Will it be hard to relocate after residency?

[RussianJoo]

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my medical school's affiliated hospitals are mostly on the East Coast and chances are I'll probably end up doing my residency here. How hard will it be to relocated to the west coast? particularly Washington State or Oregon? I know California will be tough.

Will it matter if I'll be graduating from a community/university affiliated program and not a university program?

Or do people pretty much stay around the area of where they did their residency because they have more connections there?


thanks in advance for your replies.

 

[jetproppilot]

my medical school's affiliated hospitals are mostly on the East Coast and chances are I'll probably end up doing my residency here. How hard will it be to relocated to the west coast? particularly Washington State or Oregon? I know California will be tough.

Will it matter if I'll be graduating from a community/university affiliated program and not a university program?

Or do people pretty much stay around the area of where they did their residency because they have more connections there?


thanks in advance for your replies.

If you finish residency in good standing and you have enough people skills to interview well with prospective groups,

you won't have a problem relocating.

Best of luck to you.👍

 

[RussianJoo]

thanks for the reply.. i have to get into residency first. but I've always wanted to move to the west coast.. it's so much more beautiful than the east coast, and the mountain biking is soo much better..

 

[Noyac]

It won't be a problem.

 

[fakin' the funk]

thanks for the reply.. i have to get into residency first. but I've always wanted to move to the west coast.. it's so much more beautiful than the east coast, and the mountain biking is soo much better..

So try to get out there for residency. It's not too hard. Take from this guy, OH -> CA.

 

[RussianJoo]

i'll apply out west for sure.. but it will be hard.. I don't think that part of the country is too IMG friendly.

 

[Gimlet]

i'll apply out west for sure.. but it will be hard.. I don't think that part of the country is too IMG friendly.

Well, they certainly are popular enough that they can be selective, but I definitely interviewed with at least couple of IMGs at the University of Washington.

 

[RussianJoo]

Thanks I'll keep that in mind when i apply in acouple of months...

 

[periopdoc]

I wouldn't say that we are particularly IMG friendly at University of Washington, but we certainly are not IMG averse. As long as you look reasonable on paper and can interview well, you will have a good shot at a spot here.

We are moving more and more into a research oriented residency and we have some special programs that you might be interested in and might give you a better shot at a spot. Bonica scholars program is for a resident who contracts for an integrated 12 months of research. There is a combined ICU/ Anesthesia program as well. Consider them if they match up with your interests as they are ever so slightly less competitive at this point.

As far as getting work in the area... Seattle is tight right now and we churn out a lot of residents every year. However, the vast majority of anesthesiologists in the larger hospitals trained elsewhere. The more lucrative practices tend to have more UW grads.

Yes you can easily find work in the NW no matter where you trained if you aren't super picky. However, people who train in the area can spend the 3-4 years developing contacts that can make it slightly easier to know where the good jobs are and how to get them.

Good luck

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[RussianJoo]

I wouldn't say that we are particularly IMG friendly at University of Washington, but we certainly are not IMG averse. As long as you look reasonable on paper and can interview well, you will have a good shot at a spot here.

We are moving more and more into a research oriented residency and we have some special programs that you might be interested in and might give you a better shot at a spot. Bonica scholars program is for a resident who contracts for an integrated 12 months of research. There is a combined ICU/ Anesthesia program as well. Consider them if they match up with your interests as they are ever so slightly less competitive at this point.

As far as getting work in the area... Seattle is tight right now and we churn out a lot of residents every year. However, the vast majority of anesthesiologists in the larger hospitals trained elsewhere. The more lucrative practices tend to have more UW grads.

Yes you can easily find work in the NW no matter where you trained if you aren't super picky. However, people who train in the area can spend the 3-4 years developing contacts that can make it slightly easier to know where the good jobs are and how to get them.

Good luck

- pod

Wow great... I have no problem with doing extra work to get to where i want to be.. clinical research can be fun, I did a small amount of lab research in undergrad, and really enjoyed that too. And my ICU rotation was a lifesaver in my IM core. I was actually considering doing an ICU fellowship afterwords, of course Regional Anesthesia sounds pretty interesting too, but I won't know for sure until I actually get to do some of the cases. I don't have amazing stats, slightly above average. but I am a hard a worker and never say "no".

yes the contacts thing is what i was really worried about.. to be honest i am not a big city person. And I am definitely not picky at least not now and probably won't be for a long time. So it's good to know that work can be found...

I'll definitely look into those program.

Thank you very much.

 

[secretasianman]

I have talked to a few residents from CA residency programs about this, and they have all said the job market has gotten "much tighter" in CA, and many more of them are doing fellowships in the next year to be more marketable instead of going straight into private practice. I hope things will be better than this a few years from now...