DO programs in the south....

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Check out scutwork.com they have a lot of information
that said, i have friends that have rotated in Kingmen and said they like it and they also do some of their trauma in Las Vegas.
 
scutwork hasn't been updated in eons.

I am in the same boat, friend. No reviews or inside scoop to be found on Kingman or joplin.

Anyone with ideas, fire away.

BTW, My wife contacted the Kingman chamber of commerce to try and dig up some general info on the area, which was a HUGE mistake. We have Kingman realtors calling and emailing constantly now...
 
Hey just wanted to give you some information on the Emergency Medicine residency in Joplin, MO. It is located at Freeman Health Systems which is a Level II Trauma Center.,The emergency room is brand new and has an census of 55,000 pts. The ER has 48 beds with 5 massive trauma bays. You do Trauma surgery/Toxicology in Denver, CO. You also rotate at Childrens Mercy in Kansas City for Pediatric ER/PICU. The residency is affiliated with Oklahoma State University. You should check it out-SD
 
absolutely, I plan to apply broadly! I was hoping to stay in the south, mainly for the lower cost of living and weather but I'll go where my career takes me. thanks for all the advice!!
 
I can give a bit of input on 2 of them.

I rotated in Oklahoma City last month. They are a very busy ED with about 80k visits a year. They take 8 residents a month. It is a very strong program with good didactics. It is in the southside of OKC which is a little rougher, but you see lots of pathology becaues of this. The residents were are very competent.

I interviewed at kingman a few days ago. It also seems like a good program, they take 4 residents a year. They told me they get about 40k ER visits a year, so on a per resident basis that is quite a bit. The thing that will get some people is it is in Kingman Arizona which is about 2 hours from both vegas and phoenix. It is a relatively new program with only 2 classes graduated.

Hopefully that helps.
 
West Virginia University has a campus in Charleston that is strictly for DO's. I am not sure on the exact census, but you work out of 3 hospitals: 1 focused on trauma, 1 on cardiovascular events, and the 3rd is a Women's and Children's hospital. You'll see your general EM stuff while at each one, but the different focuses are nice. I know there is some mandatory flight time, as well. Being an MD student, however, most of my info is from the DO residents I know there.
 
Schnoffle said:
West Virginia University has a campus in Charleston that is strictly for DO's. I am not sure on the exact census, but you work out of 3 hospitals: 1 focused on trauma, 1 on cardiovascular events, and the 3rd is a Women's and Children's hospital. You'll see your general EM stuff while at each one, but the different focuses are nice. I know there is some mandatory flight time, as well. Being an MD student, however, most of my info is from the DO residents I know there.
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Volume is 100k and you see tons of pathology
 
studentdoc45 said:
Hey just wanted to give you some information on the Emergency Medicine residency in Joplin, MO. It is located at Freeman Health Systems which is a Level II Trauma Center.,The emergency room is brand new and has an census of 55,000 pts. The ER has 48 beds with 5 massive trauma bays. You do Trauma surgery/Toxicology in Denver, CO. You also rotate at Childrens Mercy in Kansas City for Pediatric ER/PICU. The residency is affiliated with Oklahoma State University. You should check it out-SD
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Joplin is also a 90-95% white community. If you plan to practice in this population in the future, you will be fine. It is a great place to train because of increased independence due to lower numbers of students, interns and residents. Don't know if this means more call though.
 
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