First year medical schools risky?

[CaptainPoopyPants]

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Kaiser Permanente is a new medical school in Pasadena, CA. From everything I've heard about it, I'm very interested in applying, but I'm concerned about being in the first graduating class of a medical school. How risky is it to be in a new medical school's first class?

 

[Catalystik]

Kaiser Permanente is a new medical school in Pasadena, CA. From everything I've heard about it, I'm very interested in applying, but I'm concerned about being in the first graduating class of a medical school. How risky is it to be in a new medical school's first class?

Kaiser Permanente's new med school isn't likely to be a risky choice for attendance. Here is an old thread that details why: Kaiser Permanente Medical School

 

[Med Ed]

Kaiser Permanente is a new medical school in Pasadena, CA. From everything I've heard about it, I'm very interested in applying, but I'm concerned about being in the first graduating class of a medical school. How risky is it to be in a new medical school's first class?

Perhaps you could find and ask some graduates of FSU, CCLM, FAU, FIU, UCF, Texas Tech - El Paso, Geisinger Commonwealth, UC Riverside, Netter, Central Michigan, Cooper Rowan, Arizona - Phoenix, and/or Western Michigan.

 

[CaptainPoopyPants]

Perhaps you could find and ask some graduates of FSU, CCLM, FAU, FIU, UCF, Texas Tech - El Paso, Geisinger Commonwealth, UC Riverside, Netter, Central Michigan, Cooper Rowan, Arizona - Phoenix, and/or Western Michigan.

Why?

 

[907914]

Why?

Those are all schools founded in the last decade or so.

 

[907914]

Why?

Something like 20% of all USMD schools have been founded since 2008 accounting for 25% of the medical student seats.

 

[CaptainPoopyPants]

Ah ok. Thanks.

 

[Goro]

Kaiser Permanente is a new medical school in Pasadena, CA. From everything I've heard about it, I'm very interested in applying, but I'm concerned about being in the first graduating class of a medical school. How risky is it to be in a new medical school's first class?

The one main caveat at being at a brand new medical school is that it takes time for The Faculty to gel in their delivery of the curriculum. Therefore one should be better at being very self-directed and a go-getter.

 

[Moko]

The one main caveat at being at a brand new medical school is that it takes time for The Faculty to gel in their delivery of the curriculum. Therefore one should be better at being very self-directed and a go-getter.

To add on: another caveat is that program directors will have never worked with medical students from these new schools, so if someone is aiming for a competitive specialty or program, they may be at a disadvantage compared to folks coming from more established programs.

Having said that, Kaiser already has an established national reputation and their hospital system is flush with resources. So as far as new schools go, Kaiser is really as safe as it gets.