What makes a good IM residency?

[Mattinthehat250]

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3rd year DO student interested in IM. What factors should I be looking at to know whether a residency program is good or bad?

 

[235009]

For a DO you should focus on getting your foot in the door of a university program. The amount of choice you have and the caliber of those choices will depend heavily on your preferred location and how good of an applicant you are.


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[Pemulis]

3rd year DO student interested in IM. What factors should I be looking at to know whether a residency program is good or bad?

Good or bad for what? For becoming a good clinician? For landing a competitive fellowship? For launching you toward a career in academia? The answer will depend a lot on what your ultimate goals are.

 

[Mattinthehat250]

Good or bad for what? For becoming a good clinician? For landing a competitive fellowship? For launching you toward a career in academia? The answer will depend a lot on what your ultimate goals are.

For becoming a good clinician

 

[jdh71]

gomers

do you get to see a lot of gomers?

 

[Crayola227]

not specific enough I refuse to believe there's an IM residency where there's not enough gomers.

if there is, we need a list

 

[HelpPleaseMD]

-must be a tertiary referral hospital
-having a county hospital is a plus
-functional ancillary staff
-opportunities for research
-ability to connect with good mentors
-supportive leadership
-track record of good fellowship matches

 

[Crayola227]

-must be a tertiary referral hospital
-having a county hospital is a plus
-functional ancillary staff
-opportunities for research
-ability to connect with good mentors
-supportive leadership
-track record of good fellowship matches

soooooo much of that list sounds like work...... I do second ANCILLARY STAFF!!! specifially SW and CM, so they can be the ones on hold for an hour to get nursing home placement for your rocks instead of you!

 

[PlutoBoy]

3rd year DO student interested in IM. What factors should I be looking at to know whether a residency program is good or bad?

Any residency that leads to certification in two years 😛

 

[Daodejing]

I dunno, the one that gives you a job for the next 3+ yrs of your life, maybe

 

[visari]

For becoming a good clinician

for that you don't need to worry much. Get the best spot you can. most programs (including community ones) will prepare you well for that if you work hard enough in residency and be a good self-learner. If you're a lazy slacker, you can go to the best program out there and still be a dumb physician.

 

[Pemulis]

Agreed. Medicine is medicine, whether at a big academic program in Manhattan or a small community hospital in rural Nebraska. If you pay attention on rounds, ask good questions, and read up on your patients' conditions, you'll finish any program ready to be a competent physician.

 

[Psai]

Look at whether or not ancillary staff sucks. Constantly fighting with the radiology nurse about the definition of "stat" imaging for your critically ill patient or having the transporters sitting around instead of actually transporting patients will eat at your soul.