which two DO schools in Phoenix is better?

[zoner]

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Any comment will be appreciated. I live in Cal, and only want to apply to one of them.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

If I had a choice, I'd choose AZCOM.

 

[drshark]

Azcom seems nice, but AT stills requires you to move after the 1st year and begin working in community clinics, w.e appeals to you more.

 

[zoner]

Azcom seems nice, but AT stills requires you to move after the 1st year and begin working in community clinics, w.e appeals to you more.

move to where?

also, why is Azcom nicer?

Also, why are there two DO schools in Phoenix region?

 

[JeetKuneDo]

move to where?

also, why is Azcom nicer?

Also, why are there two DO schools in Phoenix region?

For SOMA, you have to move to one of their community health clinics, which are scattered throughout the US. I'm not familiar with the details about this though. If you search for it, there will probably be multiple threads about this subject.

 

[Socrates25]

Also, why are there two DO schools in Phoenix region?

Because local politicians are idiots and think that bringing new med schools to the area will result in an "economic stimulus" to the city.

10 years ago, Phoenix area had zero medical schools. Now there are 4. Talk about ridiculous med school bubble. ASU/Mayo just announced a new med school thats coming along in a few years.

 

[zoner]

Because local politicians are idiots and think that bringing new med schools to the area will result in an "economic stimulus" to the city.

10 years ago, Phoenix area had zero medical schools. Now there are 4. Talk about ridiculous med school bubble. ASU/Mayo just announced a new med school thats coming along in a few years.

4? what's the fourth one?

 

[Slack3r]

4? what's the fourth one?

It will be Mayo.

 

[CTU2012]

Besides the three mentioned, the other one is University of Arizona - Phoenix

 

[SLC]

There will technically be 5 as far as I'm aware. I'm pretty sure Creighton has a very small branch campus at the St. Joseph's Hospital facility in downtown PHX. It's for M3's and M4's only, but Creighton expanded their class size for it and 40 or so students are sent to Phoenix specifically.

Other school's students still rotate at St. Joe's, Barrow's Neuro etc, which are excellent facilities.

SOMA is the better of the AZ DO schools. CHC's FTW 😀

 

[SLC]

For SOMA, you have to move to one of their community health clinics, which are scattered throughout the US. I'm not familiar with the details about this though. If you search for it, there will probably be multiple threads about this subject.

M1 is a very intense year with 8 clinical/basic science blocks as well as a complete medical skills (Physical exam) training course, and the obligatory OMM training.

M2-M4 are spent at an assigned CHC (Community Health Center) where you start clinical experiences 2nd year (with less classroom time due to the frontloaded 1st year). There are 11 CHC sites currently, scattered across the nation.

3rd and 4th year are identical to any other school. And to be clear, 2nd year's clinical experience is not rotations, just required real-patient contact designed to prepare you to kill it in M3/M4.

I think it's awesome, but I hand picked this school so I'm probably quite biased.

 

[MedPR]

Besides the three mentioned, the other one is University of Arizona - Phoenix

That's an MD school.

 

[yellowperil]

There are a total of 4 medical schoolS in Arizona. 2 MD and 2 DO.
Md: University of Arizona in Tuscon and Phoenix.
DO: AT SOMA in Mesa and AZCOM in glendale.
One more MD school expected to open in 2014 Mayo/ASU.

If I were to pick between SOMA and AZCOM, I would pick AZCOM.
Why apply to just one school in AZ? What if you dont get into the one you picked?

 

[zoner]

There are a total of 4 medical schoolS in Arizona. 2 MD and 2 DO.
Md: University of Arizona in Tuscon and Phoenix.
DO: AT SOMA in Mesa and AZCOM in glendale.
One more MD school expected to open in 2014 Mayo/ASU.

If I were to pick between SOMA and AZCOM, I would pick AZCOM.
Why apply to just one school in AZ? What if you dont get into the one you picked?

well, i am applying to both md and do, so i need to limit myself

 

[SLC]

well, i am applying to both md and do, so i need to limit myself

Why? Applying to 10 and applying to 20 is not that much difference in cost. Interviewing and secondaries are a different story, but you can do neither if you don't apply.

 

[Prncssbuttercup]

What is your focus going to be? I favor SOMA, but that's because I want to work in the settings they're teaching in... If you really want to work in an underserved community, SOMA is your best bet. They are also a branch of the oldest DO school in the country... I also believe AZCOM is more expensive, but what's $80 (~30 for primary, 50 for secondary) in the scheme of med school apps??

 

[zoner]

What is your focus going to be? I favor SOMA, but that's because I want to work in the settings they're teaching in... If you really want to work in an underserved community, SOMA is your best bet. They are also a branch of the oldest DO school in the country... I also believe AZCOM is more expensive, but what's $80 (~30 for primary, 50 for secondary) in the scheme of med school apps??

Unlike you, I don't have a focus right now. There is so much I need to learn before I can focus on any one area. I didn't know the secondaries were only 50, thats so much cheaper than MD programs where they charge you 100-120