuroradiologist. It’s not too soon to start planning! Chuck Maxfield M.D. Program Director

Thanks for posting this, it makes me want to go there less.

 

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****, if the duke residents can't secure jobs, the rest of us are screwed.

 

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"This past year, we dropped only to position #19 on our rank order list to match our 12 residents. "

This actually parallels exactly the conversation in the 'letter of intent' thread. Had heard Duke of one of those places fixated on this and where letters of intent are very important.

 

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"This past year, we dropped only to position #19 on our rank order list to match our 12 residents. "

This actually parallels exactly the conversation in the 'letter of intent' thread. Had heard Duke of one of those places fixated on this and where letters of intent are very important.

The PD just changed from Chuck to Karen, so maybe she will be different?

 

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Kind of a cocky newsletter to end with that request. Bizarre, though maybe all programs do this?