I'm curious how many of you are considering staying at your med school's residency program. Originally I wasn't even considering staying here as my husband and I are from the west coast and living in the deep south has been... interesting. I was pretty much looking at every area of the country but here. But the more time I've spent on clinical rotations, the more I have come to like the program here! Again and again I've been impressed with the quality of the teaching, the kindness and humanity of our attendings, and the very pleasant and fun residents I've met. Long story short, my home program is now one of my top choices!
I won't know for sure until I head out on interviews, but there certainly is some comfort in knowing how the program here works, having had talked to a lot of the residents, being familiar with the hospital, etc. My husband has a great job here and we own a house, so there are a lot of pluses to staying. I'm sure a place like Philadelphia or Chicago or anywhere else is great, but do we really want to move there for four years just because we can? I do feel that there is inherent value in living/training in different places, but I started to wonder as I looked at my 20th random Midwest program if I wasn't being a bit silly.
I'm lucky in that the program here has been incredibly supportive towards me and the other applicants from our class. I really feel like they want us to stay (it's nice that there are only four of us so there are plenty of spots) and this has made me a bit more relaxed about how many programs I'm looking at. (Though I'm a bit below average so I did app to about 25 programs just in case.)
So I guess I'm just wondering... does your home program appeal to you? Does it feel like you have a good chance of matching there if you want to? Has the department been supportive of you as applicants? Just want to get some other perspectives.
I won't know for sure until I head out on interviews, but there certainly is some comfort in knowing how the program here works, having had talked to a lot of the residents, being familiar with the hospital, etc. My husband has a great job here and we own a house, so there are a lot of pluses to staying. I'm sure a place like Philadelphia or Chicago or anywhere else is great, but do we really want to move there for four years just because we can? I do feel that there is inherent value in living/training in different places, but I started to wonder as I looked at my 20th random Midwest program if I wasn't being a bit silly.
I'm lucky in that the program here has been incredibly supportive towards me and the other applicants from our class. I really feel like they want us to stay (it's nice that there are only four of us so there are plenty of spots) and this has made me a bit more relaxed about how many programs I'm looking at. (Though I'm a bit below average so I did app to about 25 programs just in case.)
So I guess I'm just wondering... does your home program appeal to you? Does it feel like you have a good chance of matching there if you want to? Has the department been supportive of you as applicants? Just want to get some other perspectives.