KCOM rotation sites...quick question!

[wannabe_doctor]

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Hi, I am an applicant to KCOM and I am curious about the rotation system that they use. I am aware that students are assigned to a region. However, I saw a list of rotation sites on the internet and in the Missouri region there were the following sub-headings:

Northeast Missouri:
Kirksville
South:
Cape Girardeau
Central:
Jefferson City and Rolla
St. Louis:
Forrest Park

Now are students assigned to the entire state of Missouri and travel from city to city for rotations or are they assigned to one of the sub-categories of the Missouri region and only travel the cities in that region of the state?

Just curious because my wife and I want to not have to travel from one city to another city that is over 100 miles away during the school year. If someone who knows about KCOM (like a student there) would respond, I would really appreciate it!

Thanks!!

 

[RockyMan]

OK wannabe, here's how it works: Second-year students at KCOM all participate in a 'match-lottery' in the middle of their second year. Students list their top 5 desired rotation sites; each site has a limited number of slots. The randomized names are then drawn to fill the available slots. For example, when your name is drawn, if there is still a slot available for #1 choice, then you go there. If your #1 site is closed out by the time your name is drawn, then you are placed into your second-choice site; if that site is already filled up, then you go to the third-choice site, and on to the end.

With regards to the Missouri region, there are four different sites, each listed separately in the lottery: St. Louis, Kirksville, Jefferson City, and then SE Missouri (Cape Girardeau and/or Poplar Bluff). If you end up in St. Louis, then all of your required 3rd-year rotations-- eight total-- are scheduled for St. Louis. Ditto for the other sites in Missouri.

Occasionally there will be a student who, for one reason or another, cannot get scheduled to do all their required rotations in their 'home' site. So these students may have to travel to a different site in the region for one or two months. For example, this year, in the St. Louis region, there are 8 3rd-year KCOM students, two of whom have outstate rotations for Surgery and Ob/Gyn in SE Missouri.

Bottom line: for a few students there may be some travel involved from one month to another, but there is usually housing provided at sites you have to travel to, and only a minority of students have to go outside their region.

At least that's how it is this year. Unfortunately, I can't guarantee the same situation for next year. Call the Dean's Office if you REALLY have to get more current info.

 

[wannabe_doctor]

Thank you so much for that reply!

It was exactly what I needed to know.