Residencies at a big teaching hospital

[letjin]

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I started looking for residency sites I am going to apply. How do you determine which site will be the most competitive/prestigious? I'm not choosing my site based on name value, but I want to avoid competing with overqualified candidates 😉

For example...in my area,
1 is at a large teaching hospital, which is one of the top-ranked hospital by US News & affiliated with a prestigious medical school, 2 are VA sites affiliated with my pharm school, and 3 are local 300-bed hospitals.

I am assuming the large teaching hospital will be most competitive?

 

[Priapism321]

I started looking for residency sites I am going to apply. How do you determine which site will be the most competitive/prestigious? I'm not choosing my site based on name value, but I want to avoid competing with overqualified candidates 😉

For example...in my area,
1 is at a large teaching hospital, which is one of the top-ranked hospital by US News & affiliated with a prestigious medical school, 2 are VA sites affiliated with my pharm school, and 3 are local 300-bed hospitals.

I am assuming the large teaching hospital will be most competitive?

Good assumption.

 

[Tessalon]

Good assumption.

Also remember to look for residencies where you feel like you can enjoy working for a whole year or two. Prestige doesn't matter as much if your personality and preferences are a bad match for that institution. Keep your mind open!