Question for current Touro-NV students

[nibrocli]

How many elective rotations are alotted during years 3 & 4?

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[OnMyWayThere]

How many elective rotations are alotted during years 3 & 4?

Looked on their website for 2 minutes and found this http://www.tu.edu/departments.php?id=44&page=251

 

[nibrocli]

Looked on their website for 2 minutes and found this http://www.tu.edu/departments.php?id=44&page=251

thanks. can any current students elaborate on these items from the website:

"Medical Subspecialties"
"Specialty Options"
"Surgical Specialty"

also, are you happy with the number electives you'll be getting? i know this might be hard to answer as the inaugural class is OMS-II

 

[stretch210]

We all have blocks next week, so the OMS II's may be slow to answer this, and I am a first year and haven't looked into it much, but I'm sure after next week one of them will get back to you on this...box 29 may even do so before that...

thanks. can any current students elaborate on these items from the website:

"Medical Subspecialties"
"Specialty Options"
"Surgical Specialty"

also, are you happy with the number electives you'll be getting? i know this might be hard to answer as the inaugural class is OMS-II

 

[nibrocli]

We all have blocks next week, so the OMS II's may be slow to answer this, and I am a first year and haven't looked into it much, but I'm sure after next week one of them will get back to you on this...box 29 may even do so before that...

thank you. i will bump next week!

 

[box29]

Hey stretch...you got me...The above poster is right:

3rd Year: 2 electives
4th year: 5 non-core that can be done where ever as long as it is approved
Non-Core Rotations:
Primary Care
Medical Subspecialties
Specialty Options
Elective-Primary Care
Elective-All Discipline Categories

Medical Subspecialties:
Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology

Specialty Options:
Alternative Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Medically Underserved, OMM,
Pain Management, Palliative Care, Pathology, Psychiatry, Public Health, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Research, Rural, Sports Medicine, Substance Abuse, Toxicology and General Preventative Medicine

Surgical Specialty:
Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, OB/GYN, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Perinatology, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Urology

Elective – Primary Care:
Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Occupational Medicine, OMM, Emergency Medicine

I guess you could say it isn't bad. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it but I think it's okay. At least I have a decent amount of "away" rotations available to go to different hospitals.

 

[box29]

FIRST YEAR COURSES
Introduction to Biochemistry and Tissues
Basic Science Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine
Human Gross Anatomy and Embryology
Neuroscience
Basic Science Foundations of Infection and Immunity
Problem Based Learning
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Physical Diagnosis
Preventive Medicine and Public Health


SECOND YEAR COURSES
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Clinical Systems
Primary Care
Laboratory Diagnostics
Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
Orientation to Clinical Rotations


Rotations will start the month of July:
THIRD YEAR COURSES
Internal Medicine I 1 month
Internal Medicine II 1 month
Family Medicine I 1 month
Family Medicine II 1 month
General Surgery I 1 month
General/Orthopedic Surgery 1 month
Pediatrics 1 month
Obstetrics/Gynecology 1 month
Psychiatry 1 month
Elective I 1 month
Elective II 1 month
Vacation 1 month
TOTAL: 12 months


FOURTH YEAR COURSES

Core Rotations:
Primary Care 1 month
Medical Subspecialties 1 month
Specialty Options 1 month
Surgical Specialty 1 month
Acute/Critical Care 1 month

Non-Core Rotations:
Primary Care 1 month
Medical Subspecialties 1 month
Specialty Options 1 month
Elective-Primary Care 1 month
Elective-All Discipline Categories 1 month
Vacation 1 month
Educational Review 2 weeks

Rotation Sites are ranked by the student from 1-3 and assigned via lottery:

St. Rose Dominican Hospital

Sunrise Hospital

Valley/UMC (which includes the following hospitals):
Valley
UMC
Desert Springs
The VA
Spring Mountain
Fremont
Nevada Health Centers,Inc.
Southwest Medical
Summerlin Hospital

 

[nibrocli]

wow box29, thanks so much for taking the time. i really did like your school, and i'm trying to make the difficult decision of which school to choose. i found the following post extremely helpful

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?threadid=104541

i'm trying to find out as much as i can regarding that OPs advice. pre-meds here on SDN really do focus on what MikeS_78 sees as irrelevant.

 

[box29]

No problem...

Yeah, it's pretty much almost everyone who interviews. What's REALLY funny is the comments we get about our library and how there aren't enough books. Like anyone would want to use all the books in the library anyway...that's why we call it a VIRTUAL/ELECTRONIC library. I mean duh . Whatever. People will think what they want to think and that is fine.