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KCW said:Can someone please explain to me the details of setting up your rotations with LECOM? How many students do their rotations away from the school and how many stay in the area? What is the selection process like and how difficult is it to accomplish (setting up the rotations)? I have the list of affiliate hospitals and vaguely have an idea of how it works. The reason I ask is that it will have an impact on what type of place I choose to live in for the first two years of school.
Can anyone shed some light on the topic?
THANKS! 🙂
FutureDocDO said:Anyone has any info regarding seating chart? My last name starts with a "T" so I guess I'll be sitting a mile away. Is it possible to change seats due to hearing or sight difficulties? I assume since it's a huge lecture hall the professor will use a microphone? Thanks.
cabinbuilder said:rotations Questions answered
I would say about 80% of students do their rotations away from Erie. If you have the affiliate list and want to do your rotations from that list you just let the clinical ed dept know by the online rotation approval form and put in that hospital for the rotation slot depending on which group you are in. If you want to do your own rotations outside of the affiliates then it is up to you to see if that hospital (say Las Vegas) will take you, you do the paperwork and get it approved on the other end. Once they have told you yes and you have paid your fee, etc to them. Then you do the online rotation approval form and go to your rotation, wherever it may be. If you do a rotation outside of the affiliate list it is up to you to find your own housing and get yourself there. I have done rotations all over the country so if anyone wants to PM me feel free. If you feel you are planning on trying to get an allopathic residency as a DO then it is wise to do a rotation at that hospital site and be seen. Plus you must be very organized, most rotations are schedule 10 - 12 months in advance. I tried to get rotations in California 10 months ahead and they were already filled. The way the rotation groups are set up, the entire class is divided into 13 rotation groups, each group has approx 17 students. Within that group there are usually 4 Erie people, 4 Ohio, 4 Michigan, 2 Pittsburgh, 2 Eastern PA, and 2 floaters. So, for instance, the Erie people have first dibs on the hospitals in Erie and once they decide for that rotation slot then its open to the rest of the group. Everyone takes turns to get that dream rotation they want since there are certain afflilate hospitals that MUST be filled by a LECOM student for every rotation. ONce those are filled then the others in the group are free to pick in another area or go somewhere else in the country. (I hope that's not too confusing) I think it's changed a little bit since I set up rotations. Anyhow, it's easy, don't stress about it. PM me if others have questions.
Doctortobee said:Oh it's the easiest to do ALL your rotations in Erie!!!!!!
Doctortobee said:Yeah there is Hamot which has great rotations and there is St. Vincents too. This is just what I've heard from my classmates. They seemed to have very good experiences at Hamot and it's a trauma center.
Doctortobee said:Hey
When is orientation for your class?
If you have any questions feel free to PM me as I'm on my VACATION rotation!
Hey Green912, how was Cancun?
Dr Trek 1 said:Just find a friend with the student edition of MS Word (or deluxe, etc.). Do a fresh install that way. You can also buy the student edition fairly cheaply.
Dr Trek 1 said:I am curious...
Does LECOM want the class of 2010 to do this homework assignment like last year's MS1s did?:
http://www.lecom.edu/physmed.pdf
That's stupid. I HATE PHYSICS.Dr Trek 1 said:I am curious...
Does LECOM want the class of 2010 to do this homework assignment like last year's MS1s did?:
http://www.lecom.edu/physmed.pdf
surfgirl said:Long Beach Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
UPMC Horizon PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Mercy General Health Partners MI Family Practice
Advocate Luthern General Hospital IL Traditional Rotating
UPMC Pittsburgh PA Orthopedics
Cuyhoga Falls General Hospital OH Family Practice
Southe Pointe- Cleveland Clinic OH Emergency Medicine
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Family Practice
Kalamzoo Center MI Family Practice
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
St. John's Oakland MI Emergency Medicine
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Internal Medicine
Schneider Children'sHospital NY Pediatrics
Albert Einstein Medical Center NY Emergency Medicine
Case Western/ Metro Health Hos. OH Internal Medicine
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
University of Florida - Jacksonville FL Surgery
Southe Pointe- Cleveland Clinic OH Internal Medicine
Memorial Hospital PA Emergency Medicine Osteopathic
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Geisinger Health System PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Southe Pointe- Cleveland Clinic OH Emergency Medicine
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Meadville Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Western PA Hospital PA Anesthesiology Allopathic
Henry Ford Hospital MI Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Mount Clemens General Hospital MI General Surgery
Memorial Health Care MA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Peninsula Hospital NY General Surgery
North Colorado Medical Center CO Family Practice
North Colorado Medical Center CO Family Practice
Frankford Hospitals PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC St. Margaret PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Scranton- Temple PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Geisinger Health System PA Internal Medicine Osteopathic
Kalamzoo Center MI Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC St. Margaret PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
William Beamount Army Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating Army
UPMC, Shadyside PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC St. Margaret PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Mount Clemens General Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
Hennepin County Medical Center MN Internal Medicine
Doctor's Hospital CA Traditional Rotating
Eastern VA Medical School VA Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Eastern VA Medical School VA Family Practice
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
Garden City Oseopathic Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
St. Elizabeth's Hospital NY Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Winthrop University Hospital NY Pathology
Kern Medical Center CA Emergency Medicine
St. Vincent Medical Center OH Traditional Rotating
USAF Medical Center IL Traditional Rotating Air Force
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
St. John West Shore Hospital OH Emergency Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center PA Traditional Rotating
Metro Hospital OH Internal Medicine
Frankford Hospitals PA Emergency Medicine
Clarion Hospital PA Family Practice Osteopathic
Rush University Hospital IL Anesthesiology
Meadville Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Genesys Health System MI General Surgery Osteopathic
Institution Name State Located Program Name Military, AOA, Allopathic
Bay Area Corpus Christi Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
St. Luke's Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Brooke Army Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating Army
San Diego Naval Hospital CA Traditional Rotating Navy
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Family Practice Osteopathic
Mercy Catholic Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
Allegheny General Hospital PA Emergency Medicine
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center OH Emergency Medicine
Cuyhoga Falls General Hospital OH Family Practice
WSU/ Detriot Medical Center MI Physical Med. & Rehab.
St. John Oakland Hospital MI Family Practice Osteopathic
Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
Botsford General Hsopital MI Internal Medicine
Botsford General Hsopital MI Ob/Gyn Osteopathic
ETSU - Quillen College of Medicine TN Family Practice
Altoona Regional Health System PA Traditional Rotating
Henry Ford Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
St. Luke's Hospital PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Garden City Oseopathic Hospital MI Family Practice
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Traditional Rotating
Summa Health / NEOUCOM OH Internal Medicine
Case Western/ Metro Health Hos. OH Emergency Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation OH Psychiatry
Cuyhoga Falls General Hospital OH Family Practice
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
UPMC Shadyside PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC - Horizon PA Traditional Rotating
Detroit Riverview MI Ob/Gyn Osteopathic
Beth Israel Medical Center NY Internal Medicine
Danbury Hospital CT Pathology
Lahey Clinic MA Internal Medicine
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health PA Traditional Rotating
St. Joseph Medical Center PA Family Practice Osteopathic
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Traditional Rotating
St. Vincent Health Center PA Emergency Medicine
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
LSU LA Traditional Rotating
Riverside Methodist OH Traditional Rotating
Columbia Hospital FL Traditional Rotating
St. John Oakland Hospital MI Pediatrics
University of Kentucky KY Internal Medicine
St. Joseph - Eastland OH Family Practice
Frankford Hospitals PA Internal Medicine
Portsmouth Naval Hospital OH Family Practice Navy
Mount Clemens General Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
Memorial Hospital PA Emergency Medicine
Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
Henry Ford Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Internal Medicine
St. James Hospital and Health IL Traditional Rotating
Newark Beth - St. Barnabas NJ Traditional Rotating
Clarion Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
St. John West Shore Hospital OH Emergency Medicine
Madigan Army Medical Center WA Traditional Rotating Army
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
St. Vincent Health Center PA Emergency Medicine
Northside Hospital & Heart Institute FL Internal Medicine
Wright State Univ. OH Pediatrics
St. Barnabas Hospital PA Emergency Medicine
UPMC Shadyside PA Traditional Rotating
Illinios COM IL Internal Medicine
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
University of Buffalo NY Pediatrics
St. John's West Shore Hospital OH Emergency Medicine
St. Vincent Hosp. MA Traditional Rotating
Hamot Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
Botsford General Hospital MI Diagnositic Radiology Osteopathic
Mercy Suburban Hospital PA General Surgery
Clarion Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Universoty of Rochester/Strong Mem. NY Emergency Medicine
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Traditional Rotating
Rapid City Regional Hospital SD Family Practice
Meadville Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
St. Vincent Health Center PA Traditional Rotating
Summa Health / NEOUCOM OH Internal Medicine
Univ. of Maryland Medical Center MD Ob/Gyn
Allegheny General Hospital PA Pathology
Berkshire Medical Center MA Pathology
Newark Beth - St. Barnabas NJ Internal Medicine
Shands Hospital FL Emergency Medicine
University of Florida - Shands FL Emergency Medicine
Kennedy Memorial Univ. Medical Center NJ Traditional Rotating
Geisinger Health System PA Traditional Rotating
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Botsford General Hospital MI General Surgery
Geisinger Health System PA Pediatrics Osteopathic
William Beamount Army Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating Army
Univ. of Connecticut Health Center CT Traditional Rotating
St. Joseph - Eastland OH Traditional Rotating
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
Doctor's Hospital - Stark County OH General Surgery Osteopathic
Southe Pointe- Cleveland Clinic OH General Surgery
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Doctor's Hospital - Columbus OH Family Practice
Central Washington WA Family Practice
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Brommen Medical Institute IL Family Practice
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Family Practice
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Hennepin County Medical Center MN Internal Medicine
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Internal Medicine
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
Hershey Medical Center PA Emergency Medicine
Graduate Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
UPMC - Horizon PA Traditional Rotating
Latrobe Medical Center PA Family Practice
University of Buffalo NY Pediatrics
Hamot Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
St. Vincent Health Center PA Traditional Rotating
University Hospital OH Psychiatry
San Diego Naval Hospital CA Traditional Rotating Navy
UC Irvine Medical Center CA Internal Medicine
Diagnostic Radiology = 1 CA = 3
Emergency Medicine = 19 CO = 2
Family Practice = 23 CT = 1
General Surgery = 8 FL = 4
Internal Medicine = 20 IL = 7
Ob/Gyn = 3 KY = 1
Pediatrics = 7 LA = 1
Traditional Rotating = 87 MA = 1
Pathology - 4 MI = 19
Physical Medicine & Rehabiliation - 4 MN = 3
Pyschiatry - 2 NJ = 3
NY = 21
OH = 29
FutureDocDO said:That's stupid. I HATE PHYSICS.
Shouldn't your concern be for the class of 2011? You can always quit your masters program and join the crowd 😉 .Dr Trek 1 said:I still haven't gotten an answer as to if they are making the class of 2010 do that homework assignment. Anyone care to enlighten me?
I hope you don't mind I went through and categorize them as it's easier on the eye. 😀surfgirl said:Match list for class of 2006
FutureDocDO said:Shouldn't your concern be for the class of 2011? You can always quit your masters program and join the crowd 😉 .
We are required to use the plan provided by LECOM (Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO Blue). The only other options are if you are covered by a parent, spouse, or military. However, we just received a notice that our plan would be improved for the coming year (slightly more expensive, of course...its $160/mo.).cabinbuilder said:LECOM requires that you have some form of health insurance whether it be your own policy, your parents, or your spouse. If you have your own you have to provide a copy of your current card and fill out the waiver. If you don't have your own then you have to buy their policy. I know the coverage isn't that great but its better than nothing. I have heard horror stories about pregnancy not being covered and I recall from a lecture I went to the max lifetime payout is like $150,000. Now if you get injured and end up in ICU, that only covers about 10 days of care. It's a bad policy. However, if anyone approaches you about the SOMA policy - it is worse. The company comes up with any excuse to deny claims. I had it for one semester and changed quickly when my claims were denied for $1000's and I had to get a lawyer to eventually get it paid.
Bottom line: If you can maintain your own insurance. DO IT
jjsmalls said:We are required to use the plan provided by LECOM (Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO Blue). The only other options are if you are covered by a parent, spouse, or military. However, we just received a notice that our plan would be improved for the coming year (slightly more expensive, of course...its $160/mo.).
FutureDocDO said:Traditional Rotating (90)
Long Beach Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
UPMC Horizon PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Advocate Luthern General Hospital IL Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Henry Ford Hospital MI Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Meadville Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Geisinger Health System PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Frankford Hospitals PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC St. Margaret PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Scranton- Temple PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Memorial Health Care MA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Kalamzoo Center MI Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC St. Margaret PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
William Beamount Army Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating Army
UPMC, Shadyside PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC St. Margaret PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Mount Clemens General Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
Doctor's Hospital CA Traditional Rotating
Eastern VA Medical School VA Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
Garden City Oseopathic Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
St. Elizabeth's Hospital NY Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
St. Vincent Medical Center OH Traditional Rotating
USAF Medical Center IL Traditional Rotating Air Force
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
Saint Vincent Health Center PA Traditional Rotating
Meadville Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Bay Area Corpus Christi Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
St. Luke's Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Brooke Army Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating Army
Mercy Catholic Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
San Diego Naval Hospital CA Traditional Rotating Navy
Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
Altoona Regional Health System PA Traditional Rotating
Henry Ford Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
St. Luke's Hospital PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Traditional Rotating
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
UPMC Shadyside PA Traditional Rotating Osteopathic
UPMC - Horizon PA Traditional Rotating
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health PA Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Traditional Rotating
LSU LA Traditional Rotating
Riverside Methodist OH Traditional Rotating
Columbia Hospital FL Traditional Rotating
Mount Clemens General Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
Henry Ford Hospital MI Traditional Rotating
St. James Hospital and Health IL Traditional Rotating
Newark Beth - St. Barnabas NJ Traditional Rotating
Clarion Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Madigan Army Medical Center WA Traditional Rotating Army
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
St. Vincent Hosp. MA Traditional Rotating
Hamot Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center NY Traditional Rotating
Meadville Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
St. Vincent Health Center PA Traditional Rotating
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh PA Traditional Rotating
UPMC Shadyside PA Traditional Rotating
Clarion Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Sisters of Charity Hospital NY Traditional Rotating
William Beamount Army Medical Center TX Traditional Rotating Army
Univ. of Connecticut Health Center CT Traditional Rotating
St. Joseph - Eastland OH Traditional Rotating
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Graduate Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
UPMC - Horizon PA Traditional Rotating
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Wright Patterson AFB OH Traditional Rotating Air Force
Millcreek Community Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
San Diego Naval Hospital CA Traditional Rotating Navy
Hamot Medical Center PA Traditional Rotating
St. Vincent Health Center PA Traditional Rotating
Western PA Hospital PA Traditional Rotating
Kennedy Memorial Univ. Medical Center NJ Traditional Rotating
Geisinger Health System PA Traditional Rotating
TOTAL= 183
That is a list of places that LECOM students are rotating in. If they let one student rotate they have to let others from the same school rotate if there's room. So yes, those are considered affiliated hospitals. IMO.MARGARET4 said:Hey:
Sorry, i'm asking about this now, was in Mexico using up what's left of my free time, but these hospitals that you listed...do they accept LECOM students for rotations? Is the school somehow affiliated with them?
I work for Advocate Lutheran General now (in the E.R.) and it is an awesome hospital, it would be nice to come back here for rotations.
Try Yahoo maps or mapquest.Donvb said:Anyone in Erie already that would know about how long it would take to drive from Fairview to LECOM or Erie in general?? There is a house there my wife and I are thinking about, how inconvenient would this be? She will be attending nursing school at Gannon as well. Is there a bus system at all? Thanks for any info on this!
Congrats and welcome!DnB607 said:I just got a phone call from Elaine Morse today. I was moved off the wait list and was accepted! LECOM Class of 2010 here I come!!! 🙂