Size of school setting...a factor for training?

[ticktock5051]

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Hey all,

I was recently accepted to Rochester and UVA and am torn making up my mind. I really like UVA/Charlottesville, but one of the things I keep asking myself is - since Charlottesville has a population of 40,000 (and a metro pop of 200,000) and Rochester has a population of 200,000 (metro 1 million) - will UVA afford me enough opportunities for patient contact and clinical experience?

I'd love feedback from current students on this (I figured ya'll would be better resources than pre-med students). Does anybody feel/have any insight on how the size of the school's setting has affected their med school training? Does a small population give you "enough" opportunities to hone your clinical skills?

Thanks so much!

 

[FIREitUP]

Hey all,

I was recently accepted to Rochester and UVA and am torn making up my mind. I really like UVA/Charlottesville, but one of the things I keep asking myself is - since Charlottesville has a population of 40,000 (and a metro pop of 200,000) and Rochester has a population of 200,000 (metro 1 million) - will UVA afford me enough opportunities for patient contact and clinical experience?

I'd love feedback from current students on this (I figured ya'll would be better resources than pre-med students). Does anybody feel/have any insight on how the size of the school's setting has affected their med school training? Does a small population give you "enough" opportunities to hone your clinical skills?

Thanks so much!

Just go to UVA. Rochester is an awful place. You'll be fine in Charlottesville.

 

[ticktock5051]

@FIREitUP, can you elaborate a bit more? what's so bad about it?

 

[kmp0410]

Population of the city of your med school is not a factor in the quality of training you will receive. Also this is just medical school, in the grand scheme of your patient skills, residency will be much more important. Go to which one you like more.

 

[Psai]

This is a premed question and you already made 2 threads about this

 

[tymont12]

If the school is LCME-accredited (which I believe you HAVE to be as a US MD school), you will have enough patient contact time. There aren't 'junk' US MD schools like there are colleges (DeVry, Phoenix, Everest, etc.).

Pick the place that you like more because ultimately that is what will really affect your quality of life.

 

[NickNaylor]

There will almost certainly be enough patient volume for you to get good clinical exposure. I would try and sort out how each school "uses" medical students and what your general role during clinical training will be. These are questions best raised with senior med students as they have gone through the gauntlet and can offer realistic anecdotes. That will play a much greater role in the quality of your clinical training than the population of the surrounding area.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Please don't post the same thread in multiple places. Anyone wishing to answer the OP's question may do so here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/help-me-decide-rochester-vs-uva.1185340/#post-17460136