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How do you like EVMS? Why did you choose to go there? Do you think you are getting appropriate education that you are paying?

 

[Amy B]

My friend is a second year there and she LOVES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She is very happy with the education she gets. She loves the profs, the students and the classes.

 

[gomezjl]

I am a current EVMS student as well (M4). I really cannot say enough great things about it. Now that I am coming to the end of the road, I have been talking to many other med students from other institutions while on the interview trail. We may not be the most well renound institution, but the education we receive is excellent. Even though I gripe about our Professional skills center and having to see standardized patients, we seem to be well above our counterparts in the clinical arena than at many other places. And our professors and clinical attendings are wonderful and sooo supportive of us. They really take the time to write good letters and help us reach our maximum potential. The working conditions at the hospitals we rotate at are great. I have been very surprised to see some of the environments that med students have had to work in at other places (Call rooms with little more than a fold out chair, etc.). I guess I have been spoiled. CHKD, the children's hospital, is the nicest I've seen so far. So if you like peds, this is a very attractive place. Norfolk really isn't that great, but the neighborhood of Ghent is pretty nice and has some good restaurants. Plus you have the beach. Overall, this is a great place. Our students do get good residencies. We have people every year that go to top places. Hope that this gave you some good info. 🙂

 

[hapkidochic]

it seems like most EVMS students tend to go into primary care specialties. I've heard, though not necessarily from a reliable souce, that the school is more supportive of those entering such fields and less so of students who want to enter surgical specialties. Are there any EVMS students out there who can comment on this? I loved EVMS and was just accepted. However, i'm curious about this because i'm considering going into orthopaedic surgery. thanks!

 

[neurotrancer]

Hi! I'm an M1 here. So far, I can say that it is a lot of fun and a lot of stress at times. We get a lot of hands on experiences through standardized patients and 2nd semester you'll start rotations in an actual primary care clinical setting. I can definitely say the M1 class of 2007 is a very gifted group of individuals that works hard, and parties harder. People are very nice and the faculty is extremely supportive. The norfolk scene isn't the greatest as far as clubs/nightlife I think, but the beach is a lot of fun when the weather is good. Okay? Okay!

 

[Anath]

Well, I won't lie. EVMS doesn't blatantly push primary care. But because of the initial goals of the school, which had been to help the underserved (medically) population that was SE virginia (hampton roads area), it had tended to gear students more towards primary care. And because of this, many of the people who apply to and want to enter EVMS tend to be those who actually want to do primary care. And then, in your first and 2nd years, you actually start working in teh community with a physician (depending on your relationship with the physician, you can be doing what you would do in 3rd year rotations!). A lot of people fall in love with what they've experienced (or come to dislike it -- as I have found that family medicine really bored me -- at least geriatrics did).

Now, you talk about surgery specifically ... well, surgery is actually extremely popular in my class (I'm a 2nd year). People seem to be fighting left and right to get a 3rd year rotation schedule to do surgery first. And the surgery program is pretty good at EVMS. Especially considering that the chair of the surgery dept is Dr. Britt -- he's a big guy in the surgery world. Lets just say that if you do your surgery rotation and he writes you a good LOR, most residency programs will definately sit up and take notice. They all know him. And he's won awards for teaching at our school -- students seem to love him. I myself have absolutely no interest in surgery. But anyhoo ... EVMS is actually a nice place to do surgery at (especially if you do your rotation at norfolk sentara hospital). Excellent teaching. Well known surgeon. Happy people. Well organized ... hopefully, it's good attributes will make the thought of doing surgery more bearable for me.

Now, orthopedics, I know nothing about. I've only met one person who's ever even wanted to do ortho, and that was when I was in undergrad and he was already an orthopedic resident who just happened to take my Korean class because he had a Korean girlfriend. 😀

To hapkidochic -- well, when you say less supportive, what exactly do you mean? I've never really understood that. But in my opinion from being here, surgery is a strong program. No one ever says "don't go into that" or "you don't wanna really do that, do ya?" The closest thing I can relate with to what you're saying is that the school may not necessarily talk about certain things. Ie -- I don't think we really talk about HEENT. First and 2nd year, you will have surgeons and cardiologists and endocrinologists and PM&R physicians who will actually come in and lecture to you about things in their respective fields. And they're not the usual "useless" lectures by a guest lecturer whose material comes nowhere near to being on an exam. And because of our small size, the atmosphere (at least in my class) is pretty relaxed and you just go up to a physician (if you're interested in what they do) and easily talk to them. Hell, most of them leave contact info for you if you want.

The school wants you to be excellent doctors and the "basis" if you will, of any medical field you go into is to practice and know general medicine first (ie internal). Anything else is gravy on top of that.

Alright ... 2.40 am ... and I'm exhausted ... this posting will prolly appear somewhat incoherent at times. 😴