In the past many students have complained about problems with scheduling clinicals. I think it should be noted that, this fall, Ross created additional staff positions to expand its clinical affiliations. Today students were sent an email about their results thus far (hopefully things will only continue to improve):
" also wanted to tell you that the University has just completed an expansion of its core clinical rotations at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn.
The agreement was signed on 12/19/07 and will increase the number of guaranteed core positions from 64 to 112 beginning in 7/1/08. There will be increases in OB, PEDS, IM, SURG and FM core rotations.
Please keep in mind these positions are now guaranteed in quantity so that the unfortunate practice of "bumping" will end. These positions are not add-ons to the number of students at Wyckoff but rather Ross students are replacing students from other international schools at Wyckoff.
This agreement along with the signed agreement with Caritas last month have increased the number of core rotations at these two hospitals by 98 positions/week. Hopefully this will help decrease the wait time for core rotations.
The signing of these agreements was the effort of many people at the University: Dr. Tom Shepherd, President, Nancy Perri, MD, Vice president, John St. James, Chief Financial Officer, and Willie Raymoundo, Finance , as well as many people over at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
There are several other opportunities that we are working on. Unfortunately this time of year, everything slows down as people are out of the office for the holidays. I will communicate with you again later this month with further updates."