Is AUC good for CA residency and practice?

[dtanita]

It is very important for me and my wife to get a residency and to practice in CA. My choice between SGU and AUC may very well depend on this very issue. Knowing that, is it difficult for AUC grads to get residency positions (FP in particular) in CA? Does SGU give me a better, worse, or equal chance at getting a residency in CA?

I really wish AUC would post affiliated hospitals on their sites.

[medstudent2b2003]

I think SGU gives you a better chance, i am not biased but thats what i have interpreted from reading these forum, SGU has residents all over cali including Stanford University, SGU also has clinical affliations for rotations in california including Highland Hospital and Kern Medical Center.

[teratos]

The answer is "Yes", you can do residency and practice in CA from AUC. I have yet to see a distinct advantage of any school over another in terms of where you can do residency. The demographics of each schoo varies widely, and that can affect the number of residents in various states. Just make sure you do all your rotations at ACGME accredited hospitals. I think Ca also requires that you do a family practice rotation in med school (???) which I believe AUC now requires so you should be OK. Ross, SGU, and AUC are the only carib schools CA approved. G

[Art Vandelay]

I think SGU gives you a better chance, i am not biased but thats what i have interpreted from reading these forum, SGU has residents all over cali including Stanford University, SGU also has clinical affliations for rotations in california including Highland Hospital and Kern Medical Center.
...which AUC has clinical affiliations with as well. There are AUC grads matched to California every year.

[dtanita]

I guess what I'm after is how much of an advantage does SGU have over AUC in obtaining a CA residency.

I'm hoping to get a good FP residency in So. Cal. If going to AUC will make my options limited or if only say 10% of AUC grads who try for CA residencies get them, I would lean towards SGU. However if getting a CA residency in FP at AUC will be somewhat easy I would take other factors into account as to where I go.

It seems as if getting a residency in CA is difficult and going to a school where they will give you any advantage is to my gain. If after researching this out and it proves to be true I will most likely choose SGU, assuming I get in.

[teratos]

Little, if any. Just my opinion. G

[cuevasso]

the affiliated hospitals for AUC are posted under the clinical faculty section of the webstie.

[Diegodoc]

I asked this question myself. See the thread in the SGU forum entitled "Residency in the Bay area". Hope it helps, its still a difficult decision.