I waited until after the match, but here's my 2010 ROL to maybe help out the class of 2011.
My top 5:
1. UCSF-Fresno
- Solid program, plus I live just outside of Fresno so I like the valley.
2. UC Irvine
- Small group, beautiful SoCal, everyone was happy.. didn't think that the low pt volume is a big deal, you will get the experience you need.
3. UC Davis
- Great facility, Sac-town is more hippy-ish than I expected.
4. Loma Linda
- Nice PD, ED is small, don't worry about the caffiene restrictions, cost of living is great for SoCal
5. UCSF-SFGH
- I love the Bay, but its expensive and not terribly family friendly, high cost of living. I would have been happy here as well. The faculty is great.
In no particular order:
Cook County
- more medicine than i was expecting, 4-yrs of Chi-town winters brought it down my list. PD is great even though he went to stanfurd.
Kern-UCLA
- loads of exposure, i think residents here get to do a whole lot more than at other programs.. one resident did a burr hole on a pt 30min prior to my interview, lol.
UIC
- great group of residents, some faculty are just super amazing and some not so much.. three hospital sites provide loads of variety.
Resurrection
- reminded me of UIC, but a little detached from downtown.. better/newer housing/schools in the burbs. you also rotated through other facilities to get a wide range of experiences. Its also the main hospital for O'hare, may get to see lots of zebra's.
UI Peoria
- farther from chicago than I was expecting. flight program really caught my interest, cost of living is cheap. hospital was doing very well and new expansion (ED) should be fun.
