I am a 3rd year student and Ive been very happy at OCPM. I think that each person must take responsibility for their own education and learning. There are a million things OCPM could do differently to maximize our education, but its ultimately my responsibility to learn. They present us everything we need to know. We all have the same opportunities to learn it. Its up to us to know it.
Many in my class are indeed crybabies, but i suspect it is that way at every school. If you mind your own business, and associate with positive people, you will have a positive attitude and most likely a positive experience.
I have been impressed with the faculty we have here. Especially many of the guest lecturers from cleveland clinic and such. I feel that the school has great resources in this area which greatly benefit us. Some of our professors arent great "teachers" but this was definitely the case in college. If you cant figure out how to learn from a textbook and the internet, etc. then you would struggle regardless.
Thats not to say that all faculty members are wonderful. But again, you take the good with the bad and work hard to learn.
I do wish we had more hardcore general medicine type rotations. I feel very weak in heart sounds, lung sounds, etc. I constantly review old medicine notes, but we dont have a lot of experience "taking care of patients" with systemic illness, at least as a 3rd year student. Maybe during our 4th year rotations this will come?
It is what you make it, no matter where you go. You be whatever you want to be. Its on you. For the most part, I feel like all the schools are on the same playing field.
