Haven't seen the thread for ROL this year so I just wanted to start it. I formed my ROL based on my interview experience, audition rotation and geographic location. These are based on my personal preference.
COMLEX 1 and 2 = in low 600s
PE passed first time.
Good grades. Good LORs and SLOEs. Good audition evals.
1. Mt Sinai Med Ctr, FL
Positives: Rotated there and loved the diversity of pathology. Likely 3yr. Miami beach!. Happy residents and cool PD.
Negatives: High COL
2. Lehigh Valley, PA
Positives: Rotated there and loved it! Probably the BEST AOA training program for EM.
Negatives: Can get cold in the winter
3. UPMC Hamot, PA
Positives: Happy residents. Solid EM program. Young and energetic PD. Likely become 3yr. Most organized interview. Pay is one of the highest. Great benefits. Trauma run smoothly.
Negatives: Erie has a lot of snow.
4. St Barnabas, NY
Posities: Pathology. Trauma. Will come out as a beast. Shadowed there for a few days.
Negatives: High COL.
5. Sparrow, MI
Positives: Level 1 trauma center, ACGME
Negatives: Residents are not very interactive.
6. Adena Health, OH
Positives: Great facility. Mostly underserved patients. Tons of procedures. Likely 3 yr.
Negatives: Chillicothe
7. Southeastern Health, NC
Positives: Very sick patient population. Tons of pathology. North Carolina weather
Negatives: Lumberton
8. Genesys, MI
Positives: Pathology. Trauma. ACGME
Negatives: Interview with the PD didn't go very well.
9. Desert Regional, CA
Positives: California. Pathology.
Negatives: NO EMR. New program. Residents don't seem to like each other.
10. Palm Beach Consortium, FL
Positives: Location. Pathology. Rotated there.
Negatives: Didn't like the interview. Too stressful.
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I am not ranking these programs.
1. Charleston, WV - Not very friendly people. The interview day was not organized and the interviewers were very uninterested in you. I was the one who asked all the questions. The residents were pretty stressed out and looked pretty tired. My parents are from Charleston and so I thought I would end up there.
2. Aria Health, PA - I just didn't find them very friendly. Some residents left the program.. fired? fed up?
3. Doctors, OH - Rotated there. Nice ED with great pathology. But, PD is cocky and tells self-promoting jokes. Residents don't like each other and some are malignant. High numbers but mostly pain seekers. Long work hours.
4. Albert Einstein, PA - Rotated there. Good pathology. But, the residents are just cocky and not fun to be around. If you don't like hierarchy, don't go there.
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I turned down interviews from these programs.
1. Botsford, MI
2. St. Elizabeth, OH
3. Grandview, OH
4. South Pointe, OH
5. St Luke's, OH
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I didn't get invites from these programs.
1. Kingman Regional, AZ
2. Arrowhead, CA
3. Good Samaritan, NY
4. Kent Hospital, RI
COMLEX 1 and 2 = in low 600s
PE passed first time.
Good grades. Good LORs and SLOEs. Good audition evals.
1. Mt Sinai Med Ctr, FL
Positives: Rotated there and loved the diversity of pathology. Likely 3yr. Miami beach!. Happy residents and cool PD.
Negatives: High COL
2. Lehigh Valley, PA
Positives: Rotated there and loved it! Probably the BEST AOA training program for EM.
Negatives: Can get cold in the winter
3. UPMC Hamot, PA
Positives: Happy residents. Solid EM program. Young and energetic PD. Likely become 3yr. Most organized interview. Pay is one of the highest. Great benefits. Trauma run smoothly.
Negatives: Erie has a lot of snow.
4. St Barnabas, NY
Posities: Pathology. Trauma. Will come out as a beast. Shadowed there for a few days.
Negatives: High COL.
5. Sparrow, MI
Positives: Level 1 trauma center, ACGME
Negatives: Residents are not very interactive.
6. Adena Health, OH
Positives: Great facility. Mostly underserved patients. Tons of procedures. Likely 3 yr.
Negatives: Chillicothe
7. Southeastern Health, NC
Positives: Very sick patient population. Tons of pathology. North Carolina weather
Negatives: Lumberton
8. Genesys, MI
Positives: Pathology. Trauma. ACGME
Negatives: Interview with the PD didn't go very well.
9. Desert Regional, CA
Positives: California. Pathology.
Negatives: NO EMR. New program. Residents don't seem to like each other.
10. Palm Beach Consortium, FL
Positives: Location. Pathology. Rotated there.
Negatives: Didn't like the interview. Too stressful.
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I am not ranking these programs.
1. Charleston, WV - Not very friendly people. The interview day was not organized and the interviewers were very uninterested in you. I was the one who asked all the questions. The residents were pretty stressed out and looked pretty tired. My parents are from Charleston and so I thought I would end up there.
2. Aria Health, PA - I just didn't find them very friendly. Some residents left the program.. fired? fed up?
3. Doctors, OH - Rotated there. Nice ED with great pathology. But, PD is cocky and tells self-promoting jokes. Residents don't like each other and some are malignant. High numbers but mostly pain seekers. Long work hours.
4. Albert Einstein, PA - Rotated there. Good pathology. But, the residents are just cocky and not fun to be around. If you don't like hierarchy, don't go there.
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I turned down interviews from these programs.
1. Botsford, MI
2. St. Elizabeth, OH
3. Grandview, OH
4. South Pointe, OH
5. St Luke's, OH
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I didn't get invites from these programs.
1. Kingman Regional, AZ
2. Arrowhead, CA
3. Good Samaritan, NY
4. Kent Hospital, RI
