Thoughts? Which would you attend?
Feel free to add in your reason(s)!
Feel free to add in your reason(s)!
Thoughts? Which would you attend?
Feel free to add in your reason(s)!
Lol touro !!!
Most med schools in New York, with the possible exception of NYU, have serious clinical rotation shortages. CUNY is planning on opening a full class in the next year (partnering with St. Barnabas for clinicals) and Seton Hall is planning on opening a new school in North Jersey (partnering with Hackensack for clinicals). The 2 schools that are going to lose the most are Touro and NYIT students because Touro students do rotations at Hackensack while NYIT students use Barnabas. When the issue came up during a student government meeting at Touro-NY, Dean Goldberg said that he is heavily "campaigning" to get Harlem Hospital for rotations to offset the number. To give him credit, he did a 1 hour presentation during the annual AMA conferance on why hospitals should cut ties with offshore schools. Currently, besides Touro, Columbia is also looking to fight for Harlem Hospital. Currently, most students go to Jersey for rotations and Touro has opened up many residencies in those hospitals.
Despite the drama of clinical education at Touro-NY, the pre-clinical years are awesome. You have the "flip" curriculum which allows class time to be more discussion oriented and case reviews. I've heard that the curriculum is the best part of Touro. You also have some awesome faculty members that are committed to education. Despite what the other poster has stated, research is also big at Touro-Harlem. I've heard that OMM is also pretty heavy at Touro-NY. Students are required to return to campus frequently during years 3-4 for OMM review.
I've only heard good things about MUCOM. Like Touro-NY, they are very mission focused but, unlike Touro-NY, they actually sick to their mission. Indy is awesome. You don't have rotation drama because the hospital has partnerships with most of the Catholic Hospitals in the state. I don't have any friends at MUCOM so I don't know much about much else. I'm sure MUCOM also has decent research opportunities considering its proximity to Indy, a Bioscience hub.