Psych residencies in California

[Medstudent416]

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Hi everyone,
I am about to start my fourth year and am trying to find information on residencies in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially the San Mateo and California Pacific Medical Center programs. Has anyone interviewed at any of these programs in the past year or two? Any ideas about how much psychotherapy training they offer, and the amount of formal education time and supervision time? Also, anyone have any ideas on the relative competitiveness of the programs in the Bay Area?
Thanks!!

 

[sga430]

i interviewed at davis and feel it is an excellent program. it is definately worth a look. it has a teaching and research track. they bill themself as the best program for future faculty and they also claim is u dont like teaching then stay away. (much like how if u love freud stay away from wash u.) great residents and faculty. it possible could in some ways be the 5th best program in california after the big 4 (ucla, ucsf, stanford, ucsd.) however as an IMG i didnt get interviews at the big 4. fresno and reno are not far. most of my cali interviews were in southern california. liked ucla-harbor and usc a lot. cedars is great if they were to add more residents as it is busy.

from what i heard san-mateo has no call. but then vegas does not either. vegas is a new program but lets see how it is in 5-10 years.

i heard good things about the seattle program so check that one out. also denver is popular.

if u have family consider bakersfield or fresno or the nevada programs.

 

[sga430]

btw do a search and u wil find an excellent post about the cali programs.

 

[outofhere]

Hi everyone,
I am about to start my fourth year and am trying to find information on residencies in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially the San Mateo and California Pacific Medical Center programs. Has anyone interviewed at any of these programs in the past year or two? Any ideas about how much psychotherapy training they offer, and the amount of formal education time and supervision time? Also, anyone have any ideas on the relative competitiveness of the programs in the Bay Area?
Thanks!!

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