ma-bas said:
Hey DOctor Jay and jopdp and any other current UMDNJ-SOM students-
I have been accepted, and there is a strong likelyhood I will attend, so I have a bunch of questions:
Like, what are your clinical years like? Specifically do you do most rotations in the same facility or do you move around a lot? Do you get to choose which sites you want to go to, or do they just assign you? Are there opportunities to do rotations abroad?
hello
as far s 3rd year rotations:
you do rotations in the following:
surgery 6 weeks (5 weeks surgery, 1 weeks anesthesia/outpt surgery)
internal med 6 weeks (2 weeks ambulatory/4 weeks hospital)
peds 6 weeks (2 weeks ambulatory, 2 weeks peds er, 2 weeks inpt)
ob/gyn 6 weeks (2-3 weeks ambulatory, 3-4 weeks hospital)
radiology 2-4 weeks (usually 2 weeks rad/2 weeks vacation)
psyc 4 weeks (4 weeks hospital)
geriatrics 4 weeks (2 weeks hospital, 1 week long term/home visits, 1 week outpatient)
family medicine 12 weeks (outpatient)
we primarily rotate through the kennedy health system (3 divisions, cherry hill, wash twp, and stratford) and our lady of lourdes medical center ( a tertiary care facility in inner city Camden). for obgyn, you may spend 1 week at our lady of loudes burlingtown county (formerly known as Rancocas hospital).
for most of the rotations, you will have an ambulatory component. which are usually at clinics associated with Kennedy health system (for obgyn), the osbourn clinic (assoc with lourdes med center (right across the street) - peds/ob), private practice (for peds). most are at the university doctors offices (which is the faculty of UMDNJSOM clinical offices).
there is an opportunity to do the family med and psyc rotations in north jersey. psyc is with bon secours catenbury partnership for care (st francis hospital).
radiology currently can be done anywhere, either in system or out of system.
overall, the clinical rotations are very well structured. most have lectures/small group discussion sessions scheduled throughout the roations.
the faculty and residents for the most part are great and willing to teach, as long as you show an interest.
the clinical education at SOM is in my humble opinion is excellent and very well structured. you do not have to move around a lot. all of the clinical sites are within 25-30 mins of the campus, except for Lourdes Burlington County (Rancocas hospital - the only rotation you do here is ob.gyn) which is about 45-50 mins away.
for the fourth year, you can do rotations abroad, but I am not veryfamiliar with setting them up. but i know several students have done so.
hope this helps.
let me know if you have any further questions/\.
