Absolutely, I just worry that it might be a waste if I have no intention of staying in the area afterwards.
Basically, I think location and where you want to end up is going to be a big consideration for you. Sure, you can move after residency, but it might be easier to move to one region versus another. Do you like the culture of the Midwest? South? West Coast? Hawaii?
Culture-wise, I'm a Westcoast person that loved living in the South but is too socially liberal to make it a permanent thing. Hawaii is somewhere I lived before and absolutely love, but I could never settle there if I plan on being a parent someday: local culture, business climate, schools, $1m for a 3 bedroom house, etc. Corvallis is perfect in those regards, but the program itself leaves me with some doubts.
Not sure how the programs stack up against each other in TMS, acute/crisis, telepsych. I would imagine you can pick up telepsych experience easily depending where you decide to practice. TMS training may be more difficult to get. Is one more important than the other for you?
Very true, now that I think about it, I have no problem flying around to seminars and workshops as a psychiatrist to get that extra training on my own time/money. The only thing I might need from a university would be DBS/VNS/ECT exposure. TMS and Tele aren't really an issue.
Thanks for the thoughts Brainzzz. I'm still trying to figure out the quoting system, sorry about the formatting.
No worries. It took me a while to figure it out too. Just click the +Quote link on the bottom right. Then start writing your post. There's a button at the bottom that asks if you want to insert a quote and you can select which one you want to insert. Best of luck in your decision.