schools w/*too* posh hospitals

[bluebird79]

---

Members do not see this ad.

i am wondering if some schools don't have enough access to a diverse population w/their hospital choice. sure they all report to have it but do they really? i toured cornell and perhaps i've forgotten or mixed up my schools, but i remember thinking that the hospitals i was shown for that school were just almost too nice.

 

[dbhvt]

I just came back from a visit with a friend who is an EM resident at Emory. The consensus seems to be that yes, coming out of a top notch school with posh teaching hospitals creates some real problems when you're dropped in the middle of Grady in downtown Atlanta. But I don't imagine you can judge this based on the tour you get at the interview. I haven't been to WC yet, but I understand they have a wide diversity of teaching hospitals. I doubt if they take you to the ghetto during your interview tour. I think you'd have to ask directly.

 

[BaylorGuy]

I think a small room of thumb is that those schools with private hospitals are most likely going to get "posh" patients, while at the public hospitals you will more than likely get the gamut of advanced diseases.

 

[Zoom-Zoom]

I think a small room of thumb is that those schools with private hospitals are most likely going to get "posh" patients, while at the public hospitals you will more than likely get the gamut of advanced diseases.

Yup, and a lot more responsability. Most "posh" hospitals tend to be overstaffed, so you will most likey have fewer patients who are also less messed up and probably more picky/demanding...which could be good or bad depending on how you see it.

 

[Jon Davis]

I think a small room of thumb is that those schools with private hospitals are most likely going to get "posh" patients, while at the public hospitals you will more than likely get the gamut of advanced diseases.

It's rule of thumb. 🙂

 

[Arsenic]

a nice rule of thumb is that schools with public hospitals give you the most clinical experience. private schools have nicer facilities but if they are associated with a private hospital, you'll get much less clinical experience.

i kind of split the difference and went to a private school with a public hospital.

 

[BaylorGuy]

It's rule of thumb. 🙂

Thanks dooder....i was readnig it and wondered why it didnt sound right for some reason.

Besides, i made the post after the office christmas party...so yeah

 

[neurone]

It's rule of thumb. 🙂

I'm sure we all know where the phrase 'rule of thumb' came from, so shouldn't we stop using it? How about heuristic?

(if you don't know: in the old days it was law that you couldn't beat your wife with a stick thicker in diameter than your thumb.)

 

[unfrozencaveman]

I'm sure we all know where the phrase 'rule of thumb' came from, so shouldn't we stop using it? How about heuristic?

(if you don't know: in the old days it was law that you couldn't beat your wife with a stick thicker in diameter than your thumb.)

Who would know that? 🙂

 

[DropkickMurphy]

I'm sure we all know where the phrase 'rule of thumb' came from, so shouldn't we stop using it? How about heuristic?

(if you don't know: in the old days it was law that you couldn't beat your wife with a stick thicker in diameter than your thumb.)

Aww, that does seem so bad. Perhaps it should have been the rule of wrist.....

(No, I'm not advocating the abuse of women. Can anyone tell me what movie that quote came from?) And no, I still will use the expression "rule of thumb".

And I don't see any problem with a hospital being "too posh" or "too nice". If you're missing out on crackheads, gangbangers and people who are almost as a rule flauntingly non-compliant with medical orders and prescriptions, as well as facilities that are grossly understaffed, I just don't see how that is a negative. This is especially true for those of us who plan to cater to the more affluent sections of society.