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Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about nsu's core clinical site at south Hampton hospital? What's it like, the quality of the education, ect. Also can you do all your rotations there (besides from rural) if you wanted. Thanks
 
heroes31 said:
Out of curiosity, does anyone know anything about nsu's core clinical site at south Hampton hospital? What's it like, the quality of the education, ect. Also can you do all your rotations there (besides from rural) if you wanted. Thanks
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Its a core rotation site, so that means you do all your 3rd and 4th year requirements there, aside from your electives. I don't know what the quality is like but when they did their sales pitch to get people to pick it as their core site they talked a lot about drinking wine.
 
redrumi said:
Its a core rotation site, so that means you do all your 3rd and 4th year requirements there, aside from your electives. I don't know what the quality is like but when they did their sales pitch to get people to pick it as their core site they talked a lot about drinking wine.
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Thanks for the information! I looked on the Southhampton hospital website and they didn't list certain specialties for rotations like, geriatrics and peds but maybe they just overlooked it. Wine sounds good! 🙂
 
It is not my core site but the people in my class that I know went there seem to be happy with there experience and I think there are apartments that the hospital has available to the students for a reasonable rate as well. I think they do all of their rotations the hospital and in the area, but they do have to go back to Nova a couple of times for things (OMM review, etc).
 
Is there competition for this site or is it basically if you want it you can easily get it.
 
heroes31 said:
Is there competition for this site or is it basically if you want it you can easily get it.
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A lot of people(~12) wanted it this past year, more than in a typical year, but everyone who wanted it ended up getting it as their core site. For the out of state sites you let the school you want it and you basically just get it, in doing so you opt out of the mini-match that is used to decide core sites that are within FL.
 
redrumi said:
A lot of people(~12) wanted it this past year, more than in a typical year, but everyone who wanted it ended up getting it as their core site. For the out of state sites you let the school you want it and you basically just get it, in doing so you opt out of the mini-match that is used to decide core sites that are within FL.
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Thanks for all the great info!! Really appreciate it!
 
redrumi said:
A lot of people(~12) wanted it this past year, more than in a typical year, but everyone who wanted it ended up getting it as their core site. For the out of state sites you let the school you want it and you basically just get it, in doing so you opt out of the mini-match that is used to decide core sites that are within FL.
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Southampton has only been offered for 2 years now, there is no "typical year" to compare it to.
 
Why would people pick an OOS site like Southampton? Are they looking to do their electives in area hospitals?
 
I'm hoping to get onto the set of Royal Pains. 🙂
 
Many of the people who went there from my class are from the NE, so it made it easier for them to go home if they had a weekend or a couple of days off (we do not get vacation as a third year). Others just wanted out of south FL.
 
it's supposedly terrible. Multiple students have told me that it's primarily for people who want a super easy/relaxed 3rd year and/or love OMM. An easy year sounds tempting until you realize you are really screwing yourself over for intern year because you lack the fundamentals.

IMO, it's honestly not at all the best option, even if you want to practice in NYC area. You'd be better off with stronger rotations at the NSU major sites in FL and then doing several away rotations 4th year in the region you hope to practice in.

Here is a PM about Southhampton hospital from an NSU student. I had inquired about this place months ago. I'll keep the user name anonymous.

"I can't tell you more than what I've heard through friends who are headed there. Here's what I've heard:

1. OMM is emphasized there
2. Roughly 4 hours of classroom lecture per week
3. Small community hospital with 10% of the patient population of any of the Florida hospitals
4. Nova's subsidized housing there is cheap, something like 600/month

Personally, the only real positive for me is the housing. A lot of people are going there more for personal reasons than the fact that its a great learning experience. One is going because his girlfriends is in the city, one because she wants to be near her parents, another because he doesn't want to work hard and just wants a chill third year. He tells me there's a lake next to the housing that lets students use jetskis for free.

I don't recommend it at all unless you enjoy OMM more than medicine. If you want more medicine and learning by doing stuff, I recommend Palmetto, Mount Sinai MTS track (there's MTS that follows the MD doctors/students and is more inpatient, and OTS track that is more DO people and outpatient), and maybe Memorial. Basically any hospital with a large and diverse patient population, where you spend the majority of your time IN THE HOSPITAL. I emphasize this last fact because people make a big deal about Broward General, but some peoples 3rd year rotations have them spending 2 months in the hospital and 10 months in doctor's offices whereas with tracks like Palmetto you're inpatient for 6-9 months out of the year. "
 
Well poop. There goes all my Seinfeld marathons.
 
patel2 said:
it's supposedly terrible. Multiple students have told me that it's primarily for people who want a super easy/relaxed 3rd year and/or love OMM. An easy year sounds tempting until you realize you are really screwing yourself over for intern year because you lack the fundamentals.

IMO, it's honestly not at all the best option, even if you want to practice in NYC area. You'd be better off with stronger rotations at the NSU major sites in FL and then doing several away rotations 4th year in the region you hope to practice in.

Here is a PM about Southhampton hospital from an NSU student. I had inquired about this place months ago. I'll keep the user name anonymous.

"I can't tell you more than what I've heard through friends who are headed there. Here's what I've heard:

1. OMM is emphasized there
2. Roughly 4 hours of classroom lecture per week
3. Small community hospital with 10% of the patient population of any of the Florida hospitals
4. Nova's subsidized housing there is cheap, something like 600/month

Personally, the only real positive for me is the housing. A lot of people are going there more for personal reasons than the fact that its a great learning experience. One is going because his girlfriends is in the city, one because she wants to be near her parents, another because he doesn't want to work hard and just wants a chill third year. He tells me there's a lake next to the housing that lets students use jetskis for free.

I don't recommend it at all unless you enjoy OMM more than medicine. If you want more medicine and learning by doing stuff, I recommend Palmetto, Mount Sinai MTS track (there's MTS that follows the MD doctors/students and is more inpatient, and OTS track that is more DO people and outpatient), and maybe Memorial. Basically any hospital with a large and diverse patient population, where you spend the majority of your time IN THE HOSPITAL. I emphasize this last fact because people make a big deal about Broward General, but some peoples 3rd year rotations have them spending 2 months in the hospital and 10 months in doctor's offices whereas with tracks like Palmetto you're inpatient for 6-9 months out of the year. "
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Thanks for all the great info. A little disappointed to read the negative review. Maybe other people have more positive things to say?? I of course want to learn as much as possible but how important is the place where you do your core rotations for gaining a residency. I mean, if you get yourself a good Usmle/comlex score, good grades, and rotate at the place you want to be a resident at does it really matter where you did your core rotation?
 
patel2 said:
it's supposedly terrible. Multiple students have told me that it's primarily for people who want a super easy/relaxed 3rd year and/or love OMM. An easy year sounds tempting until you realize you are really screwing yourself over for intern year because you lack the fundamentals.

IMO, it's honestly not at all the best option, even if you want to practice in NYC area. You'd be better off with stronger rotations at the NSU major sites in FL and then doing several away rotations 4th year in the region you hope to practice in.

Here is a PM about Southhampton hospital from an NSU student. I had inquired about this place months ago. I'll keep the user name anonymous.

"I can't tell you more than what I've heard through friends who are headed there. Here's what I've heard:

1. OMM is emphasized there
2. Roughly 4 hours of classroom lecture per week
3. Small community hospital with 10% of the patient population of any of the Florida hospitals
4. Nova's subsidized housing there is cheap, something like 600/month

Personally, the only real positive for me is the housing. A lot of people are going there more for personal reasons than the fact that its a great learning experience. One is going because his girlfriends is in the city, one because she wants to be near her parents, another because he doesn't want to work hard and just wants a chill third year. He tells me there's a lake next to the housing that lets students use jetskis for free.

I don't recommend it at all unless you enjoy OMM more than medicine. If you want more medicine and learning by doing stuff, I recommend Palmetto, Mount Sinai MTS track (there's MTS that follows the MD doctors/students and is more inpatient, and OTS track that is more DO people and outpatient), and maybe Memorial. Basically any hospital with a large and diverse patient population, where you spend the majority of your time IN THE HOSPITAL. I emphasize this last fact because people make a big deal about Broward General, but some peoples 3rd year rotations have them spending 2 months in the hospital and 10 months in doctor's offices whereas with tracks like Palmetto you're inpatient for 6-9 months out of the year. "
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OMM is not emphasized as strongly as some people say. There are regular lectures on it but it isn't even close to the amount of medicine covered. Whoever wrote this message to you obviously didn't go there or they're bitter about something that happened if they did. 7 months are spent in the hospital, 5 out. The smaller student volume works to your advantage because you are usually one on one with attendings and therefore not competing with a huge group of students to do the smallest thing (e.g., putting in a foley). Students at Southampton have required logs to get experience doing procedures like foleys, IV insertions, blood draws, and EKGs. Depending on the student's interest, they can do as much or as little as they want. Some scrubbed in for (nearly) every surgery during their surgical rotations, occasionally as first assist. As with any hospital, the experience is what you make of it.

To those people asking about Southampton, there were only 8 people there last year and 9-10 this year. If you want to know about it, figure out who went there (it's not that hard) and ask them personally. It's a lot more reliable than anything you might find here.
 
patel2 said:
As a DO residing in Long Island, what is your take on Southhampton?
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If you're looking to chill for an elective rotation, it would be a great place to be.

If you're actually contemplating doing a core rotation expecting to actually learn something (other than learning that your school is shamelessly ripping you off by offering this site as a rotation option) you'll be disappointed.
 
heroes31 said:
how important is the place where you do your core rotations for gaining a residency. I mean, if you get yourself a good Usmle/comlex score, good grades, and rotate at the place you want to be a resident at does it really matter where you did your core rotation?
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"He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all." -Sir William Osler.

"Don't shortchange yourself when it comes to your medical education." -me
 
wanna_be_do said:
"He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all." -Sir William Osler.

"Don't shortchange yourself when it comes to your medical education." -me
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Don't trust people who quote themselves.
 
wanna_be_do said:
If you're looking to chill for an elective rotation, it would be a great place to be.

If you're actually contemplating doing a core rotation expecting to actually learn something (other than learning that your school is shamelessly ripping you off by offering this site as a rotation option) you'll be disappointed.
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wannabeOBGYN said:
OMM is not emphasized as strongly as some people say. There are regular lectures on it but it isn't even close to the amount of medicine covered. Whoever wrote this message to you obviously didn't go there or they're bitter about something that happened if they did. 7 months are spent in the hospital, 5 out. The smaller student volume works to your advantage because you are usually one on one with attendings and therefore not competing with a huge group of students to do the smallest thing (e.g., putting in a foley). Students at Southampton have required logs to get experience doing procedures like foleys, IV insertions, blood draws, and EKGs. Depending on the student's interest, they can do as much or as little as they want. Some scrubbed in for (nearly) every surgery during their surgical rotations, occasionally as first assist. As with any hospital, the experience is what you make of it.

To those people asking about Southampton, there were only 8 people there last year and 9-10 this year. If you want to know about it, figure out who went there (it's not that hard) and ask them personally. It's a lot more reliable than anything you might find here.
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For students who do their core roations at Southampton, do they have to come back to florida to do the rural rotation? Also how many times per year do you have to fly back to florida for exams or whatever? Thanks!
 
Can any current students give an updated review? Also any info on the housing would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
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