Quality of Certain Army Residency Locations as Compared to Others

[mslall]

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So it seems that the common theme on this forum is that the military residency programs are generally not as 'good' as their civilian counterparts. That being said, are there any army programs that stand out as compared to their army counterparts?

From the bit of research I've done it seems that:

BAMC = Madigan = NCC > Tripler >> William Beaumont >>>> Eisenhower.

Obviously this is totally subjected and was formulated based on what I've read on this forum and when doing research on the actual locations.

SO for those of you with experience, is the above 'equation' spot on? generally accurate? completely false?

Does this equation, if correct, hold true for both medical and surgical residencies? It seems like BAMC and Madigan would probably be two of the best for surgical residencies, true?

What about residency programs that are neither med or surg? Rads? Path? Anesthesia?

I guess I'm looking more for quality of training/caseloads not location.

Thanks a lot. I appreciate any comments.

 

[mslall]

Also, if there are any residents or attendings that could give me an overview of their program I'd appreciate it. Feel free to send a PM.

Thanks again.

 

[Kingfisher]

So it seems that the common theme on this forum is that the military residency programs are generally not as 'good' as their civilian counterparts. That being said, are there any army programs that stand out as compared to their army counterparts?

What specialty are you looking at?

 

[mslall]

What specialty are you looking at?

As someone who will start medical school this fall I really dont have any one particular field in mind, and dont want to categorically say i dont want to do any field.

Lets say, to get a range of fields, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, and Radiology. Thoughts?

 

[Gastrapathy]

You haven't started medical school. There is no possible way for anyone to have an opinion ranking locations for all specialties 5 years in the future. 1. Each program is different. 2. Things change (in that much time they could change 4x over).

 

[mslall]

2. Things change (in that much time they could change 4x over).

touche'

 

[colbgw02]

As others have already said, there's really no point in this. First of all, it is entirely specialty dependent. Having a great residency in one specialty in no way rubs off on the other programs at the same hospital. Secondly, it only takes a handful of people to move/retire/separate to entirely change the character of a program. If it's the program director, then it really only takes one person to leave to completely alter a residency.

The best general advice that I can provide is that all Army residencies within a specialty are more alike than they are different. Chose primarily based on geography. If you really want to know, then try to see how many current faculty at a program are former residents at the same program. If graduates are willing to return to be staff, then that's generally a decent indicator that the program is a good one.