Hi Laker$.
I’m a OMS1 set to graduate in class of 2028. I am in the same class as user Mia Tia.
I would like to clear the air for everyone who is a prospective student that is reading into the fear mongering and to please disregard any DM that any user might be sending as it is not accurate. The fact that people are sending DMs instead of posting publicly should be enough to show that maybe what is being said is not accurate if one has to post it in DMs.
Anyhow, to answer your question.
First: yes KansasCOM is a new school. It’s subject to change. It’s not perfect. But neither is any school. Yes it has its growing pains. But what did one expect? My experience and many of my classmates who attend KansasCOM can vouch that the school is truly doing their part in attempting to optimize the curriculum for prospective students and truly does care about the well-being of the students… the victim mentality will cause one not to see this though.
Second: to answer your question regarding people being dismissed. You should be happy that KansasCOM is not “passing” students who did not meet the requirements expected. That would lead to KansasCOM generating many poorly qualified physicians. If you were sick and in the hospital and you needed a physician, would you want a physician who got pushed through the system and was given the title as a DO, or a physician who earned his/her way into the position they are in? It seems like a no-brainer for me. After all, is physicians are dealing with PEOPLES LIVES one day… it seems obvious you would want people who earned their DO title as opposed to one who expected the school to spoon feed them.
All that to say, it is the same as any other school. If you do no meet the passing requirements, you must remediate. If you fail a remediation, you are dismissed.
Medschool is NOT college. I can say with full confidence, being in medical school and one’s success MAINLY depends on the effort the student puts into their classes and studies. Not the faculty holding your hand and spoon feeding you a pass. It’s the students responsibility to take their education seriously.
If you want to blame the school blame it for recruiting someone who was not willing to make the effort of working hard enough to succeed. I’ve found that if being a physician is something you ACTUALLY want to do, the studies and hard work are so worth it and the newness of the school does not impact one’s success NEAR as much as being expressed by certain salty people in this feed… truly, if being a physician is something that you always want to do, you’ll find a way—regardless if it’s Harvard, the Caribbean, or KansasCOM.
In addition to that, unprofessional behavior, such as sitting online and trashing a new schools reputation because of a bad experience, exhibited by some students, can result in a dismissal. After all, physicians are trained PROFESSIONALS. We are called to be of the highest standard in the hospital. Why would KansasCOM want unprofessional students who put more effort into Reddit posts and SDN posts than their full effort into their classes, to graduate and care for human lives? Again, that would reflect very poorly on the school.
Finally, just because you get into medschool does not mean you’re gonna be a doctor. Plain and simple. Medschool is arguably the hardest graduate program one can do in their life. So it’s no wonder people who aren’t willing to put the work in and got dismissed are blaming the school. Newsflash, the same thing would happen at any other school. Even at Harvard where the program is one of the best for medical education. It boils down to this: If you don’t put the work in, you’re gonna get dismissed, regardless of the school.
If you have any other questions, feel free to shoot me a message.