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21-22 Doximity Rankings
#11
(07-17-2021, 11:30 AM)Guest Wrote:
(07-16-2021, 06:40 PM)Guest Wrote:
(07-16-2021, 06:30 PM)Or  Guest Wrote:
(07-16-2021, 04:57 PM)Guest Wrote: Thoughts on the new order?

Top 10-15 are typical, no arguments. After that it's an awful list, not sure i could make it worse if i tried. Just a few examples: 

- How does Tufts have a better reputation than historic programs like UVA and Cleveland Clinic? Not saying it's a bad program, but clearly not that high. 

- They have Mayo Jacksonville, a new program that just fired 3 residents, ahead of solid, stable programs with a proven track record of great training (Stanford, vandy, OSU)

- How is Geisinger that high? Better than Case, UCSD? 

- Not having Carolinas in the top 50 is also pretty egregious, it's a very competitive program and their operative experience is second to none. 

- OHSU barely cracked the top 70

- Georgetown not in the top 100? Below their neighbors GWU who just lost their biggest attending?

I could go on forever. Basically to any applicants reading this, ignore completely.

Couldn’t agree more with above. I cannot begin to imagine what criteria they are using
Can someone post a more realistic list of residencies ranked from most competitive to least competitive?  "fit" is most important but how do step and research pubs play into the ranking? top 20 ranked I assume are 260+ w/ 10+ pubs?
Lol no, you’d be surprised. Much more at play than that, there are plenty of 260s at non T20 programs.
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#12
People need to understand the methodology of how doximity builds this list. A survey is sent out to a bunch of neurosurgeons, and it asks them to rank only their idea of the TOP 5 PROGRAMS in the country - nothing else. It's such an absurd process, and it explains why the top ~5 or so programs are relatively accurate, but then a place like Cleveland Clinic can end up next to a place like Tufts. Neither are top 5 programs, but one is unequivocally stronger than the other. Between being based on a popularity contest and this methodology, it is essentially a meaningless list after the top 5-10 (and even that is very questionable, not going to comment on specific places but some of those top 10 are just objectively wrong).

P.S. - none of this takes into account YOUR priorities in a program. A program can be a top 5-10 academic place but suck with operative experience, and vice versa. Can't say enough that you should think for yourself throughout the application process.
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#13
(07-18-2021, 02:34 PM)?Guest Wrote: People need to understand the methodology of how doximity builds this list. A survey is sent out to a bunch of neurosurgeons, and it asks them to rank only their idea of the TOP 5 PROGRAMS in the country - nothing else. It's such an absurd process, and it explains why the top ~5 or so programs are relatively accurate, but then a place like Cleveland Clinic can end up next to a place like Tufts. Neither are top 5 programs, but one is unequivocally stronger than the other. Between being based on a popularity contest and this methodology, it is essentially a meaningless list after the top 5-10 (and even that is very questionable, not going to comment on specific places but some of those top 10 are just objectively wrong).

P.S. - none of this takes into account YOUR priorities in a program. A program can be a top 5-10 academic place but suck with operative experience, and vice versa. Can't say enough that you should think for yourself throughout the application process.

Don’t be bashful. Who doesn’t belong in the top 10
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#14
Oof. Looks like Doximity does this ranking more for patient perspective rather than med students/residents.
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#15
(07-20-2021, 02:34 PM)Guest Wrote: Oof. Looks like Doximity does this ranking more for patient perspective rather than med students/residents.

It's literally a ranking of training programs, accessible to medical students and residents. That's what the whole survey they send out is about.

US News is more for patients
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#16
Why is Baylor above Stanford, Cleveland clinic and UTSW? Lol
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#17
Which ones don’t belong in the top 20?
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#18
(07-25-2021, 09:04 PM)Guest Wrote: Which ones don’t belong in the top 20?

Rush, UF, UCLA

Programs that don't belong in the top 30:
Tufts, Mayo Jax, Tenn, UTSW, UAB
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#19
(07-26-2021, 07:39 AM)Guest Wrote:
(07-25-2021, 09:04 PM)Guest Wrote: Which ones don’t belong in the top 20?

Rush, UF, UCLA

Programs that don't belong in the top 30:
Tufts, Mayo Jax, Tenn, UTSW, UAB

Can't argue with this. When are we going to stop talking about UW like Dick Winn is still there and it's a top 10 program?
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#20
Uggh. Again?

We've all seen good people come out of "garbage" programs and terrible people come out of name brand/blue blood powerhouses. Here's a much better plan than "I'm going to go to a top 5 program and everything will work out." Learn to operate in 7 years and figure out what subspeciality you actually want to do when you finish (it's going to change at some point in junior residency). Then get one of the top 2-3 fellowships in that field.

Your end goal is to trade on your own name, not the name of your residency. Second, none of the attendings I trained with respond with their residency when you asked them where they trained. The answer is "Spetzler", "Rhoton", "Shaffery". You're only as good as your last level of training in any surgical discipline - and that's until you establish yourself independently.
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