JHU vs Mayo-Rochester

[bobg504]

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Hi Guys,

Removing location from the equation, which program in stronger and why? I really would like the prospective of some residents and attendings. I just need some prospective other than my own.

 

[Dejavu]

I am an attending at Mayo Roch.

Both programs are outstanding, so you will get an excellent education at both places. I don't know details of rotations, numbers, etc at JHU, but I can tell you that when you are done here you will have done more variety of cases than most programs, more numbers than most, certainly more regional experience than most, in a resident-friendly environment, in a safe city, working with modern equipment.

Our residents have very high success rates with board passage, both oral and written. Fellowships available in regional, pain, ICU, cardiac, neuro, peds, etc.

Rotations to our branches in Scottsdale and Jacksonville for months at a time.

When it comes to getting jobs, our residents report that having "Mayo" on the resume is very helpful. Our grads are out there everywhere and we like to take care of our own.

Just to prevent the JHU people from writing me, I will repeat what I said at the beginning. Both programs are excellent and I am only qualified to comment on my situation.

But, in regards to being resident friendly, just look at who answered you first.🙂

 

[proman]

Having no experience with Mayo I can't say which one is stronger. There are several current and former Hopkins residents who post here on a semi-regular basis. You'll do complex cases in sick patients from your first day as a CA1. We do a lot of neuro, peds, hepatic/pancreas type cases. Regional is weak but we can spend a month in NYC at HSS. Our CA3 year is highly flexible, you can spend a couple of months at local private hospitals to get a complementary experience. Call is fine, work hours 55-65 for me over the last 1.5 years. Our didactic part is a bit in transition, but I think the end result will be good. We have no trouble getting quality fellowships anywhere. Relationships are good with our attendings(first name basis with most) and surgical services. I'd rank JHH first again. Any other questions?

 

[trixie]

Well, Hopkins didn't fill 4 positions last year. Not sure what their criteria for ranking are (other than not me!). I would have obviously liked to have been there as my family is from the and is around the area, but there were other programs that I felt I fit with better. That being said, 1) I didn't interview at Mayo 2) you really have to find a program that is best for you, and realize that you could go to a program with "the best" reputation/strength but not do well there, simply because that program is "the best" or "the strongest" for whoever you asked, but not necessairly "the best" for you.

Once again, didn't interview at Mayo, but after my interview at JHU I felt like I would have PLENTY of experience to go out and be able to handle whatever came my way if I trained at JHU. The residents and faculty seemed to get along quite well. I second what proman said.