I'll play, stats are usual SDN, preferences don't correlate as well: Top 40 program, lots of relevant ECs, 230s/260s, 3rd year Honors, Senior AOA, EM H/HP. Applied 22, got 20, went to 15. 4-year bias, looking for an academic job. I like Dr. Gisondi's statement from the Northwestern presentation "3 year programs should have to justify being able to train you as well as a 4 year program." And RRC requirements are not that justification, they're a minimum standard.
+/- below are nearly verbatim post-interview notes with a couple clarifications where my shorthand wouldn't make sense.
1 University of Washington +Massive catchment area, active EM/CC fellowships, education research, integrated Peds, lots of faculty trained at other programs on this list, PDs 2nd program (Michigan), I like the all-female leadership, it makes for a more progressive, less cowboy culture (this might also just be Seattle). -New program, so lots more uncertainty. Rainy winters.
2 Northwestern +11mos ICU time, PD/Chair philosophy on education/resident wellness is the best sales pitch on the interview trail, 2nd program (BWH/MGH), branding/job placement/"polished product," coaching "soft skills" as part of curriculum, "constructed curriculum, took over UChicagos level 1 trauma area -Some complaints that it's becoming inbred, fwiw
3 Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital +Mentorship/Harvard resources, lots of elective time, lots of sim resources, covers first/last rent -Boston has lots of level 1 trauma centers to spread the work, but at least this program covers 2 of them.
4 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center +Red Sox, most advanced IT/technology integration on the list (Larry Nathanson), multiple affiliate hospitals for "real world" practice experience, established EM/CC fellowship with boarded fellows, 3+1 with less oversight/better pay than Hopkins, Harvard -3 year curriculum with only 6 weeks electives, most sites are community/smaller academic but acuity is very high (lots of elderly), only 4 mos CC (and 4th is new next year)
5 New York Presbyterian +Wilderness opportunities, Protected evidence and US shifts, crazy resources, Off-service burn, ped/adult anesthesia, Curriculum for how to teach, you can live in Washington Heights for Spanish immersion -few traumas/procedures, New Yorkers
6 Hopkins +FAST Track: 3 year curriculum with built in pre-fellowship/part-time attending year (20 hrs/week--it seems this may allow a 1-year fellowship to be completed during the 4th year?), Taj Majal just opened-->huge/new, zero hallway beds, but not extravagantly nicer than other majors (BWH comes to mind, Cornell as well, definitely Pitt and Cinci are as nice), laid-back unlike history might indicate, Baltimore is probably one of the cheapest cities in the NE/Mid-Atlantic region to train (resident salary can buy a row house) -Baltimore still isn't that big/developed, is a checkerboard of nice/bad areas, commute from DC or suburbs would be rough, Crazy bureaucracy--> resident example was no TVUS in department because protocol can't get through red tape (though to be fair, I haven't seen any other departments who can do it)
7 Brown +Graduated responsibility curriculum with resuscitation-heavy 3rd year, large catchment area and high volume, integrated Peds, 7 mos critical care, great/engaging PD, new education fellowship launching, lots of 4th year elective time with optional tuition remission, cheap COL (super low rent/buy options) -Relatively new education department, not as developed in fellowships but very open to resident development of new pathways, RI is very libertarian/conspiracy theorist laden (came up in conference)
The rest of the list was arranged completely by geography, and is listed alphabetically:
Cincinnati +Super sick patients, cheap COL, prestige program, helicopters, tons of money and toys, SWAT/USSS, lots of EMS, probably nose-to-grindstone best pure clinical training out there -No other strong residencies, not attached to major academic center, presentation seems to apologize for being in Cincinnati
Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center Program +PD understands curriculum design, EM/CC well-integrated, lots of sick patients, 1 month at Shock/Trauma, very welcoming residents/staff -DC is expensive, there was a ridiculous line in the closing talk about being the most important" hospital/city/country in the universe (who says that?)
Oregon Health & Science University +Most beautiful (if impractical, being on a hill) hospital to walk around, friendly PD, cool town full of restaurants and coffee shops, busy residents are not strictly needed" so focus is on education -Portland is seriously only restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and the outdoors (this would all be great, but might be a better vacation destination than place to live), residents are understaffed relatively, so don't have overlapping time off often
Stanford +$tanford: $3k moving, $2k/annual, $1k food bonuses, R1 = $55k, lots of research money, integrated CC fellowship and highly reviewed ICU months, lots of affiliated schools for projects, frequently published residents, Everest base camp/Denali research -Palo Alto ~1hr from SF, Silicon Valley startup-fever (±), 3 year = 20+ 12hrs/month, "4 days off per month"
University of Chicago +Flight program w/int'l flights, very nice/fun PD, multiple hospitals with tons of pathology, developing Education curriculum -Dropped level 1 status at UChicago, Hyde Park difficult to access from nicer parts of Chicago
UPMC +Jeep, CC-friendly, Steelers, super nice facilities, happy residents, nice neighborhoods -Not cutting edge in terms of ED care, CC not integrated, no ICU players in the EDs, "run like a business
UCSF +Housing stipend, nice facilities, high volume at SFGH, high acuity at M-L, PD runs ACEP Teaching Fellowship, 2nd program (Duke), residents rent a house in Tahoe for skiing -COL is crazy (even with stipend)
