Residency programs for PP jobs

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I have no desire to do academic medicine. In terms of getting job offers in private practice, do they care where you did your training so long as it's an university based program? Heck, even if it's a community residency program, would you still get PP offers?


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[OnePunchBiopsy]

For a second I thought this was a urology question....

In short, yes, you would get private practice job offers assuming residency went well for you.

Academic residency ---> Private Practice is an easier jump to make than
Private Practice (Community Residency) ---> Academic Practice

There are always exceptions though. Who you know can really come into play.

 

[Levo]

I have no desire to do academic medicine. In terms of getting job offers in private practice, do they care where you did your training so long as it's an university based program? Heck, even if it's a community residency program, would you still get PP offers?


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I'd imagine that varies a lot by specialty. For instance, could a neurosurgery group care more about brand-name power than a family medicine group? One thing that I have definitely noticed is geographic bias. If you have a private hospital (with no residency program) that's right by a hospital with a residency program, it will fill up with grads of the nearby residency program.

 

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I'd imagine that varies a lot by specialty. For instance, could a neurosurgery group care more about brand-name power than a family medicine group? One thing that I have definitely noticed is geographic bias. If you have a private hospital (with no residency program) that's right by a hospital with a residency program, it will fill up with grads of the nearby residency program.

Yea I should have clarified, I'm basically inquiring about all the IM sub specialties (cards, GI, Honc, pulm, etc). Not sure if there's such a thing called IM private practice; maybe IM pp is same thing as a family med doc?


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[Jalby]

The most important thing in getting a job out of residency/fellowship is where you train. If you want a job in Los Angeles, go train there. The people who work at Cedars or UCLA or wherever will have former residents in the area surrounding and they can ask them if they have any jobs open.

Outside of that, name matters. Going to a academic program will be much more beneficial than a community program in the same city.

 

[Syndicate]

The most important thing in getting a job out of residency/fellowship is where you train. If you want a job in Los Angeles, go train there. The people who work at Cedars or UCLA or wherever will have former residents in the area surrounding and they can ask them if they have any jobs open.

Outside of that, name matters. Going to a academic program will be much more beneficial than a community program in the same city.

How about a top tier academic vs mid tier academic? For instance, UCLA vs USC in terms of getting a job in LA? What about getting a job in a geographic area distant to where you train? All of the above again refers to private practice jobs only

Btw, I'm honored to have the legendary Jalby comment on my thread


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[OnePunchBiopsy]

What about getting a job in a geographic area distant to where you train? All of the above again refers to private practice jobs only

Most surgeons I have met live:

1.) Where they trained in residency/fellowship
2.) Near their parent's location (grandparent access for kids)
3.) In the same geographical location they grew up/spent a significant amount of time (college, med school, etc)
4.) A geographical location where their wife/husband's family lives.

 

[Donald Juan]

OP, what are you trying to get at? If you are a board certified cardiologist you will be able to get a job. Non-academic work is easier to find than academic work and requires less of a resume to get into. There aren't a bunch of GI doctors and interventional cardiologists out there who can't find work because some hospital system will only hire Harvard grads. There may be a concern about getting a fellowship if you are coming from a community IM program where you have little connections, but if you get that fellowship you are basically set.

 

[Jalby]

How about a top tier academic vs mid tier academic? For instance, UCLA vs USC in terms of getting a job in LA? What about getting a job in a geographic area distant to where you train? All of the above again refers to private practice jobs only

Here in LA USC people tend to favor other USC people more than UCLA people favor UCLA people. It is interesting. Pretending that didn't exist, UCLA would get you a step up over USC in LA. But literally anybody who went to USC wants to talk about football, so it is a different dynamic.

I really have no answer to your geographic question. Don't have experience with that.