Good Programs For Regular Students

[Llenroc]

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A lot of the threads for PM&R programs here tend to skew towards "most prestigious", "competetive", "highly academic", and so forth.

I'm looking for a decent PM&R program, with reasonable (40-50) work hours, call from your own home, and so forth, that doesn't necessarily have to be at a prestigious university setting.

Anyone have recommendations for programs I should look into? I like the NY/NJ area, as well as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Florida, and California for potential locations, though it doesn't necessarily have to be in one of those places.

 

[Brooklyndo2.1]

Hey... I applied all over, and honestly feel that just because a program is considered prestigious or whatever, that its not mean its not also reasonable and easy on the home life...
Ill let you know in detail as i interview... if youre a fourth year as well...I dont know what to tell you, but I applied everywhere and will look at what the programs are like as I interview... "reputation" aside.

 

[CasaElGato]

A lot of the threads for PM&R programs here tend to skew towards "most prestigious", "competetive", "highly academic", and so forth.

I'm looking for a decent PM&R program, with reasonable (40-50) work hours, call from your own home, and so forth, that doesn't necessarily have to be at a prestigious university setting.

Anyone have recommendations for programs I should look into? I like the NY/NJ area, as well as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Florida, and California for potential locations, though it doesn't necessarily have to be in one of those places.

Mercy Hospital/Pittsburgh
http://www.pmhs.org/gme/meded/physmedrehab/

 

[Llenroc]

Hey... I applied all over, and honestly feel that just because a program is considered prestigious or whatever, that its not mean its not also reasonable and easy on the home life...
Ill let you know in detail as i interview... if youre a fourth year as well...I dont know what to tell you, but I applied everywhere and will look at what the programs are like as I interview... "reputation" aside.

I'm sure there are.

I'm someone for whom less is often more. I'm doing surgery right now. Today I had a half day of class, and then 3 surgeries in the afternoon. I was a lot more focused on those surgeries, than I am on other days when they make me scrub 7-8 surgeries.

I think some of the advantages of PM&R are the good lifestyle, the low hours, and the possiblity to take call from home. Any place that defies that is not really a place that I'm interested in going too.

I've got an Ivy League degree and I'm done chasing big names. I want to do my work during PM&R and be able to enjoy a life outside medicine as well.

 

[Hemisphere]

look into umdnj-robert wood j program
call from home... but you have to be able to come in 30 min or so i heard.

honestyl though, i think your running away from ivy league names is misguided. most pm&r docs are down to earth even at the ivy league "name" programs. Lot's of the ivy league programs are relatively NEWER than their non-ivy leauge counterparts! one person's theory was that PM&R emerged as a new field in the 1950's, mostly out of clinical needs of disabled WWII veterans rather than out of laboratory science. IVY league institutions might be a little slower to adopt such a practice as a seperate field, but many of them finally started opening departments in PM&R. some of the best and hardworking programs are still at non-ivy league name schools, not that many of the ivy's aren't catching up. regular students/d.o.'s, etc. should not shy away from applying to ivy league name university pm&r programs thinking they are any more cutthroat or malignant or whatever than non-ivy league programs.

 

[eljefe]

Applying for residency is a lot different than applying for med school. Sure some programs are better than others, but the name of the school they are associated with doesn't mean swat about the quality of the individual PM&R program. "Ivy League" this, "Ivy League" that--the only people that the name means anything to is to your parents and friends that don't know squat about the actual quality of the program. What you need to look for is what the program is all about, not the name of the affiliated school it is associated with. Some new "Ivy League" PM&R program could start up with a handful of ******s, and med students would still be applying for interviews just becuase the name sounds good at the bar or to your parent's friends, etc.