Rosalind Franklin SOM Rotations

[Valtun]

Hello,

I've heard different things about Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and how their rotations during their 3rd and 4th years can be a bit stressful due to the ton of different hospitals that they are affiliated with (they don't have a direct one/couple hospital affiliate so travel time can be pretty annoying). Can anybody give any insight into this (maybe someone who goes there now or who knows a lot about RF?)

Some have told me it does not matter too much and some have sort of steered me away from applying due to this problem.
Is it really worth not applying to because of this?


Thank you for your help!

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[libertyyne]

Hello,

I've heard different things about Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and how their rotations during their 3rd and 4th years can be a bit stressful due to the ton of different hospitals that they are affiliated with (they don't have a direct one/couple hospital affiliate so travel time can be pretty annoying). Can anybody give any insight into this (maybe someone who goes there now or who knows a lot about RF?)

Some have told me it does not matter too much and some have sort of steered me away from applying due to this problem.
Is it really worth not applying to because of this?


Thank you for your help!

Have you received acceptance from rosalind franklin or any other school? I would only worry about this after having multiple accepts in hand. When I interviewed people said that some people rotate near, some rotate in sites that are far away and justify moving.

 

[ciestar]

My school has a lot of affiliated sites that students end up 3rd year, but I wouldn’t keep this from applying to target schools.

 

[kraskadva]

Hello,

I've heard different things about Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and how their rotations during their 3rd and 4th years can be a bit stressful due to the ton of different hospitals that they are affiliated with (they don't have a direct one/couple hospital affiliate so travel time can be pretty annoying). Can anybody give any insight into this (maybe someone who goes there now or who knows a lot about RF?)

Some have told me it does not matter too much and some have sort of steered me away from applying due to this problem.
Is it really worth not applying to because of this?


Thank you for your help!

Current M2 at RFU here...
Yes, we rotate through a lot of sites. No it's not a problem.

There's a lottery for where you will rotate, so you get to put in some top choices, and if being or not being at a particular site is really important to you, then you can usually swap for it after the lottery. Most of the rotation sites are in the city or north suburbs and folks almost universally move to a central location downtown before 3rd year and then just drive to wherever they're rotating. And if someone has a rotation that's really out of the way/don't want to commute, then they sublet a place closer to during that rotation.
Is it a bit annoying to drive all over or arrange sublets? Sure. Is that going to make or break you? I should hope not...#first world problems.
And I wouldn't call it 'stressful' - all the M3s/M4s I know are super chilled out and really into their rotation sites.

While I'm clearly in the "doesn't matter too much camp", I'd actually go further and say it's a plus that we rotate through all these different sites. Whatever annoyance you may suffer due to commuting is more than made up for by being exposed to a wide variety of hospitals/practice styles/EMRs/patient populations/administration systems/etc. This is actually a large part of what makes CMS grads very marketable for residency and beyond (so the alumni & match lists tell me), because we are able to hit the ground running in pretty much any situation we land in.