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I'm at Temple and so far I love it. The faculty is super friendly and available and my classmates are great. We have tons of opportunities to get involved in the community as well as get early clinical exposure. All of the courses are integrated with one another, so we work on the lungs in embryo, histo, and gross at the same time. Living in Philly has been fun so far, but it sure isn't San Francisco (home). Temple has some great summer programs too if you want to stay in Philly after your first year. Feel free to pm me if you have any other questions...
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The Remix said:
I'm at Jefferson, and I really like it so far. Jefferson's mission is to turn out good clinicians, and they take it very, very seriously. As a result, they have a slightly decreased focus on research, so if you absolutely love bench work and want to have your own lab as a PI, but can't stand the thought of working in a clinic for most of your life, Jefferson may not be the best school for you. You CAN do research, though - there are lots of opportunities to do lab or clinical research here. It's just not really the main focus.
If you don't have at least some clinical exposure within your first 2 MONTHS here, it's not the school's fault. There's JeffHOPE (which, by default, all students are enrolled in; you can remove your name from the list if you really want to), Jeff Elect, JeffHOPE for Kids, JeffHOPE Advocacy, JeffMOMS, JeffGRANDPARENTS, JeffYES, etc. These are all organizations that will have you work with patients in some guise or another. The list is endless. Plus, there is the required clinical preceptor visit. The Jefferson Emergency Medicine Society also has clinics where they can teach you how to use an ultrasound, and the Optho society held a community glaucoma screening clinic a little while back. Like I said, you'd have to live in a cave (or the library) not to have some clinical exposure very quickly.
We're not a systems based schedule, we have a block system. We have anatomy from August until the end of October, Biochem/genetics from November until January (I think), Histology and Neuroanatomy from January until April. We have a course called MP21 (Medical Practice for the 21st century) all year round. That's the course that most people love to hate, but everyone will also admit that it's not that terrible. We have doctors come in and talk about real life clinical practice. Some of the doctors are excellent lecturers, while others aren't so great. We also have small group PBL sessions.
My classmates have been wonderful. I have never met such a group of people who are so willing to bend over backwards to help each other out. There's the stereotype of the cut throat med student, but that doesn't seem to be the case here - these people are really amazing. Even though we have such a huge med school (230-some students in my year), it honestly doesn't feel that big. The second years have been really great too. I don't have much contact with a lot of 3rd or 4th years yet, so I can't tell you anything about them. The professors are very approachable, and lectures are good. We also have a frontnotes service and all lectures are recorded on mp3 and uploaded on a class website. The neighborhood around Jefferson is pretty safe - I've walked by myself at night - but there are security guards at the library, alumni hall, residence halls, etc. They're everywhere. I grew up in the Philadelphia area, and my parents say that, of all the 4 allopathic schools, Jefferson is in the best neighborhood. They might be biased, though.
Hope this helps. Good luck with interviews!
Great post dmk!
Any other feedback?
Any other feedback?
just like to second what DMK said . . . Jeff is a great school
-people definitely help each other out, before gross anatomy tests my email would be flooded with flashcards, flow charts and catchy little sayings from classmates
-the thing I like most about Jeff is that all of the physicians at JMC hospital (at least all the ones I have run into) LOVE having med students come in and hang out (which is about all you are qualified to do as a first year). They are ready and willing to unleash you on there patients to take histories and will actually teach you . . . I had the chief attending of the ER give me a crash course in reading a CBC
-people definitely help each other out, before gross anatomy tests my email would be flooded with flashcards, flow charts and catchy little sayings from classmates
-the thing I like most about Jeff is that all of the physicians at JMC hospital (at least all the ones I have run into) LOVE having med students come in and hang out (which is about all you are qualified to do as a first year). They are ready and willing to unleash you on there patients to take histories and will actually teach you . . . I had the chief attending of the ER give me a crash course in reading a CBC
anyone know how the philly schools (plus penn state) rank in comparison to each other as far as strength of international programs/international medicine? I'm really interested in having early opportunities to get clinical exposure abroad. do any of the schools have such opportunities for summer after first year? to my understanding, having the chance to do elective rotations abroad in your fourth year is standard at all medical schools. which one has the strongest program?
I have no clue about ranking, but a BUNCH of my classmates at Jeff are planning on going abroad on scholarships this summer . . . friends of mine are goingto Australia and costa rica, but it sounds like people are headed everywhere (africa, asia, central and south america, europe)
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