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MountainClimber94 said:
What are the main concerns of enrolling in programs that are still in the process of being accredited?


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Still in the process of being accredited is one reason.

Many of these new programs are in very small cities/towns and therefore the diversity of pathology you see may be limited since most are referred to an tertiary medical center (for example, the hospitals affiliated with BCOM will air flight cases they can't deal with to UNM School of Medicine, or the hospitals affiliated with KCU will refer most cancer patients to KU Med since it's the only hospital in KC to be An NCI designated cancer center).

Because these hospitals are small they probably do not have residencies which means at the beginning of fourth year you have to catch up in learning how to run as a SubI in order to get your letters.

No alumni means no additional support in the way of outside academic hospitals knowing what school you came from and what reputation it has. Which does matter to many PDs.

Most new DO schools have absolutely minute research opportunities and therefore you have to somehow find a way to do that but if you're off the grid in Las Cruces or Yakima then that'll be difficult to do as well.


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DexterMorganSK said:
Loan issues...


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Should not be an issue. It's true they aren't eligible for federal loans until they sit their first class but any halfway decent school not charge tuition until they become eligible. My school allowed the 1st year class to sit until loans were available which was I think a month into the semester. Wasn't in the class so idk exactly
 
I do know that the program is working with a local community hospital (level 1 trauma unit) to set up rotations. From what I hear the primary care department chairs are very excited for this new school in the local area. The hospital that I am referring to also has a very good relationship with a UCSF residency program.
 
AlteredScale said:
Still in the process of being accredited is one reason.

Many of these new programs are in very small cities/towns and therefore the diversity of pathology you see may be limited since most are referred to an tertiary medical center (for example, the hospitals affiliated with BCOM will air flight cases they can't deal with to UNM School of Medicine, or the hospitals affiliated with KCU will refer most cancer patients to KU Med since it's the only hospital in KC to be An NCI designated cancer center).

Because these hospitals are small they probably do not have residencies which means at the beginning of fourth year you have to catch up in learning how to run as a SubI in order to get your letters.

No alumni means no additional support in the way of outside academic hospitals knowing what school you came from and what reputation it has. Which does matter to many PDs.

Most new DO schools have absolutely minute research opportunities and therefore you have to somehow find a way to do that but if you're off the grid in Las Cruces or Yakima then that'll be difficult to do as well.


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Why is it always either primary care or tertiary care? Where's the love for secondary care?
 
MountainClimber94 said:
I do know that the program is working with a local community hospital (level 1 trauma unit) to set up rotations. From what I hear the primary care department chairs are very excited for this new school in the local area. The hospital that I am referring to also has a very good relationship with a UCSF residency program.
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In other words. You are talking about the school trying to open up in Clovis. Idk if it'll get off the ground
 
Ahhh yes, CHSU School of Osteopathic Medicine Program. I spoke with the director, told me they are definitely trying to recruit local folks from the Central Valley. I work at the hospital you are referring to and already see medical students from different programs rotate there. Interesting to see if CHSU is able to secure these spots for their students.
 
I think they will be able to. I have spoken to several USCF Fresno faculty and all have said they are very pleased with what the upcoming program hopes to become and accomplish. Yes, this is a time of limbo as it isn't FULLY off the ground and running. They just completed setting up the main people to help design the curriculum. I too have spoken to the director and he informed me that the way the material will be presented to the students is through a semi-new method called "clinical presentation curricular model". It is based on the different ways patients present to physicians.

@Goro are you familiar with this method? What are your thoughts on it?
 
Nope, haven't heard about this.

MountainClimber94 said:
I think they will be able to. I have spoken to several USCF Fresno faculty and all have said they are very pleased with what the upcoming program hopes to become and accomplish. Yes, this is a time of limbo as it isn't FULLY off the ground and running. They just completed setting up the main people to help design the curriculum. I too have spoken to the director and he informed me that the way the material will be presented to the students is through a semi-new method called "clinical presentation curricular model". It is based on the different ways patients present to physicians.

@Goro are you familiar with this method? What are your thoughts on it?
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MountainClimber94 said:
I think they will be able to. I have spoken to several USCF Fresno faculty and all have said they are very pleased with what the upcoming program hopes to become and accomplish. Yes, this is a time of limbo as it isn't FULLY off the ground and running. They just completed setting up the main people to help design the curriculum. I too have spoken to the director and he informed me that the way the material will be presented to the students is through a semi-new method called "clinical presentation curricular model". It is based on the different ways patients present to physicians.

@Goro are you familiar with this method? What are your thoughts on it?
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I wonder if this is something similar ATSU doing with their 1+3 model, being that the current dean for the program was the founding dean for ATSU.
 
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