We had to rank 15 of them, and had options to rank all of them. Don't you submit appeals if you don't get a site you want? Did they change that this year? I'd just write a DME letter if you have a compelling reason to go to your #1
Ah okay, I didn't know we had to rank all of them. Same thing, we can submit DMEs and another letter for personal reasons, they're calling them appeals this year I guess.
Mix bag but you'll be fine here. I know plenty of friends getting first assists, closing, etc on procedures. My friend got to amputate a big toe. My buddy was scrubbing in for lipoma removal in a rural FM rotations.
I reached out to several people and got mixed responses, from some saying don't pick KC unless you have a personal reason to stay here and others having awesome experiences. Most people seem to fall in the middle-- it'll be what you make of it is what I've gotten from most. Also, most people said not to sweat it because you can make up for anything you didn't get experience in (working with residents or presenting, for example) with your electives and in 4th year.
I rotated in KC. As stated above it's a mixed bag. You will get preceptor based rotations mostly that will vary greatly in quality and learning. You will have the chance to choose to work in a more academic setting in some specialties, but expect mainly preceptor based rotations and having to commute 20-55 minutes for each rotation and sometimes, multiple times a day to different hospitals, depending on where you live. Expect to have to find your own OB Gyn preceptor, and also expect to do some sort of rural rotation were you might live there for a month.
Things are a little different for the more recent classes. We have like 150+ more KC site then AlteredState's class had. My class (3rd year now) I've only heard of a few students having to go somewhere rural like that. Majority of us do not have to go further than 45mins. If its more than an hour from school the school will provide you with a place to stay. Obviously sucks if you have a family but its actually easy to get out of. My friends had a rural rotation and was supplied housing but they said no pets, and he has a dog so he said he can't leave his dog so they just gave him a new rotation in town.
Okay for us it was like 110 spots.
I have never heard about this. We've had multiple presentations from clin ed about the different sites and this has never been mentioned, nor have I heard it from current third years...so not sure about it.
Don't know yet, but hoping to.
Thats not exactly true. My class (3rd year) were told there was a shortage of OB preceptors and that if we knew someone we could rotate outside our site for OB. But that was just an option. Everyone, including myself was given an OB preceptor if we didn't know an outside one.
Not to my knowledge. None of my second year friends have mentioned that. The school just got some new OB preceptors. I have a new Ob doc at research for instance, not rural. The clas below still has the option to find their preceptor at an outside site if they wish tho.
She's OB. Fresh grad from residency I think. But newly associated with KCU as far as I can tell. Not sure if the OB issue is totally remedied. I do have a friend who's preceptor was FM but did OB fellowship. he still says his experience was awesome.
I am not.
3rd year came early, like mid-late July. I remember getting them while I was still on vacation.
I have friends there, you should post in the FB group and ask, they will be more than willing to tell you everything.
1) It depends on your rotation site. Freeman is month to month some months you get the weekend, others you go straight from one to the other.
I would assume the Class of 2021 FB page.
awesome, thank you for the information!
Yeah as above, totally depends on the site.
That site has an extra rotation crammed in, so you do not get holidays off. My friends took discretionary days for Christmas. Rotations I believe are back to back, and that site has you work weekends. Post it in class of 2021 student group page.
I think it's site dependent with some getting 3 and some getting 2.
Which site?We only have one
Email current 3rd years at your site and ask. Shouldn’t change much.
The last week of July for orientation
Orlando Rotation. Probably its only downside. It's a really good rotation though. Most of the rotations are ward/resident based with a lot of teaching. You really get to see and a be a part of the team. You do get some preceptor-based clerkships and those are great as well. Adventhealth, which is the hospital system we rotate at, is ranked #1 in Florida and has a ton of opportunities. Feel free to message if anyone is wanting to know more about the site.
what happened to him? pretty sure he's still there
Yeah you're probably right. I knew someone that worked with him but it was probably before whatever happened
