NJ EM residency programs

[ask17]

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I am currently applying for EM, and have interviewed at many places in Northern Jersey and NYC. I have a good sense of the NYC programs in how they stand. However I don't know how the northern NJ programs, namely Morristown, Newark Beth Israel, and UMDNJ Newark fit into the mix. Is it safe to say that the training will be equally good? - compared to Jacobi, St. Lukes, Mt. Sinai, SUNY Downstate or NYU

I have good reasons to tie me down to NJ for residency, but don't want to miss going to a better "named" program if there truly is a large difference. Does anyone know about how these NJ programs fit into the mix?

 

[Egon]

I trained at a NYC program and now work at a NJ program. (I commuted into NYC for residency and could no longer do it as an attending.)

There isn't too much difference between programs overall and training is fairly uniform. The key is going where the patients are sick, where you'll see a lot and get to do a lot. Wherever you go, make sure your department is in charge, that the EM residents get to do a lot and procedures aren't taken away by fellows or other services.

If you want to go into academics being from a big name program will help your CV, but I don't think you'll see a big difference in what you learn and do on a daily basis. Things such as conference, research, off service rotations, and job placement can be advantages of the more academic places in the city.

 

[vish57]

Im a student at UMDNJ in Newark, interested in EM and really hate how surgery takes over most things, especially any and every trauma no matter how mild. Thats probably due to the fact that the EM program is new and is out of the surgery department. Do you guys know what programs in the city are more EM dominated, where EM residents get to do more before surgery or whoever else takes over? Can you also reccommend a place in the city to do an away rotation.

 

[ask17]

Thanks for the reply, I'm am currently trying to finalize my match list and I'm likely going to put a program in NJ as #1.
As for UMDNJ - I have heard that since they are so new, surgery tends to take over the trauma. My home school is Albert Einstein - and Jacobi's program has really good trauma that is always ER run. Another program that has pretty good ER run trauma is SUNY Downstate - so those are pretty good places to look at. Good luck!