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Is there anyone out there who has experience or knowledge of the clinicals/rotations at WVSOM and or TCOM?
Canuck99 said:Is there anyone out there who has experience or knowledge of the clinicals/rotations at WVSOM and or TCOM?
OSUdoc08 said:TCOM's affiliated osteopathic hospital closed last year and their rotation clinical status is very limited as a result.
Canuck99 said:Ya, not so sure about that. Really the only people who were hurt by the closing of the hospital were the residents and employees. Students at TCOM were not directly affected because there is still JPS, Harris Methodist, Cook's Childrens, and many others in and around the metroplex.
At my interview last month we were told that UNTHSC-TCOM bought the hospital from the state. What they will do with it, I do not know.
OSUdoc08 said:TCOM's affiliated osteopathic hospital closed last year and their rotation clinical status is very limited as a result.
Canuck99 said:Ya, not so sure about that. Really the only people who were hurt by the closing of the hospital were the residents and employees. Students at TCOM were not directly affected because there is still JPS, Harris Methodist, Cook's Childrens, and many others in and around the metroplex.
At my interview last month we were told that UNTHSC-TCOM bought the hospital from the state. What they will do with it, I do not know.
hyperbaric said:This is NOT TRUE!!!!!
The closure of the osteopathic hospital was a terrible loss for the community, but may have been the best thing for our clinical education. The school did an excellent job preparing for the closure of the osteopathic hospital (it had been in financial trouble for a while and no one was really surprised when it closed). Our primary clinical site is now JPS (= John Peter Smith - the county hospital). County hospital = great pathology. This arrangement DOUBLED the size of our clinical faculty making it twice as large as ANY OTHER DO SCHOOL.