Hi,
I am a MSIII just finish my block (5 months consist of IM, Surgery, and FP) over at Downey Regional Hospital.
Pro: You will learn a great deal. There is morning report with different attending each morning. There is Dr. Multani (a great cardiologist)giving lecture about twice a week there. His lectures are way better than any lecture I have in COMP (maybe except Dr. Leo's). I learn how to do and write H&P, dictation of H&P and discharge summary, daily soap notes on pts, ICU notes and writing prescription notes. The Interns and residents are mostly graduates from COMP, and they are extremely helpful to me.
Cons: The schedule is tough, especially for IM rotation. You will be on call about once a week. Your day starts around 6 am, and you will leave around 6-7 pm at night most of the time. You will probably get 2 days off of the whole 4-week rotation. When the attending miss morning report, the morning report is not as good--because you miss out on all the clinical pearls. It's a good thing that this doesn't happen very often.
Overall, I highly recommend Downey Hospital. I get to scrub in on many different surgery when I was doing my surgery rotation. Surgery over at Downey is great for beginner. They teach you step by step about sterile techniques and scrubbing-in.
If anyone have specific question, feel free to email me. This is just my opinion about my past 5 months experience there. It would be better for the MSII and the incoming new students to hear other students' experience.
Pei, COMP MSIII
P.S. Pomona Valley is 5 min. away from the school. I know there are quite a few COMP students rotate there each year.
[This message has been edited by peiyueng (edited 12-12-2000).]
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