Residency Location and Job Placement

[maranatha]

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Hello,

Does anyone have advice about the importance of doing a residency in the location that one may want to eventually practice in? In other words, how important is it to match in the same city that I want to get a job in???

Thanks!

 

[(nicedream)]

Hello,

Does anyone have advice about the importance of doing a residency in the location that one may want to eventually practice in? In other words, how important is it to match in the same city that I want to get a job in???

Thanks!

Great question. Answers? Also, would the answers (whatever they may wind up being) apply to all fields?

 

[fiatslug]

certainly it's much easier to make local contacts near your residency--you've got 4 years to meet & greet, do electives, go to conferences/meetings/dinners... people always like to hire a known quantity. But if you go to national meetings, you can meet people from all over, and if you're persistent (but not annoying), you can always "work it" long distance!

 

[TheCat]

I think psych is one of the least important ones of the fields to matter if you go to residency where you wanna work-I know almost all residents from 2 programs I rotate through as a student go everywhere but the place they trained for jobs or fellowships-I think psych is in pretty high demand in most cities so getting an inpatient or facultry job somewhere and doing part time private practice is pretty easy to get new patients-atleast in arizona where I live-I know a lot of new psychiatrists that move here recently and have just boatloads of patients and are already booked 2 months out-I dont thin its a big deal unless u are pursuing academia perhaps?

 

[maranatha]

certainly it's much easier to make local contacts near your residency--you've got 4 years to meet & greet, do electives, go to conferences/meetings/dinners... people always like to hire a known quantity. But if you go to national meetings, you can meet people from all over, and if you're persistent (but not annoying), you can always "work it" long distance!

Thanks, this is good advice....