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I'm looking at setting up my 3rd and 4th year rotations. I was wondering if anyone when they were a med student did a rotation at Tripler. Did you like it? How was the experience
Thanks for the replayI did a physical medicine and rehab rotation there - it's not listed in the descriptions but is on the pull-down menu of the form you have to fill out. It is NOT a site that has a residency for PM & R - but when I filled out the app I was considering it (when I went there actually wanted rads, got rads in the match, rads dept there is AWESOME!)
I had a BLAST!!! probably because almost no one rotates through PM & R there so the attendings didn't really know what to do with me so they sent me home early with a list of things to do on the island. The weather there is fantastic, I HIGHLY recommend staying at the Hale Koa (ask to stay in the new tower, I can't remember what it's called). It is the best hotel, seriously, rooms very spacious and in the new tower very pretty, great views in all rooms!)
I even got upgraded to a convertible with only having to pay $5 out of pocket b/c the girl at Hertz was so nice - it was AWESOME!!!
Tripler itself is a nice hospital, friendly people, the other students I talked to said that they enjoyed their clinical rotations (I only did outpatient). Girls doing peds said it wasn't quite as friendly as Madigan, but enjoyed it nonetheless.
I interviewed with rads while I was out there, loved them all!!! They even invited me out to a "retreat" to Turtle Bay on the North Shore - so much fun!
::Sigh:: now I'm back in the icebox...
Any more ?
Thanks for the replay
When did you do your rotation? During third year or around sep/oct of fourth year?
Also did the military pay for the car rental?
Can you sublet a place? I was on craigstlist and there were a few places that seemed much cheaper for a month than a hotel room. Has anyone tried doing this and getting reimbursed for it?
I showed my TAD orders to the housing office there and they gave me a 2 or 3 bedroom townhouse with a kitchen & washer/dryer. $17/night. I don't know if that deal's still available or possible.
Hey all,
Just got approved to do radiology at TAMC. I'll be a 3rd year. I'm HPSP but was going to do it as a non-ADT so I can double up my last two ADTs at the start of 4th year for interviews and because I think by then I'll have a better idea of what to do.
Anyway, my main question is, do I need orders to stay in the on post lodging? And if not, any idea how much it runs per night? I'll be there for 4 weeks.
If I do decide to go ahead and request orders for this, will I get paid for 45 days even though the rotation is only 4 weeks?
Thanks for your help.
To try and answer your questions,
1) You don't need orders to stay in on-post lodging as long as you have a valid military ID, you will just not be reimbursed obviously. By the way, everything was privatized around TAMC so there's no reason to stay in the TAMC housing. The Navy Lodge's rates for staying without orders is the same as staying with orders I believe. It's like $89 per night and quite a bit nicer than the TAMC lodge. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong
2) You will be paid for 45 days active duty even if your rotation is only 4 weeks. The other 15 or whatever days will be scheduled as at school time or however they work their magic.
Thanks for the helpful information! Do you know how far the Navy Lodge is from TAMC? Is it at Barber's Point?
Navy Lodge is on Ford Island, which is about 20-25 minutes from Barber's Point without traffic, anybody's bet with traffic.I'm not positive on the specific distance in miles, but I believe the Navy Lodge is really close to Barber's Point.
Yeah, you pick your poison. You have tourist glut of Hale Koa's area vs. strip-mall glut of Navy Lodge area. North Shore and Leeward side of Oahu are lovely. West side is a spectrum of mostly local ugly vs. mostly tourist ugly.When I was at TAMC I stayed at the Hale Koa. I'm staying at the Navy Lodge as temporary quarters when I PCS in June. It's cheaper and away from all of the touristy crap. There's also a commissary nearby.