Rosalind Franklin

[annamarie]

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that match list is pretty hot

I remember reading a reason why CMS/RFU's match list was so amazing, but I can't seem to find it now. It was something about them not being affiliated with a hospital... Can anyone remember or point me in the right direction? Please! 🙂 Thanks so much!

 

[owenmichael]

I remember reading a reason why CMS/RFU's match list was so amazing, but I can't seem to find it now. It was something about them not being affiliated with a hospital... Can anyone remember or point me in the right direction? Please! 🙂 Thanks so much!

A couple of their professors help write the boards (thats what I read here)

 

[Vizsla]

I remember reading a reason why CMS/RFU's match list was so amazing, but I can't seem to find it now. It was something about them not being affiliated with a hospital... Can anyone remember or point me in the right direction? Please! 🙂 Thanks so much!

I read on here that the classes are taught specifically tailored to the boards, so almost something of a board review prep kinda thing. Of course after asking a 4th yr at RFU, he though that was ridiculous. I had a chance to see some of their lectures from the cardio syllabus and it did seem to be written in a main points bullet format. Anyways they apparently have a very good board scores which im sure contributes to them having a great match list. I think the only downside to the school is that is has no affiliated hospital and the school's location. Who really cares about its reputation (mainly among SDNers) especially when the school matches so well...obviously its doing something right.

 

[medstylee]

i dunno if they actually help write the boards, but there are two big-name pathologists at cms that wrote the board-review series book that most people use to study for the path section of the boards.

about the school having no hospital next door... it doesn't matter. i work with a resident who recently graduated from cms and she told me that there is such a wide range of affiliated hospitals available that you will be very well prepared. she said she was putting in central line after central line and intubating patient after patient at cook county hospital. bottom line - their clinical rotations prepare their students just as well as other schools' rotations, despite the fact that there is not a "rosalind franklin hospital."

 

[TimmyTheWonderD]

about the school having no hospital next door... it doesn't matter.....bottom line - their clinical rotations prepare their students just as well as other schools' rotations, despite the fact that there is not a "rosalind franklin hospital."

thank you! 🙂
good to hear some YEA for RFU instead of the constant BOOOO! 😡

 

[Vizsla]

i dunno if they actually help write the boards, but there are two big-name pathologists at cms that wrote the board-review series book that most people use to study for the path section of the boards.

about the school having no hospital next door... it doesn't matter. i work with a resident who recently graduated from cms and she told me that there is such a wide range of affiliated hospitals available that you will be very well prepared. she said she was putting in central line after central line and intubating patient after patient at cook county hospital. bottom line - their clinical rotations prepare their students just as well as other schools' rotations, despite the fact that there is not a "rosalind franklin hospital."

Yeah, I didnt mean to say it detracts from clinical training, just that its convenient if you can do rotations at a university affiliated hospital. By the way, how far is Cook County from RFU? I know its really close to Rush and when I interviewed there, the only other school I noticed nearby was Univ Illinois...

 

[medstylee]

cook county hospital is pretty far from rosalind franklin's campus. but, most students doing their 3rd/4th year rotations move to downtown chicago because many of the affiliate hospitals are in the city.