The short and nice version is that Clinical Ed does not seem interested in helping students with their "clinical education." I was under the impression that this was the role of a clinical education department, no? Not only are they not helpful, but they are downright rude. I have experienced this first hand, and so have several of my very reliable classmates.
Yes, there is a lot of bashing of LECOM on this site. At first I ignored it, I was exited about coming to LECOM. In truth, most of the time I haven't really had any problems. Yes, there are a lot of dumb rules, but you know that coming in. However, I am finding that the Clinical Ed dept is completely tainiting my experience. Several rotations that were set up through the school have been cancelled and many people are now left scrambling to find sites. I've heard this is not uncommon, but I would think that Clin Ed would at least try to help students with this, especially because it was at least partly, if not entirely their fault. It's very frustrating, not only to get no help, then have no one else to seek guidance on this matter, and on top of that they make you feel like an idiot and treat you like dirt. This was just my experience, so take it for what it's worth.
