Hi all,
I'm just recently starting to receive DO school invites (sitting on 8 currently, hopefully won't have to attend all of them). I was discussing how excited I was at the prospect of potentially starting school next year with a DO that I work with / shadowed, and while she shared in my excitement, she did mention a few things that made me concerned.
She mentioned that when she went to school (admittedly ~15 years ago) that rotations were a nightmare for her. Specifically, her school only provided a small portion of her rotations/clinicals, and she had to schedule the rest with little to no help or guidance from her school. So, on top of med school, she was desperately reaching out to hospitals/clinics to set up rotations, trying to find places to live around the country for a month or two at a time, etc. She said it was literally the lowest point in her life while she was living out of her suitcase in total dumpster-dives of an area because she could afford very little that would be available to rent for a month or two at a time. Not only that, but she said often times when she would find a place that took students, they would reject her for not being a part of an LCME-accredited program.
I understand that there are some limitations of attending DO schools, but this sounds like some carribean med school crap. Is this the reality of DO schools as well? Just the thought of having to move around the country and find places to live for weeks at a time makes me anxious. My SO is in NP school right now and I already saw the hell she went through just trying to establish two rotations.
I'm just recently starting to receive DO school invites (sitting on 8 currently, hopefully won't have to attend all of them). I was discussing how excited I was at the prospect of potentially starting school next year with a DO that I work with / shadowed, and while she shared in my excitement, she did mention a few things that made me concerned.
She mentioned that when she went to school (admittedly ~15 years ago) that rotations were a nightmare for her. Specifically, her school only provided a small portion of her rotations/clinicals, and she had to schedule the rest with little to no help or guidance from her school. So, on top of med school, she was desperately reaching out to hospitals/clinics to set up rotations, trying to find places to live around the country for a month or two at a time, etc. She said it was literally the lowest point in her life while she was living out of her suitcase in total dumpster-dives of an area because she could afford very little that would be available to rent for a month or two at a time. Not only that, but she said often times when she would find a place that took students, they would reject her for not being a part of an LCME-accredited program.
I understand that there are some limitations of attending DO schools, but this sounds like some carribean med school crap. Is this the reality of DO schools as well? Just the thought of having to move around the country and find places to live for weeks at a time makes me anxious. My SO is in NP school right now and I already saw the hell she went through just trying to establish two rotations.