Stupid/Untrue Things You Have Read in Pre-Med Books.

[jason3278]

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I was just at Barnes & Noble the other day and saw a few things I thought were ridiculous. I'll go first....

"Applicants considering osteopathic medicine should be aware that students do not rotate at hospitals, but rather small community health centers and clinics"
(This is from a book that was copyrighted in 2004.)

 

[RySerr21]

Once, I came across a pre med website that said Chocolate Bear should be a mod........SERIOUSLY? give me a break!!! 😉

 

[jason3278]

Once, I came across a pre med website that said Chocolate Bear should be a mod........SERIOUSLY? give me a break!!! 😉

 

[Chocolate Bear]

Once, I came across a pre med website that said Chocolate Bear should be a mod........SERIOUSLY? give me a break!!! 😉

 

[Raggaman]

I was just at Barnes & Noble the other day and saw a few things I thought were ridiculous. I'll go first....

"Applicants considering osteopathic medicine should be aware that students do not rotate at hospitals, but rather small community health centers and clinics"
(This is from a book that was copyrighted in 2004.)

You might find this true for many of your rotations. Since many of the teaching hospitals have already been 'reserved' by MD schools. This, ofcourse, also depends on how established the DO school is and on what part of the country you are in.

 

[112258]

You might find this true for many of your rotations. Since many of the teaching hospitals have already been 'reserved' by MD schools. This, ofcourse, also depends on how established the DO school is and on what part of the country you are in.

Hmmm....really? Do you go to a D.O. school? I would like to know your source/school because I have never heard of this before.

I can only speak for my school, but we actually just got our official list yesterday of LECOM-Erie affiliates....and there are tons. UPMC, of course all the hospitals in Erie, we have a program where 13+ students can sign up to do all their rotations in Memorial Hospital in York or University Hospital in Cleveland, and a ton ton ton more that I just don't feel like typing out. I think being forced to work in health clinics is not a big reality as far as I know...

 

[DannMann99]

Stupid/Untrue Things You Have Read in Pre-Med Books.

I don't know about books. but there's an awful lot here on SDN:

many of the teaching hospitals have already been 'reserved' by MD schools.

 

[psy]

A new DO school opened in my state this year and they already have a full list of hospitals in the surrounding 5 states for the students. The current problem is that there aren't enough students to go around and they'll have to cancel several places if there aren't students going there.

 

[st2205]

One book stated the DO schools are harder to get into than MD schools. I'm assuming they were basing this on the proportion of DO applicants to matriculates vs. MD applicants to matriculates.

 

[DrBowtie]

A new DO school opened in my state this year and they already have a full list of hospitals in the surrounding 5 states for the students. The current problem is that there aren't enough students to go around and they'll have to cancel several places if there aren't students going there.

The problem is that they are in the surrounding 5 states. Allo schools have a hospital attached or within the same city, thus giving the students more stability of not having to be a nomad during clinical rotations.

Disclaimer: I know there are some schools that allow you to do them all in the same city etc.

 

[psy]

The problem is that they are in the surrounding 5 states. Allo schools have a hospital attached or within the same city, thus giving the students more stability of not having to be a nomad during clinical rotations.

Disclaimer: I know there are some schools that allow you to do them all in the same city etc.

I meant the surrounding states including the hospitals in the same city. It's just that the school give the students the option of returning back to their home state/city for rotations. 🙂

 

[tideleonheart]

Here at VCOM we have a very big variety of hospitals. We have Carilion (big hospital... has a L1 Trauma). We also have some smaller hospitals around.

Some students prefer to more rural hospitals because they get to do more. In a bigger hospital (depending on your overseeing physician, of course), you typically have a more observational role.

 

[ChandutheMagici]

I can't speak for premed books in particular, but I know a lot of stupid people who've said stuff about DO's to me. When I was first deciding on whether or not I was going to pursue medicine and osteopathic medicine in particular, someone in the health care field (PT) told me that DO's are psychic healers.

I almost peed my pants in laughter. Then asked, "I didn't know the government licenses psychic healers?"

Reply: "Oh, they're not licensed."

Anyway, I'm all for getting Jean Grey like powers, but I just can't see how you fit it in the curriculum.

Josh

 

[JaggerPlate]

Disclaimer: I know there are some schools that allow you to do them all in the same city etc.

Then leave it at that and don't worry about it.

 

[fire2]

I was just at Barnes & Noble the other day and saw a few things I thought were ridiculous. I'll go first....

"Applicants considering osteopathic medicine should be aware that students do not rotate at hospitals, but rather small community health centers and clinics"
(This is from a book that was copyrighted in 2004)

Some DO schools have *some* hospital rotations for their students; most disadvantage their students by forcing unwanted community rotations on them. It's neither a secret nor untrue.

Stupid though? Yes, for those who want to compete for acgme residencies.

 

[DrBowtie]

Then leave it at that and don't worry about it.

Point being, there is a some fact in the statement from the book.

Example: ATSU-SOM sending their students to AHECs.

 

[JaggerPlate]

Some DO schools have *some* hospital rotations for their students; most disadvantage their students by forcing unwanted community rotations on them. It's neither a secret nor untrue.

Stupid though? Yes, for those who want to compete for acgme residencies.

I'd like to know where you get this wealth of knowledge concerning DO schools, and I'd LOVE to hear the 'force' *some* schools use to punish students with community rotations. I honestly don't think you have any real basis - besides SDN - for this diarrhea, and anyone who wanted to do a check on your 15 posts would realize that 98% of them are anti- DO.

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

I was just at Barnes & Noble the other day and saw a few things I thought were ridiculous. I'll go first....

"Applicants considering osteopathic medicine should be aware that students do not rotate at hospitals, but rather small community health centers and clinics"
(This is from a book that was copyrighted in 2004.)

Look in the allopathic forum for anything DO or really any allopathic or "future allopathic students" comments on Osteopathic education