SDN User Reviews of Med-Peds Programs (2024)

Happy residents, looks like reasonable work/life balance, great PD who has been there a while and seems to take care of his residents – I think he can get you where you want to go. Peds was maybe a little more impressive than medicine (maybe I'm just biased by facilities, Dupont is on a beautiful piece of land). Christiana is a HUGE private hospital, big catchment area. Dupont Children's hospital is about 20-25min away in another city (DE is small) if that matters to you. Looks like a humane place to train overall, location is kinda “meh” but Philly is 45min away. Worth checking out! I would be happy here.

Disclaimer: I personally am a little uncomfortable with glamor/glitz, so maybe I'm biased against Miami. I still ranked it high but you might rank it higher if you can tolerate beautiful pretentious people better than I can Anyway, Jackson Mem is a beat-down I hear from a friend who is there It's a big county hospital and features all the social/logistical issues that you'd expect. But the patient population is definitely the compelling reason to train here. You'd learn spanish, if you know french you could use it (big Haitian pop). Crazy pathology, underserved population, opportunities for international work – lots of latin American co-residents too. Probably a similar experience to USC.

I loved it here. Def a mid-west vibe, no stuck up yanks Very old/established program, on the larger side (8 residents/class). The PD was my favorite that I met in all my interviews – very chill, been there a while. Residents seem happy. They seem big on teaching and work/life balance. ICU rotations are 2 weeks so you don't get worn out. One IM intern I met who came from a typical East coast school said people in the program were a little too nice Rochester is a cheap place to live, doesn't seem like a bad place to spend a few years – I'll let you Wiki it and figure that out for yourself.

My other love. Established program, fantastic PD who has been there a while and I think will get you where you want to go. The M-P program is definitely the “family jewel” at Baystate compared to relatively small/little-known categorical programs. Very happy residents, stress work/life balance. Big 650 bed hospital with large catchment area, pretty much the only game around. Northampton is a very cool small town and pretty impressive culturally given the size, it's about 20min away if you want to commute. Springfield is cheaper/less exciting.
I think Northampton might be little cooler place to live if you're young/single than Rochester, and Bradley is a large airport so access is easier here than Rochester (in case you're not from the area it might be easier getting in/out easily at all hours). On the other hand, I think Rochester has a stronger reputation especially in terms of the categorical programs. I could flip a coin between the two and be happy.

I personally think Cleveland is a pretty cool city, that's up to you though. Progressive, decent public transportation, cheap. I got a weird feeling that I can't explain from the residents here. Also, there doesn't seem to be a very strong M-P identity, just 2 strong categorical programs. I did really like the categorical faculty I met, their PD's seemed great.

Again, depends on what you think of Cleveland. I actually got a better vibe from the residents here than at U, seemed happier. However, search this forum for Metrohealth some concerning stuff pops up, not Med-Peds specifically but still. Certainly less impressive on paper, more IMG's and the “reputation” isn't quite as good. This is the county hospital, if that's what you want.

I liked this program a lot. Awesome PD, a super impressive bunch of residents, some of the smartest I've seen. Definitely a strong academic culture, lots of teaching, waxing poetic about the latest EBM and all that jazz. I think they work hard but everyone is very, very nice – definitely oozes Southern charm. No combined clinic, not so sure about the M-P “identity” when it's stuck between two big, impressive categorical programs and only 4 residents/class. I ranked them high. Birmingham...well...you figure that one out Worth checking out, for sure. Standalone children's if that matters to you BUT everything is in the same few blocks downtown including VA, county, University, easy to go between.

Really liked all the residents I met, they seemed happy. I also met an applicant on the trail from UIC who reinforced my impression of the friendly culture there. Medicine seems stronger than Peds. The PD is new and she seems very nice/enthusiastic. 4 residents/class so smallish program. Opportunities for MPH classes/degree for free. The hospital is downtown, near Rush and Cook. At UIC the majority of the patient population is Medicare/Medicaid (whereas Cook is for people with no insurance and Rush is private). I think it's a great patient population and the pathology seems impressive – IM morning report was TB pericarditis. Chicago is IMO an awesome city. But it's rather expensive, certainly not NYC/Cali/Boston but it might get a little tight on a resident's salary depending on your loan payments and living expectations. UIC doesn't have the cachet of UofC but personally I didn't apply there – being on the South side and having a reputation for “high walls” and not taking care of your neighborhood didn't appeal to me. Maybe I'm just a sucker for the Tribune's sensationalism though

This is a less competitive program, lots of IMGs (I personally don't have a problem with IMGs, they know their ****) and Shreveport isn't a very desirable place to live. I think the training is good, they are the only game around, they have a VA and a U, no standalone children's. Combined clinic, cool PD who has been around. If you are a less competitive applicant and want to do M-P I think this is a good place to shoot for, and honestly if you can get over Shreveport I think it's solid.

Great PD, happy residents. Medicine does not seem as strong as Peds (standalone children's). New Orleans is a special place and the poverty there is such that you will probably see it all in terms of pathology. Cost of living is reasonable, great food/culture.

Great medicine program with a very well known PD, Peds just got a new PD who seems awesome. There is no standalone children's and you rotate in different hospitals (not Children's NOLA – that's LSU). Medicine has private/VA/county. Residents and New Orleanians in general seem like a cool bunch – laid back. On medicine they have a 4+1 system which is 4 weeks of wards (no clinic), then 1 week of 9-5 clinic. Also, no morning report – it's after lunch instead (easier to get work done in AM). It's pretty unique and everyone seems to like it. Also, didactics here are squeezed into Friday school. So no noon conference during the week, but Friday afternoons you go to school for a few hours – I think it's great. Smallish program 4 residents.

This is a county, and they make it no secret from the start of the interview that the goal of the program is to serve the underserved. This may not appeal to you, I personally think it attracts an awesome bunch of residents, who seemed very happy. PD was very cool as well. I have no doubt you will work hard here, and you'll probably be very competent and have seen it all when you leave. You do get to spend some time at Children's LA. City is expensive, salary sucks as much as everywhere else, and LA is a love/hate thing – up to you I think it's a great program and I ranked them high.

This institution has a good rep and the residents were all very nice and seemed happy, but I couldn't shake the feeling that they were selling the location more than anything else. To be clear, the residents seemed sharp, and the pathology is probably as good as anywhere given the proximity to Mexico, but I just left underwhelmed for some reason. San Diego is what you dream of when you think of SoCal – 360+ days of sun between 50-80 degrees. You'd be silly not to go have a look.