Clinical rotations at Tulane
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That is definitely not accurate info.
Charity was staffed by both LSU and Tulane (how can you go to LSU and not know this?). Tulane kids used to rotate through all 4 downtown hospitals (Charity, University, Tulane, and the VA). Now that University is open again, students from both schools will be rotating there and will serve the "Charity population" there. The VA is supposed to be leasing a floor of Tulane for inpatient services, outpt stuff is going on at the old VA building.
A lot of clinical experiences that used to be at Charity in the meantime are being done at other hospitals (Ochsner most notably), for better or for worse. Some experiences have suffered somewhat in quality from what I hear, some have not changed at all. Because some of the new rotation sites aren't used to having students (or a high volume of students), there has been some friction in getting these established. But these are temporary issues IMO, and are actively being addressed. Everything will be back to near-normal (the "new normal" some in the city are calling it) by the time you'd start your 3rd year.
Tulane rocks, and there is nowhere else on the planet I'd rather have gone to med school. Even with that bitch Katrina wrecking our 3rd year, it's been a fantastic experience.
Charity was staffed by both LSU and Tulane (how can you go to LSU and not know this?). Tulane kids used to rotate through all 4 downtown hospitals (Charity, University, Tulane, and the VA). Now that University is open again, students from both schools will be rotating there and will serve the "Charity population" there. The VA is supposed to be leasing a floor of Tulane for inpatient services, outpt stuff is going on at the old VA building.
A lot of clinical experiences that used to be at Charity in the meantime are being done at other hospitals (Ochsner most notably), for better or for worse. Some experiences have suffered somewhat in quality from what I hear, some have not changed at all. Because some of the new rotation sites aren't used to having students (or a high volume of students), there has been some friction in getting these established. But these are temporary issues IMO, and are actively being addressed. Everything will be back to near-normal (the "new normal" some in the city are calling it) by the time you'd start your 3rd year.
Tulane rocks, and there is nowhere else on the planet I'd rather have gone to med school. Even with that bitch Katrina wrecking our 3rd year, it's been a fantastic experience.
Sorry if I was uninformed, I am but a lowly first year. I knew of tulane students rotating at vets but had never heard of them doing charity rotations. I stand corrected . . . there was no need to be harsh about it tho. .
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Sorry, I'm hypoglycemic and thought I heard a "tone" in your post (it sounded to me like you were saying "Charity is our hospital, not Tulane's"). Apologies. I have nothing but love for our LSU-NO colleagues.
Great! That makes me feel alot better about Tulane. That and the tuition were the only things that put me off a little. When I interviewed there I got the feeling there was a real cohesiveness amoung the students and it was a pretty non-competative atmosphere. Sounds like a great place to go to school.
On another note. I'm a non-trad and just got married recently, is this an anomaly? Am I going to feel out of place there?
no problem. I have mad luv for tulane, they are my undergrad alma mater and the choice between Tulane med and LSU med came down to only finances.
i'm a T2 and while Katrina was a b1tch, i'm very happy at tulane. there's no other school i'd be happier at. Tulane's price is on par with most other private medical schools, so i wouldn't let that put you off. Seriously, i LOVE new orleans - it is such a unique city. I'm crazy about this place, the people, and my classmates. I know this doesn't address your questions about clinical rotations, but the above posters did that. By the time you get around to doing rotations, things will be sorted out.
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Not at all. We have plenty of non-trads, it's part of what gives our classes their character. I get along with the 43 year-olds in our class as well as I do with the 25 year-olds, and being married definitely doesn't condemn you to pariah status. A good percentage of each class is married or engaged (which is standard for all med schools, not just us).
You definitely won't find a happier student body anywhere in the country. That goes a long, long way in my book.
You all have convinced me, looks like I'm going to Tulane next year! Thanks' for answering all of my questions. 👍
