Many preclinical classes have NBME exams, but also we had a good amount written by our faculty. Final exams tended to be NBME's, while exams at other times in each course and a few of the finals were written "in-house".
October 12th
Me too please!!!
Based on previous discussion they do BUT they don't matter to much post interview. They will add it to your file but it wont recalculate your score. Pre interview the interviewers will see it when they look at your file so it can come up in discussion
I felt like most in-house exams were mostly relevant, though they were able to throw in more random questions if they wanted to. Overall, I think OU did a good job of introducing us to Step-like questions. Others can chime in if they thought otherwise!
I can't speak for Step specifically as I have not taken it yet, and have currently had only one NBME (our Anatomy generalized final), but from my general knowledge OU likes to try and keep exams towards STEP-style questions so you aren't blindsided. For anatomy I found the NBME far easier than some of the in-house exams, but I know that the reverse is true for some other classes. There is definitely some info that may be emphasized more in-house compared to Step, and some content may be shifted around and taught in different sections rather than just covering things in order per-se of First Aid.
Early November here, in the same boat
Late October here and same. Did they say that we should find out (either way) by the end of December in other interviews too? I can't remember specifically but December ends tomorrow so I assume an update isn't going to happen by then.
I feel like they said it would be about 8 weeks, but Christmas/New Years will probably add a week or two?
Yeah you need to confirm the seat on the portal within two weeks and I think it started Jan 2nd because of the holidays. Have to confirm and both portals.
I can't speak to the specific SCM experience, I can say that the OKC campus allured me much more with accessibility to everything around us. OUHSC has 7 medical colleges, then it is connected to the only Trauma 1 center in the state, a children's hospital, Dean McGee Ophthalmology, Stephenson Cancer Center, and more. I didn't want to risk curving some options or making it harder by not having access to some events or resources. I can't speak to the SCM track, I know it has a lot of upside for people interested in community medicine, advocacy (though there are some benefits in OKC being very close to the capital), and extra courses that we do not take here in OKC. I also went to undergrad out of state (though I am from in-state) so socially I had a draw of being with more people and closer accessibility to interest group events. If anyone from SCM wants to chime in on their side, I know that I only have the perspective from some people I know there and an outsider looking in.
Do SCM students get access to the same kind of rotations as OKC during their third year and fourth year of rotations?
I have no clue how the SCM rotations will work for the SCM because for the upcoming matriculating class they're changing the third year rotation system to a longitudinal system for synchronous training throughout the entire year rather than a traditional block system (which I have no clue how that works). As far as I am aware there are no plans to change the third-year rotations for the OKC campus.
SCM is going to start offering a 3 year MD for 2-3 students per year starting next year who will do the longitudinal system, but the other remaining students will still rotate just like they always have during the 3rd year.
I've never felt like I'm missing out by being in Tulsa.
Someone said to DM them for the link on 12/19, shouldn't be too far back on this page
I haven’t heard anything either
