2015-2016 Ohio State University Application Thread

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I'm not sure if this has already been answered, but approximately how many applicants are present at any single interview day?
 
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Portals are updated with deferred statuses at least. Just checked mine and saw the status. No email yet though
 
Hey guys! a couple of questions I am hoping someone can answer!
1. do you know how many students to a cadaver? on my tour the student mentioned 10 students to a cadaver on some days?... really hoping that isnt true lol
2. what days are exams mostly scheduled on?
3. I am super excited about the longitudinal practice, but does anyone know if you can request a practice to be a part of? I am really interested in OBGYN so it would be awesome to get more exposure to that area! Also Dr. Capers mentioned that the student that comes to his practice is able to give vaccines, take vitals, do the charting etc... is this common amongst all the LP or is his practice just willing to let students do more?

Thanks!!
 
jmpatt29 said:
Hey guys! a couple of questions I am hoping someone can answer!
1. do you know how many students to a cadaver? on my tour the student mentioned 10 students to a cadaver on some days?... really hoping that isnt true lol
2. what days are exams mostly scheduled on?
3. I am super excited about the longitudinal practice, but does anyone know if you can request a practice to be a part of? I am really interested in OBGYN so it would be awesome to get more exposure to that area! Also Dr. Capers mentioned that the student that comes to his practice is able to give vaccines, take vitals, do the charting etc... is this common amongst all the LP or is his practice just willing to let students do more?

Thanks!!
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1. Anatomy group size varies by class size, since there are a fixed number of cadavers. The M1 class is larger than the M2 class, but I had eight people in my dissection group. Even if there were 10 people, there's plenty to do in anatomy if you aren't the one currently working on dissecting some area. There are prosection presentations that take some of your group members to another lab, as well as radiograph/computer images to look over. I never felt that it was too crowded to get access to the body if you're really into it, since many students will gladly let those more enthusiastic about dissection do more of the heavy lifting.

2. Block exams are Thursday, with the exception of the first exam, which is on a Monday. Midterms, rare as they are, can be any day, though they usually shoot for Mondays. Quizzes are usually Mondays. The structure of assessment week and block exams is pretty fixed.

3. You can preference specialties to be placed in, although I would highly recommend picking a primary care specialty for LP. You can shadow OB/GYN literally any time you want. L&D is always looking for people to shadow over the weekend, and getting into clinic to shadow is not difficult at all. But LP is part of the curriculum, and as such you have certain expectations you have to meet and log, like performing specific physical exams during certain blocks. It's much easier to do that in Family Med or Internal Medicine than in a subspecialty clinic. Also you get to see a much large breadth of medicine in a primary care environment. Even if it's not something you want to do for your future, it's a good foundation to have and you see way more that relates to the curriculum.

As for what students can do in LP, yes you can give injections, take vitals, and chart. You have your own log in with your own access to your patient files. Of course, medical student progress notes have to be co-signed by your preceptor, and they still have to do their own charting, but yes you can do things like pend orders/medication refills to make your preceptor's job a little easier. If your preceptor is willing to offer you that level of autonomy that is.
 
PGY_Celd said:
1. Anatomy group size varies by class size, since there are a fixed number of cadavers. The M1 class is larger than the M2 class, but I had eight people in my dissection group. Even if there were 10 people, there's plenty to do in anatomy if you aren't the one currently working on dissecting some area. There are prosection presentations that take some of your group members to another lab, as well as radiograph/computer images to look over. I never felt that it was too crowded to get access to the body if you're really into it, since many students will gladly let those more enthusiastic about dissection do more of the heavy lifting.

2. Block exams are Thursday, with the exception of the first exam, which is on a Monday. Midterms, rare as they are, can be any day, though they usually shoot for Mondays. Quizzes are usually Mondays. The structure of assessment week and block exams is pretty fixed.

3. You can preference specialties to be placed in, although I would highly recommend picking a primary care specialty for LP. You can shadow OB/GYN literally any time you want. L&D is always looking for people to shadow over the weekend, and getting into clinic to shadow is not difficult at all. But LP is part of the curriculum, and as such you have certain expectations you have to meet and log, like performing specific physical exams during certain blocks. It's much easier to do that in Family Med or Internal Medicine than in a subspecialty clinic. Also you get to see a much large breadth of medicine in a primary care environment. Even if it's not something you want to do for your future, it's a good foundation to have and you see way more that relates to the curriculum.

As for what students can do in LP, yes you can give injections, take vitals, and chart. You have your own log in with your own access to your patient files. Of course, medical student progress notes have to be co-signed by your preceptor, and they still have to do their own charting, but yes you can do things like pend orders/medication refills to make your preceptor's job a little easier. If your preceptor is willing to offer you that level of autonomy that is.
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Thanks so much! That was super helpful!!!
 
PGY_Celd said:
1. Anatomy group size varies by class size, since there are a fixed number of cadavers. The M1 class is larger than the M2 class, but I had eight people in my dissection group. Even if there were 10 people, there's plenty to do in anatomy if you aren't the one currently working on dissecting some area. There are prosection presentations that take some of your group members to another lab, as well as radiograph/computer images to look over. I never felt that it was too crowded to get access to the body if you're really into it, since many students will gladly let those more enthusiastic about dissection do more of the heavy lifting.

2. Block exams are Thursday, with the exception of the first exam, which is on a Monday. Midterms, rare as they are, can be any day, though they usually shoot for Mondays. Quizzes are usually Mondays. The structure of assessment week and block exams is pretty fixed.

3. You can preference specialties to be placed in, although I would highly recommend picking a primary care specialty for LP. You can shadow OB/GYN literally any time you want. L&D is always looking for people to shadow over the weekend, and getting into clinic to shadow is not difficult at all. But LP is part of the curriculum, and as such you have certain expectations you have to meet and log, like performing specific physical exams during certain blocks. It's much easier to do that in Family Med or Internal Medicine than in a subspecialty clinic. Also you get to see a much large breadth of medicine in a primary care environment. Even if it's not something you want to do for your future, it's a good foundation to have and you see way more that relates to the curriculum.

As for what students can do in LP, yes you can give injections, take vitals, and chart. You have your own log in with your own access to your patient files. Of course, medical student progress notes have to be co-signed by your preceptor, and they still have to do their own charting, but yes you can do things like pend orders/medication refills to make your preceptor's job a little easier. If your preceptor is willing to offer you that level of autonomy that is.
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also, is the faculty coach in addition to the LG leader?
 
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For anyone who received the email about the offered anatomy class... has anyone heard back about it? When I received the email, I almost immediately responded with my interest in taking the class, but haven't heard any follow up about it. Thoughts?
 
whipstitchmd said:
For anyone who received the email about the offered anatomy class... has anyone heard back about it? When I received the email, I almost immediately responded with my interest in taking the class, but haven't heard any follow up about it. Thoughts?
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It starts in Feb, so no real rush, is there??
 
LG - Longitudinal Group: weekly small group with fellow M1s
LP - Longitudinal Practice: outpatient clinic every other week
LC - Learning Community: extracurricular group with fellow M1s, meets every couple months to chat about random topics/whatever your leader and group feels like discussing.
 
PGY_Celd said:
LG - Longitudinal Group: weekly small group with fellow M1s
LP - Longitudinal Practice: outpatient clinic every other week
LC - Learning Community: extracurricular group with fellow M1s, meets every couple months to chat about random topics/whatever your leader and group feels like discussing.
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Thanks so much!
 
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Hurdlebeast said:
I was also called by Dr. Capers. I AM SO EXCITED. @jmpatt29 The portal is also updated with second look dates and other info to accept the offer.
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Hi! I interviewed last week and our decision day is feb 9! Did they tell you the day? And did capers call you the day of or the day before?! I'm getting so nervous
 
Is Dr. Capers still calling all accepted applicants? They told us to check our status pages for a decision, but I'm not sure if those accepted will get a phone call as well.
 
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If not accepted after being deferred, when would I roughly expect to hear back from OSU if rejected?
 
OvalHead said:
Checked the portal, sad to see the deferred decision. 🙁
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Me too 🙁 at least we both still have a shot. Do you remember what they said their post-deferral acceptance rate was? One of the speakers threw out a rough estimate on the interview day.
 
Hey guys I was deferred on October 15 and got in like two weeks later
 
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