BEST DO SCHOOLS OUT THERE - whats your opinion?

[Doctortobee]

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LECOM is a private school and if you are not a PA resident, you only pay $1000 extra. A good number of my classmates are from out of state (myself included)

 

[Hajira786]

Thanks guys, i just submitted my application yesterday, i looked on the site, but i couldn't find anything, but I saw the tuition difference today, so i got a little worried. But thanks, it makes me feel better, because I am out of state🙂

 

[hottie]

which ones require community service?

 

[hottie]

which DO schools are known for their community service efforts?

 

[hottie]

which ones? 😕

 

[hottie]

Thanks guys, i just submitted my application yesterday, i looked on the site, but i couldn't find anything, but I saw the tuition difference today, so i got a little worried. But thanks, it makes me feel better, because I am out of state🙂

are there any other DO schools, private orpublic, besides LECOM that are not too expensive for out-of-state students? 😕

 

[mshheaddoc]

does UMDNJ osteopathic medical school accept lots of out-of-state students?
what do you like most about your school?

Well that number is skewed because there is a loophole in NJ that you can get instate tutition by being a resident for 1 month in the state of NJ. Get an apt, a drivers license, and you're a NJ resident.

By golly, I love NJ! 😍

 

[cremaster2007]

check out DMU, there are a lot of strengths and weaknesses for every school....... but I think DMU's tuition was $30,000 for this next year. Parking permit for all four years was like $40. They just built a new $25 million education/work center that's fantastic. Good luck.

 

[Biodude]

So many questions, hottie. Did you try using the search function before asking them?

🙂

 

[Future Doc B]

TCOM is a whopping 10K per year, and with fees, probably around 12K max!! Its really depressing. There is an affiliation now with one of the most well known county hospital systems in the US, John Peter Smith, and there is opportunity to nearly all our clinicals with the largest and most diverse FP program in the country. TCOM, for all intents and purposes, has become an MD school + manip. You will rotate with more MD faculty than DO faculty and upon graduation, 80% go ACGME. TCOM is a state school and gets all the benefits of being one of 8 state medical schools. Its a beautiful thing! And if anyone has even seen the incredible anatomy lab and gorgeous campus, you will see why this school is a steal. Even with out of state tuition it is a better deal than the other DO schools. Hands down the best DO school in the country for a cross-sectional education. In the real world, DO's exist among MD's are not really isolationists. This is how life at TCOM is these days.

not to mention technology coming out the rectum... Apple computers at every tank in the Anatomy lab, PDA use during 2nd year to learn how to use epocrates + 5min Clinical consult, etc. If only everything were included like PCSOM...
😍

 

[Pikevillemedstudent]

not to mention technology coming out the rectum... Apple computers at every tank in the Anatomy lab, PDA use during 2nd year to learn how to use epocrates + 5min Clinical consult, etc. If only everything were included like PCSOM...
😍

Computers by the cadavers, that does sound nice, but I bet those computers are pretty nasty and rank! Cool none the less though.

 

[NRAI2001]

What schools are best at matching into surgery?

 

[Pikevillemedstudent]

What schools are best at matching into surgery?

I don't think anyone knows the answer to that.

Check out the residency match list for some of the schools and maybe you can see if there is one school that has matched more than others.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=175626

Good luck

BTW I seem to be answering alot of your questions lately. I think I am going to start charging you 😉

 

[NRAI2001]

I don't think anyone knows the answer to that.

Check out the residency match list for some of the schools and maybe you can see if there is one school that has matched more than others.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=175626

Good luck

BTW I seem to be answering alot of your questions lately. I think I am going to start charging you 😉

Well, can I buy the answers in bulk?

 

[hottie]

so which DO schools are big on community service?

and, which DO schools offer or allow clinical rotation abroad?

😕

 

[HoodyHoo]

I am looking for a school that offers early patient care exposure, problem-based or case based or small group classes (not just the traditional classroom learning), accommodating to married and non-traditional students, requires or encourages community service and offers rotations in geriatrics.

ANY SCHOOL OUT HERE COMES CLOSE TO THIS????????????

CURRENT DO STUDENTS THIS IS THE TIME TO SELL YOUR SCHOOL AND SHOW YOUR SCHOOL PRIDE. BE AS SUBJECTIVE AS YOU CAN!!!!

thanks for helping!!!

I'm sick of people talking about NSU's policies when they don't know JACK $HIT about them.

first off, you need to go to 50% of the classes to pass. if you can't make it to 50% of your classes, then that's pathetic.

Second, the dress code is wearing scrubs, and most of the time I wear t-shirts.

Trust me, i've had other problems with this school so i'm not trying to sell it to anyone and i'm surely not showing my school pride, but the policies should be the least of your concerns coming here because they are so lax about it.
At the interview they come off as being really hardcore but they aren't.

Hottie, to answer your question, we do have early patient exposure. You have to shadow a doctor the whole year and most of the time they let you go into the room and take histories, do parts of the physical exam, etc...
we also have patient exams a few times a year where we have to perform the entire physical exam and are graded by doctors. We aren't problem-based though. I'm not saying this is the best place to be, but it might be worth looking into, just feel all the schools out for yourself. you really won't know if you feel comfortable there until you visit.

 

[mx_599]

seriously, KCOM is best...especially for specialties, community service, early patient exposure, and even geriatrics! yes, all this and more will come with your stay at KCOM. 😛 😀

 

[corpsmanUP]

seriously, KCOM is best...especially for specialties, community service, early patient exposure, and even geriatrics! yes, all this and more will come with your stay at KCOM. 😛 😀

You must be smoking some real serious smack! Have you ever seen TCOM's match list? You would think our match list was an average MD school match list. 80% go ACGME, and you will always see the programs like Hopkins, Duke, Charity, UCSF, UCLA, UC Davis, UCSD, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, Georgetown, NYU, etc..etc...etc...

Plus, we have the premier geriatrician in all of medicine, Dr. Janice Knebl. Just do a google search on this phenomenol physician. I felt honored to be on rotation with her and riding around town doing home visits with her. She was DO internist of the year a year ago, and continues to lead the way even for the MD geriatric world.

And who said Pikeville is worth it for the all inclusiveness of the costs? For God's sake, add 10 years of parking + books, plus PC's, PDA's, and an entire wardrobe of Georgio Armani to our 10K tuition and you still don't come anywhere near PCSCOM's outrageous cost for having to live in BFE!! Fort Worth, Texas is an incredible city where you can afford to live extremely well as a med student, and it has unparalleled culture for a city with a DO school.

And who said LECOM was cheap? I guess its cheap if you consider it to be a 4 year school, but last I checked LECOM had few if any home rotations for its students. TCOM has enough local rotations for everyone, and I am talking about badd a$$ rotations. John Peter Smith rivals any MD teaching hospital I can guarantee. TCOM has created an incredible diversity of education for its students. If you are one of the ones who loves manip, you can study with the research center DO's and yet if you care nothing about manip, you will not be shunned here.

The one down side of TCOM is that if yuo feel that you have to do a DO only residency when you are done, there are few around here. But if you want to be in a place where DO's are embraced and where your schooling is just like the real world where we work along side MD's, then this place is great.

As I stated before, even our out of state tuition is cheaper than most small DO schools elsewhere. Plus, we are a true health science center that is now affiliate with all the MD departments at the local county hospital JPS. We have a school of public health, a school of biomedsci, a PA school, a pharmacy school coming, and lots of new construction on the horizon.

 

[mx_599]

You must be smoking some real serious smack! Have you ever seen TCOM's match list? You would think our match list was an average MD school match list. 80% go ACGME, and you will always see the programs like Hopkins, Duke, Charity, UCSF, UCLA, UC Davis, UCSD, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, Georgetown, NYU, etc..etc...etc...

Plus, we have the premier geriatrician in all of medicine, Dr. Janice Knebl. Just do a google search on this phenomenol physician. I felt honored to be on rotation with her and riding around town doing home visits with her. She was DO internist of the year a year ago, and continues to lead the way even for the MD geriatric world.

And who said Pikeville is worth it for the all inclusiveness of the costs? For God's sake, add 10 years of parking + books, plus PC's, PDA's, and an entire wardrobe of Georgio Armani to our 10K tuition and you still don't come anywhere near PCSCOM's outrageous cost for having to live in BFE!! Fort Worth, Texas is an incredible city where you can afford to live extremely well as a med student, and it has unparalleled culture for a city with a DO school.

And who said LECOM was cheap? I guess its cheap if you consider it to be a 4 year school, but last I checked LECOM had few if any home rotations for its students. TCOM has enough local rotations for everyone, and I am talking about badd a$$ rotations. John Peter Smith rivals any MD teaching hospital I can guarantee. TCOM has created an incredible diversity of education for its students. If you are one of the ones who loves manip, you can study with the research center DO's and yet if you care nothing about manip, you will not be shunned here.

The one down side of TCOM is that if yuo feel that you have to do a DO only residency when you are done, there are few around here. But if you want to be in a place where DO's are embraced and where your schooling is just like the real world where we work along side MD's, then this place is great.

As I stated before, even our out of state tuition is cheaper than most small DO schools elsewhere. Plus, we are a true health science center that is now affiliate with all the MD departments at the local county hospital JPS. We have a school of public health, a school of biomedsci, a PA school, a pharmacy school coming, and lots of new construction on the horizon.

wow...okay, second best.

 

[Pikevillemedstudent]

And who said Pikeville is worth it for the all inclusiveness of the costs? For God's sake, add 10 years of parking + books, plus PC's, PDA's, and an entire wardrobe of Georgio Armani to our 10K tuition and you still don't come anywhere near PCSCOM's outrageous cost for having to live in BFE!! Fort Worth, Texas is an incredible city where you can afford to live extremely well as a med student, and it has unparalleled culture for a city with a DO school.

For a Texas resident, PCSOM is not cheaper, but if you are going to an out-of-state private school, PCSOM is one of the least expensive ones but by no means cheap. I know we all complained about the cost, but next to other private schools, its actually a better deal.

I love Pikeville. BFE or not, its a great small town with the third busiest Wal-Mart in America!!!

 

[jawicobike]

third busiest Wal-Mart in America!!!

Where'd you find that jewel? We should incorporate that into the interview days.

 

[NRAI2001]

Anybody know anything about Chicago COM?

 

[smc927]

I really liked KCOM and PCOM. I chose KCOM.

Be a little weary of info you get here. Most people will say their choice was best. And most people know the most about the school they chose. I could tell you about how well students at KCOM match, but I can't assume that is much better than TCOM because I just don't know - never had a reason to really look into it.

Good luck!

 

[kcumbDO]

KCUMB-COM is holdin it down 😀

 

[Pikevillemedstudent]

Where'd you find that jewel? We should incorporate that into the interview days.

A couple of the workers there told me that. They said there manager told them the news during one of there morning Wal-Mart cheers. Its got to be true though. You ever been there at 2 AM? The place is still got a ton of people there.

I think Wal-Mart is a cult, but that's a whole different topic.

 

[mx_599]

I think Wal-Mart is a cult, but that's a whole different topic.

Entirely true. I am ashamed to admit on some days my entire outfit, including Fruit of the Loom boxer briefs and socks, is a product of shopping at Wal-Mart. 🙁 (except the shoes...never bought Wal-Mart shoes)

I hope to be in a financial position to avoid them altogether someday. This is one of my reasons for becoming a physician. To be able to avoid cultist activity at this evil entity.

 

[Beck928]

Well, there are good and bad points to EVERY school out there, mine included. I will say that Phoenix is an awesome place to live (my home for the last 11 years, but not for everyone if you can't take 300+ days of sunshine per year). AZCOM offers some of the best basic science education out there and there is a very high pass rate on Step 1 to prove that. You get to do preceptorship starting in the first year (although there may be some changes to that in the last year). The 3-4th years are maybe not as top-notch as some other schools due to not having a hospital on campus. However, there has been new legislation and some contracts being worked on with the bigger hospitals in town that will benefit all the classes below mine, so clinical years are going to be much better from now on. Consider it....just my .02.

 

[NRAI2001]

Well, there are good and bad points to EVERY school out there, mine included. I will say that Phoenix is an awesome place to live (my home for the last 11 years, but not for everyone if you can't take 300+ days of sunshine per year). AZCOM offers some of the best basic science education out there and there is a very high pass rate on Step 1 to prove that. You get to do preceptorship starting in the first year (although there may be some changes to that in the last year). The 3-4th years are maybe not as top-notch as some other schools due to not having a hospital on campus. However, there has been new legislation and some contracts being worked on with the bigger hospitals in town that will benefit all the classes below mine, so clinical years are going to be much better from now on. Consider it....just my .02.

Cool, how is AZCOM in matching into surgery? Since Arizona is right next to Ca are a lot of people able to get Ca residencies or are most in state?

 

[Bill_Brasky]

so which DO schools are big on community service?
and, which DO schools offer or allow clinical rotation abroad?

Considering you do your third year rotations in West Virginia you could probably count that whole year as community service 🙄 .... but seriously, there is alot of community service opportunities at WVSOM....

Also, your fourth-year clinical rotations are decided entirely by you. You can do them at any hospital in the U.S. that needs warm bodies, or any place within reason outside of the United States. Its pretty cool, and would be a great way to try and get a foot in the door if you are trying for a competitive residency. If you aren't into determining your own destiny to that level, if you tell the school where you want to be, and what kind of medicine or experiences you are most interested in, they will make the calls for you. WVSOM rocks.

-Bill Brasky
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Fourth: Uh-huh!

Third: Well, I'm in Corpus Christi on business a month ago, and I had this eight-foot tall Asian waiter.. which made me a little curious, so I asked him his name, and sure enough it's Ho Tran Brasky!

First: To William Robert Brasky!"