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Hi all, I'm getting ready to apply for residency next week, and I was just wondering if it really makes much difference to go to a university versus a university-affiliated residency program. In my family's city (Phoenix) there is 1 university-affiliated program (Banner Good Sam) as well as 1 county (Maricopa), though I don't know if Maricopa is really considered university-affiliated or not despite it being listed as such on FREIDA. It would be awesome for me to stay close to my parents, sibling, cousins, etc. However, I may want to work academic medicine in future, as I've taught students before and absolutely loved it. (I may be interested in research, but I love teaching even more.) I'm also considering child psych. I was wondering if I'd be better off applying to a large number of university programs, if that might help me with my future career plans. I'd REALLY love to stay close to family if possible, as family support is HUGE to me.... but at the same time, I don't want to have diminished career prospects if going to a university-affiliated program would limit the possibility of an academic career in future. I really just don't know how much it matters to go to a university program or not... as I'd surely give greater weight to staying nearer to family if it doesn't matter. Ultimately I want to find a place that is very supportive to residents and highly values teaching, and lacks a lot of the 'office politics' (gossip, backstabbing etc), so I can be really happy training there. Thoughts??
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