cant decide how to put these...i think boston more res autonomy and diverse clinical experience plus nice place to live
mayo name prestigious easier to get fellowships but place is out of the way and v cold plus too many zebras ??
any thoughts?
GLO MD Forum Guru
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01/17/08 - 09:22 AM
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Poor charlie!! Tough decisioooon!!! hahahaha just kiddin' friend!! Sorry but this is your cross to bare hahaha (kiddin' again!)... do what your heart tells you, we can't help you much here!! Good luck, just being able to choose between these two tells me that you are a very very smart guy and we'll be able to make a wise decision (us mortals can't help much!!... hahaha kiddin' again friend!!) Good luck on the match (you don't need it though!)
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prueba Forum Guru
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01/17/08 - 10:12 AM
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agree with GLO...it's difficult to make such decisions .... I don't know for sure but I guess that the training in internal medicine might be better at BU because of the autonomy plus academic environment from where you'll have also excellent chances for fellowship.. Mayo Clinic sounds to me like an excellent place to practice, or great for fellowship....I'm not sure if it would be better for training in IM compared to BU.... Anyways, for IM compared to many places Mayo Clinic has to be excellent .... it's just that you are comparing 2 great places and any of them should be excellent..... If you like both the same for training, then I would probably choose based on location.... Then other thought, I guess living in Boston is much more expensive but nicer.... If married with kids I'd go to Rochester if single Boston... just some thoughts hehehe
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01/17/08 - 11:13 AM
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You'll be happy anyway!
Good luck choosing!
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mazinger Forum Guru
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01/19/08 - 03:54 PM
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mayo rochester best clinical training in the US, boston university great place as well... Rochester is boring for singles dude, if you are single and need a decent social life go for boston all the way... Social life and relations are soooooo important specially during residency that is tough.. Sometimes when you feel you need a break you have lots of options at Boston meanwhile at Rochester options are ver limited.. So if you cant make up your mind go for he place you are going to be happier... hope this helps
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mph Forum Elite
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01/20/08 - 06:33 AM
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Either one is good for training, so congrat. at first, and agree with all above opinions.
However, in terms of diverse clinical experience, I think Mayo wins in this category. It's probably the top 5 most medically heterogeneous place globally, not SES-wisely though.
I remember a class back in my MPH comparing different medical institutions in Boston- As Boston is so small and medically dense, BU is more "bread and butter" compared to the big three, but one good thing about BU is its underserved patient population.
I would go with BU anyway, as I'll become a frozen meat bar in MN.
mazinger Forum Guru
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01/20/08 - 07:41 AM
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mph wrote: I would go with BU anyway, as I'll become a frozen meat bar in MN.
Its chilly up there.. I have an interview to take at the mayo clinic, and I get goose bumps just to think that I am leaving my warm tropical area heading to the arctic cold...
WELL... No pain no gain...
Its the mayo clinic you cant go any better than that right?? Well it depends wether you are going to be happy there with a non existent social life and the freakin' cold...
(us mortals can't help much!!... hahaha kiddin' again friend!!) Good luck on the match (you don't need it though!)
