Hospital affiliation?

[Count Chocula]

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I don't really understand what they are. So hospitals that are associated with schools are the places you go for 3rd and 4th years? What about schools that don't have affiliated hospitals, like Rosalind Franklin? It sounds like even schools w/o affiliated hospitals still have certain ones that students generally go to.

Can someone enlighten me?

Muchas gracias.

 

[armybound]

Typically you will do most of your clinical work at the affiliated hospitals, but that doesn't have to be the case. A lot of schools offer rural or distance rotations. I can't speak specifically for RFU, but they probably have agreements with community hospitals or private practices that still allow students to rotate through their specialties.

 

[NPEMTIV]

Typically you will do most of your clinical work at the affiliated hospitals, but that doesn't have to be the case. A lot of schools offer rural or distance rotations. I can't speak specifically for RFU, but they probably have agreements with community hospitals or private practices that still allow students to rotate through their specialties.

👍 That's pretty much it. Some schools are affiliated with their own hospital and you may do most everything there, other schools have multiple affiliates. More affiliations doesn't necessarily mean better rotations, however.

 

[LizzyM]

I suspect that a school must have affiliated hospitals (signed agreements basically) in order to be accredited. The hospital may not be next door or across the street but there will be formal arrangements between a school and one (or more) hospitals where students do clerkships and elective rotations.