Unless you are single and need to do something 50 times to feel confident doing it, then you can learn the same stuff you learn at JPS anywhere there is an accredited FM program. I used to be one of these people that believed that there were these super programs for FM, but I am slowly realizing that there are few differences among programs overall. JPS is old, run down, has less than friendly nurses, and has the absolute worst computer system ever. On rotations there, you spend about half your day just trying to track down studies and labs, waiting for the system to come back up, and hand carrying your important films to the radiologist before they are lost forever. Its a cool place for camaraderie and you really get a lot of responsibility, but its like being in prison for 3 years. Their call in monumentally terrible because there are few other residencies to staff the crucial services. I won't even be applying to it I have decided.
Waco is a great program for balance in terms of life outside and time well spent at work. If you can get past the fact that they are an openly religious group of faculty and residents, its a great place. I am a Christian, but I don't feel extremely comfortable talking about prayer and God openly in a work environment. I'll have to see up close at interviews to rule it in or out.
My advice would be to go visit places you are interested in for their location and see if you fit in with the crowd. If you do, then you have found a winner.
