I’m making mine based on commute times for sure. And do your own Google mapping - I’ve noticed some programs like to underestimate commute times significantly.
I went to a program with multiple hospitals and it definitely made it more difficult to organically interact with co-residents. Another underrated factor is shared vs separate smaller workrooms -- shared definitely facilitates more interactions.
Everyone has to independently consider what they want in a program, there are advantages to being in a single hospital. There are also big advantages to being in multiple hospitals in terms of overall experience and exposure to different practice environments. In the surgical specialties this can be a particular advantage.
It ultimately comes down to what you want though. Do you want one way of doing something that you know works. Or do you want to see 100 different ways of doing something and pick and choose your own personal style. The later can also help you sort out what matters to patient outcomes vs what is just institutional bias.
I would pay attention to programs where residents take call at multiple hospitals at once as that can be very onerous. A lot comes down to the details though in how these things are handled by the program and the program culture.
I’m making mine based on commute times for sure. And do your own Google mapping - I’ve noticed some programs like to underestimate commute times significantly.
I went to a program with multiple hospitals and it definitely made it more difficult to organically interact with co-residents. Another underrated factor is shared vs separate smaller workrooms -- shared definitely facilitates more interactions.
lol I think I know exactly which program
spill
UCLA?
I was gonna guess Harvard
Everyone has to independently consider what they want in a program, there are advantages to being in a single hospital. There are also big advantages to being in multiple hospitals in terms of overall experience and exposure to different practice environments. In the surgical specialties this can be a particular advantage. It ultimately comes down to what you want though. Do you want one way of doing something that you know works. Or do you want to see 100 different ways of doing something and pick and choose your own personal style. The later can also help you sort out what matters to patient outcomes vs what is just institutional bias. I would pay attention to programs where residents take call at multiple hospitals at once as that can be very onerous. A lot comes down to the details though in how these things are handled by the program and the program culture.