question for DO students at NYCOM

[daact]

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I am thinking about coming to NYCOM. I was wondering if any of you DO students at NYCOM know about the teaching fellowship Neuroscience program. Is it competitive? Does it really help you get a better residency? Please any advice will do. Thank you.

 

[mballs182]

hey hows it going... im a first year at NYCOM now, the neuroscience fellowship is extremely competative as are all the others....i think neuroscience takes 2 people each year... anatomy takes 2, pathology takes 1 and OMM takes like 8... but when your talking about a class size of 300 it gets very competative....but they can help later on... the fellowships have thier +'s and -'s but if you can actually get one and dont mind adding an extra year onto your schooling than go for it.... the free tuition for 3,4,5th years also helps....

 

[drvlad2004]

I am a 4th year now at NYCOM. I never did any fellowship. However, I can tell you that students who did an anatomy fellowship seemed to land better residencies. Of course, those same people had excellent grades and board scores. The neuroscience fellowship (2 people per year) only started during my first year at NYCOM. Therefore, it has yet to be determined how those students will do in the match. I am sure they will match extremely well. One know one of them personally. She was an amazing neuroscience tutor during the basic science summer program. It used to be that some gross anatomy fellows also had duties as a pathology or neuroscience fellow. That was until they split the fellowships apart.

I know that past anatomy fellow have rountinely matched into radiology (e.g. Stony Brook, Mt. Sinai in Miami), orthopedics (osteopathic), and many of them of them go into excellent general surgery programs. I would say that anatomy fellows seem to match better than OMM fellows. The OMM fellowship is a big bonus if you want to go into a field like PM&R. Those fellows have match into excellent PM&R programs like Harvard/Spaulding. But, even people who haven't done a fellowship matched into excellent PM&R programs. Otherwise, I really don't see the OMM fellowship giving you a leg up in landing better residencies. It is more for educational and hands-on experience.

Go for the neuroscience fellowship if you're willing to spend an extra year at NYCOM.

 

[JJF]

What's the process for aplying and being accepted into the teaching fellowship. At what stage do you apply?

 

[AP]

JJF - I am one of the anatomy fellows and I can give you more info if you want. You apply towards the end of your second year, and decisions are made around March/April of that year. The criteria for the anatomy/pathology fellowships vs. the neuro fellowship are different. The former calls for more face time in the anatomy and pathology labs, whereas the latter is based more on the merits of your resume/transcripts. Obviously research in either field is a bonus. Let me know if you want more info.

 

[JJF]

AP,
I would be very interested in more information. You said
"The former calls for more face time in the anatomy and pathology labs, whereas the latter is based more on the merits of your resume/transcripts. Obviously research in either field is a bonus. "

When you say "the merits of your resume/transcript" is this just your grades/class standing, or does it go beyond that. Also, when is there time to establish research experience?

I'm almost certain that I will begin NYCOM in 8/04. Thus far my research experience has been done overseas (Brazil) at a burn hospital that I worked in for 2 summers. One summer was spent researching the use of biological membranes (frog skin) for wound cover. It was very interresting. I did not plan on doing any research work between now and 8/04, but if it will increase my chances of being selected, I would gladly commit the time.

Any info you can give is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[daact]

hey AP...i think i will be attending NYCOM 8/04 and i am very interested in applying for the neuroscience fellowship. Can you in anyway please provide me with the necessary information. I took two years off inbetween college and medical school so i can do research. I have a few papers. Is this what they are looking for?

thanks so much