Politico article on rotation spots in New York

[Henry101]

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Politico magazine had a fascinating article on the politics behind rotation spots in New York City in their September issue. It was a really well researched article that included quotes from many medical school deans about the dire situation in New York. It had a lot of information that I, personally, had no idea about. One example is CUNY partnering with Barnabas Health in the Bronx (I think that is a major teaching hospital for NYITCOM...or at least was). Another was that, so far, HHC has received more than $37,000,000 from Saint George alone and how, when the information was made public, Dr. Daniel Ricciardi, an HHC board member and faculty member at Saint George (hmmm.. conflict of interest much?) resigned. Interesting stuff.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/artic...queezed-amid-wider-competition-rotation-space

 

[costales]

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/artic...queezed-amid-wider-competition-rotation-space

The state of Texas recently passed a law prohibiting its state board of education from issuing certificates of authority to foreign schools offering professional degrees, ending any chance for overseas students to head to Texas for their clinical rotations.

Texas legislators said the foreign medical schools had an unfair advantage when competing with some of the state’s public universities.

“[As] has been experienced in New York and New Jersey, these foreign, for-profit institutions charge a large amount of tuition and can afford to reimburse hospitals at a greater amount than state schools,” the authors of the Texas legislation wrote. “As a result, when clinical rotation slots are in demand, hospitals contract with partners that offer the greatest reimbursement.”
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Every state should follow Texas on this one.

 

[SlugMD]

Anybody else find this article painful to read?

Even though they include a quote by the Dean of Touro-NY they misrepresent the number of medical school seats as 20,343 when it should be ~27,000 when you add DO spots.

Also, the most glaring (and illogical) part was "Both are imperfect indicators of candidates’ potential, Modica says, pointing to the growth of allopathic and osteopathic schools that are filling their classrooms with many of the students that are turned down by MD programs."

I wonder what degree allopathic schools offer? Apparently MD> Allopathic=Osteopathic

The article has great points but some of these blatant errors and omissions hurts the authors credibility.

 

[QueenJames]

Given that most of the Carib schools have been buying these rotation spots and have their rotations in the NY, New Jersey, East Coast area, that's pretty much where a majority of those students end up going for residency and practicing right?

What about the quality of their rotations at such hospitals...? Anybody have any insight on that?