Exia Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Toronto or Edmonton (Home) IM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Toronto or Edmonton (Home) IM? Are you young and single or married with kids? Kids make having family help around really valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exia Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 single.. nothing tying me down, but have friends/family here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opsoclonus Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Having been far away from my family for medical school, I'd say it counts for a lot to be close to them (even if you won't see them that much). My two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallenoak Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 my partner is in IM on the east coast and knows quite a few Edmonton trained IM docs and his cousin is in Toronto for IM. From what I have gathered from them is: 1) Toronto is a great place to be (I was a U of T undergrad and loved toronto) BUT I do not mean it's a great place to be for training b/c his cousin does not get a lot of independence or opportunities to do procedures, becuz of all the fellows and the large # of other residents. 2) Research in Toronto is of course infinite, but I have the feeling that there are also the opportunities like that in Edmonton 3) Edmonton trained medical students and residents do well and this is recognized across the country 4) Both have a great match rate for fellowships, 100% to first choice for Edmonton and 98% to first choice for U of T If you did your undergrad, medschool etc in Edmonton it may be a nice change to move out to Toronto. My advice would be Edmonton for the training but again Toronto if you would like to change it up! Goodluck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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