What would you ask a med student?

[kickster]

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If you could ask a current med student at one of the med schools you are considering matriculating at anything, what would you ask? Trying to generate a list of questions. Thanks!

 

[NickNaylor]

Do you feel that your school supports you in all of your endeavors?
How would you describe the clinical years?
Were faculty willing to set aside time to teach, especially on the wards?

 

[DocVapor]

Is the curriculum of the pre-clinical years arranged logically? Does it flow well and continue building on your knowledge while giving you good clinical correlations throughout?

How early do you potentially get to have patient contacts?

What opportunities are there for research?

 

[circulus vitios]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=1178185
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=820524

 

[NickNaylor]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=1178185
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=820524

Also those.

 

[MedPR]

If you could ask a current med student at one of the med schools you are considering matriculating at anything, what would you ask? Trying to generate a list of questions. Thanks!

It kinda depends on what year they are.

M1:
How has your transition from UG been? Is there support from administration?
What do you do for fun?

M2:
What's housing like?
What do you do for fun?
How accessible were your M1 professors?

M3:
Did your pre-clinical curriculum prepare you pretty well for Step 1?
Did you have enough time for dedicated prep time?
How did your school setup your clinical rotation schedule?
What kind of traveling do you have to do (if any) for rotations?

M4:
Favorite/least favorite thing about your school/city?
How was M3 grading?
Did you have any time during M3 to explore anything outside the core clerkships?

 

[CoxMD]

A question I always asked on interview days was: "what do you wish you had known about this school prior to matriculating that you have discovered while attending the school?"

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[CoxMD]

It kinda depends on what year they are.

M1:
How has your transition from UG been? Is there support from administration?
What do you do for fun?

M2:
What's housing like?
What do you do for fun?
How accessible were your M1 professors?

M3:
Did your pre-clinical curriculum prepare you pretty well for Step 1?
Did you have enough time for dedicated prep time?
How did your school setup your clinical rotation schedule?
What kind of traveling do you have to do (if any) for rotations?

M4:
Favorite/least favorite thing about your school/city?
How was M3 grading?
Did you have any time during M3 to explore anything outside the core clerkships?

+1

Nice list and I like the breakdown by year.

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[tiedyeddog]

-parking
-how classmates get along/social event frequency
-how the school prepares you for boards

 

[Spinach Dip]

Did you make the correct choice?