Finally! Another undergrad from Marshall has joined SDN, other than myself! Ironically enough, I am also a KY resident.
I agree that Ms. Warren is a very good resource. I spoke with her this summer, face to face, and she was extremely helpful.
I also agree that it is fairly difficult to get into MUSOM out of state. Like she said already, they only take 2 WV non-residents and even at that, you have to live in a state that borders WV or have very strong ties to WV.
As far as the med school is concerned, they mix PBL into their curriculum, but I am uncertain as to how much. I do know that as a MUSOM student, your first patient contact comes within the first or second week of your freshman year and it continues through both non-clinical years.
Clinical experiences include 2 month rotations of surgery, peds, medicine, FP, psych, and OBGYN, all in your junior year. Senior year is left totally up to the student. At Marshall, you can continue rotating in one of the above areas or pathology. If you want to do other fields, you'll probably have to go elsewhere. I know there's an EM rotation about 1 hour or so from Huntington.
Anyway, I hope that helps some. I don't really know anything about the international rotations though. Check the website.
Ok, just out of curiosity, KyGrl...what year are you? I'm a sophomore small chem major, in case you were wondering.
