KCOM/DMU/KCU Compared solely based on fixed clerkship sites

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Hi all,

Can anyone provide insight into which of these three schools give the greatest opportunity or probability to rotate at a ward based clerkship site? I've looked at the sites for each and they are quite similar but do any of these schools have an edge, any at all? I am not factoring in elective rotations.

Thanks!

 

[gamieg]

not sure about the other two, but KCU-COM (the KC campus) is mostly preceptor-based.

 

[SlugMD]

not sure about the other two, but KCU-COM (the KC campus) is mostly preceptor-based.

Wow, KCU is mostly preceptorships? From all the SDN love KCU gets, I assumed it was mostly ward based.

If someone is (in generally) a team player with leadership and self-initiative, would the jump from all preceptorships (in third year) to ward-based sub-I's be that hard? What about the jump from Sub-I's to residency coming from preceptorships?

Currently, all the schools that I'm waiting on or accepted to have almost all preceptorships except some that have new residencies like BCOM.

Does having preceptorships tend to lead to lower Step 2 scores due to the lack of diverse pathology that you would get at an university program? Or is Step 2 pretty much like Step 1 in that where you go to school doesn't matter?

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Wow, KCU is mostly preceptorships? From all the SDN love KCU gets, I assumed it was mostly ward based.

No, only those who go to the KC sites have largely preceptor based rotations. Most don't stay in KC. You can find a list of all their sites on their website and there are a good amount of rotations at places with GME.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

OP, these schools share a ton of sites so there is a lot of overlap. Your chances are probably about the same at all three. Of those schools I would choose KCU, then KCOM, followed by DMU, but that is all just my personal opinion.

 

[AlteredScale]

Wow, KCU is mostly preceptorships? From all the SDN love KCU gets, I assumed it was mostly ward based

Half the class goes on to a different clinical site which most are wards based. KCU gets love here because of over representation and because I'm always around here talking about KCU 😉

Does having preceptorships tend to lead to lower Step 2 scores due to the lack of diverse pathology that you would get at an university program? Or is Step 2 pretty much like Step 1 in that where you go to school doesn't matter?

Step 2 material is largely based on "need to know" things found in study books like First Aid so it's a lot more like step 1 form what I've heart. And specifically speaking wards based training doesn't mean you'll receive a high diversity of pathology (for example, rotating with an IM resident team at a hospital in a smaller town vs in a bigger city with a higher referral rate).

 

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Thanks guys!

Say worst case scenario and I get a poor rotation experience, how much am I at a disadvantage when I get to my audition rotations at larger, perhaps academic hospitals? Will I have enough time to acclimate and be able to prove myself?

 

[Rekt]

Thanks guys!

Say worst case scenario and I get a poor rotation experience, how much am I at a disadvantage when I get to my audition rotations at larger, perhaps academic hospitals? Will I have enough time to acclimate and be able to prove myself?

You will be at a disadvantage regardless. Do any elective/audition at a University to make up for the poor clerkships from DO schools.