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anyone know if we are expected to memorize chapman's points?
anyone know if we are expected to memorize chapman's points?
How hard is it to get St. Barnabas or Maimo for a regional? I really want to get Maimo.
Also for the USMLE when you register do you have to get the school to sign and allow you to take it?
The only problem with not doing a regional is how do we guarantee we're not sent upstate? Some of us have families and can't be shipped up state or to buffalo for 12 weeks.
do you have any info on rotations at nassau university medical center or south nassau?
This is a little strange, but I'm am trying to find the person that made the point about the OMM practicals and failing the entire system. I thought it was an excellent point, and very well communicated. I was hoping that that person will also come on Friday when Dr. Scandalous is speaking with the class. Any takers?
I dont think its the policy, anymore. The syllabus doesnt state that each must be passed, only that the grade for the written and practical must be above passing. I think it used to say EACH in previous syllabi(is that a word?)
QUESTION:
I am reading rapid review by goljan for path and its a little lenghty. i have also been reading BRS path and its much more concise, and i really like it, although it doesnt explain in detail.
Anyone know if BRS is enough for path?
I dont think its the policy, anymore. The syllabus doesnt state that each must be passed, only that the grade for the written and practical must be above passing. I think it used to say EACH in previous syllabi(is that a word?)
Yeah, don't screw up OMM!I was thinking of going to the meeting on Friday, and asking that the administration consider taking the average of all the OMM grades for the year. Then, if the average is not above passing, the studing remediates OMM at the end of the year. By using the average of all the OMM grades, a student who fails is getting help in what he/she actually NEEDS help in, instead of just repeating some arbitrary course that he/she already passed.
I don't understand how remediating the path, pharm, histo, etc for an entire course, such as endocrine, will help a student with their innominate bone diagnosis. Maybe they can enlighten me.
But, I am sure the request will just fall on deaf ears, so I don't even know if I should waste my time. Any opinions?
I'm the person who spoke at length about the OMM problem at the last meeting (as well as making Dr. Portanova red in the face by arguing that it's not fair to average the "average" of 3 exams as opposed to figuring out a grade based on the cumulative number of points).
I agree that OMM should count as its own course and it's not too late for them to make that change unless someone failed resp. and cardio last time solely on their OMM grade. If they changed the policy now they'd have to invite those kids back to school.
What time is this meeting on Friday? Perhaps I can go and speak to Dr. Scandalis...
A solution I had would be to average the grades before determining the pass or fail. This would help out the people who only failed the written by 1 or 2 points, but got 100 on the practical, and it would also help out the people who honor the written, but fail the practical. yes, their grades would drop a few points, but it's better than repeating the entire course! Then maybe say you can't honor if you don't pass both individually, but at least you don't have to repeat!! Everyone else, it wouldn't affect them either way, because you're official grade is based on this average anyway.
I don't think OMM is a big deal this year. The average on the practicals were extremely high. I think they understand that it would cause a riot if someone failed OMM and passed the written. This is probably a whole lot of worrying about nothing. I do agree that its a stupid policy but I don't think anyone will fail OMM this year unless they do absolutely no preparation. And if you dont prepare thats your own fault.
anyone wanna summarize what was said today? im curious what bowtie has in store for good old nycom. and i hope 5 years from now i wont be embarrassed to say i graduated from there.
I could have sworn he either said or had written on his powerpoint "~6.5% acceptance rate." Perhaps I was mistaken.I believe he was referring to MCAT and GPA stats as far as competiveness. I did not see an attempt to misrepresent anything as he never gave any acceptance rates or numbers. also the MCAT was a 27 not a 27.0 so that is probably a rounded number...
I could have sworn he either said or had written on his powerpoint "~6.5% acceptance rate." Perhaps I was mistaken.
I could have sworn he either said or had written on his powerpoint "~6.5% acceptance rate." Perhaps I was mistaken.
I threw some olives on that; wasn't half bad!sorry I missed that. I must've been eating my salad pizza.
I know he can come off a little cold at times, but I think that is just his personality. I really believe he is on our side. The reason he doesn't want to be bothered with all the small things (for example that 1st year who went on and on about mandatory attendance with boring lecturers and also not getting his notes in his mailbox on time) is because he has larger issues to worry about. Honestly, middle management like Dr. Bryant should be handling small issues like note printing, not the Dean. How is he supposed to know if you didn't get your notes or not? LOL. This weekend the Dean had to go before the re-accreditation board, so you can see how he could be preoccupied. Being able to grant degrees is kinda important...They could not have possibly just accepted 300 students. They have to accept 2x or 3X the amount of students bc a lot of people get acceptances to other schools and choose to go over there.
The guy is full of hot air in terms of his numbers and his goals. If he really wants to raise all this money for research the smartest investment he could possibly make is to be nice and respectful to us so that once we graduate he'll have some alumni donations to look forwards to. But the way he brushes of all of our demands there is no way I will give NYCOM a cent of my hard earned cash.
This was brought up by a student. The dean responded by saying the gov't is not likely to step in and do something, b/c the public does not have sympathy for "rich doctors". He said in the future, he hopes NYCOM can help subsidize education and brought up the fact that last year was the first year NYCOM was a school as a lender program and was able to offer scholarships to students for the first time in its history.They need to come up with a ten year plan to lower tutition...Has anybody looked at their total loan amounts lately
I can't imagine what its going to cost to go to medical school or even college in the coming years.
does anyone else notice that omm practicals are severely flawed in standardization. its blatantly obvious that grade outcomes are highly dependent on which physician or fellow is assessing the student. There is far too much variability in "grader harshness" for the omm portion to have anywhere near the worth of 25% of our exam score. thoughts?
answered my own question:anyone know the process for registering for USMLE?
Does anyone know when rotations begin? June or July?
It's July 2 or 3. We find out in a few weeks for def, we'll get all the infoDoes anyone know when rotations begin? June or July?