As a second year who just handed in my rank list for third year rotations, I'm pretty well informed on this topic. There are 12 core sites right now where you will do all of your "core roatations" FP, IM, OBGYN, Surg, Psych, EM, etc etc. For that period you are at that hospital and all of its affiliates. The hospitals NSUCOM affiliates with offer something for all tastes. If you want to do your rotations at a small community hospital with FP residencies etc. there are a few choices. There are also very large teriary care facilities/ level 1 trauma centers that you can spend your third year at. At Memorial Regional, one of these larger hospitals, you do your 2 months of surgery as a member of the trauma team. In Tampa NSU has direct affiliation with Suncoast hospital, the largest osteopathic teaching hospital in the southeast, but Quinn can talk to you about it. If you want to live on miami beach a few miles north of south beach you can do your rotations at either Miami Heart or Mt. Sinai. Again, during your 3rd year you will not travel much, but speaking from my personal experience, I don't really want to leave this area.
During your 4th year, you have 2 months of an assigned rural rotation somewhere in florida. Where I was bumming about this upon hearing about it last year, after hearing about the experiences of several upperclassmen, I am now pretty stoked about an opportunity like that. Since these small clinics are usually understaffed, you have the opportunity to hone your skills being very hands-on. Furthermore, they give you room and board plus a 1500 dollar/month stipend. You then have to do one rural selective. You arrange this yourself, but the school can also help you. This can be anywhere.... people have gone from arizona to work on a Navajo reservation to israel, to india.... After that, you have 5 months of electives you can arrange to do anywhere, most likely hospitals you want to do residencies at, and a vacation month.
I forgot to mention that if you choose to do so, you can do your 3rd year "core"rotations in Georgia through the Osteopathic Institute of the South. I have several classmates from GA that are going to select this route... It's supposed to be very good.
Let me know if you have any other questions. I will find out where I'm going next year at the end of January.
