Doximity, the social network for physicians, has recently launched Residency Navigator, a new online tool that evaluates and ranks medical and surgical residency programs. Through a peer nomination process (view methodology), Residency Navigator is the first-ever national attempt to create a ranking system for programs that train future physicians. University of California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University came out as big winners in the process. UCSF placed in the top 10 for 16 specialties and Johns Hopkins placed in the top 10 for 14 specialties across the board. Sorting Through Residency Programs With the annual opening of ERAS on September 15th, Residency Navigator offers students a chance to generate a list of residency programs based on location, training preference, and fellowship placement. From there, users can view specific programs for affiliated hospital sites, board pass rate, subspecialty percentage, alumni percentage, and percentile ranks for research. Since launching on September 10th, more than 20% of the 15,000 medical students on Doximity have already used the tool to view the data. Ranking the Best Programs In addition to shining light on residency programs, Doximity’s Residency Navigator is also the first nation-wide attempt at create a public formal ranking of training programs. Recent reports from both the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) have recently issued calls for transparency into the performance of residency programs. This is the first time that data on a national evaluation of residency programs has been made public. US News & World Report, a nationally recognized publisher of education and health care rankings and information, consulted on the methodology. Top performing programs across select specialties are listed below. A full list of the top 10 placements across 20 specialties is available to the public through Residency Navigator. Top Anesthesiology Residency Programs 1. University of California (San Francisco) – San Francisco, CA 2. Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA 3. Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Boston, MA Top Emergency Medicine Residency Programs 1. Indiana University School of Medicine – Indianapolis, IN 2. University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College – Cincinnati, OH 3. University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA Top Internal Medicine Residency Programs 1. Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA 2. Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD 3. University of California (San Francisco) – San Francisco, CA 3. (tied) Brigham and Women’s Hospital Program – Boston, MA Top Neurological Surgery Residency Programs 1. University of California (San Francisco) – San Francisco, CA 2. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center – Phoenix, AZ 3. Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD Top OBGYN Residency Programs 1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA 2. University of California (San Francisco) – San Francisco, CA 3. UPMC Medical Education – Pittsburgh, PA Top Plastic Surgery Residency Programs 1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School – Dallas, TX 2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA 3. UPMC Medical Education – Pittsburgh, PA Top Radiology Residency Programs 1. University of California (San Francisco) – San Francisco, CA 2. Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA 3. Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium - St. Louis, MO source
