FYI: Important Factors for the Residency Match

[dblazer]

@applestudent23 I definitely don’t remember all the sites, but I remember Reading Hospital, York Hosiptal, and Albert Einstein Medical Center were some of them

[applestudent23]

@dblazer

@applestudent23 I definitely don’t remember all the sites, but I remember Reading Hospital, York Hosiptal, and Albert Einstein Medical Center were some of them

I’m not sure if you interacted with any Drexel students or are familiar with them, but if so what was your overall impression of them? (did they seem to be happy? and prepared/confident?)

[grtd2010]

@dblazer

@grtd2010 Match lists are more or less on par with each other. Only advantage I would give to SKMC are with orthopedics (Rothman) and ophtho (Will’s eye) which are particularly strong and provide plentiful opportunities for research.

Thanks @dblazer

[dblazer]

@applestudent23 I interacted with quite a few and will say this is not something I would weight too heavily in your decision making process. They did have more busy work and objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) for their clinical rotations which I think may have made their clinical rotations busier but no noticeable difference in their preparedness beyond what could be attributed to individual variation. And more generally, I would say the actual quality of medical training doesn’t vary significantly from institution to institution. While the sequence may differ, the core content of the pre-clinical curriculum and structure of clinical rotations are fairly similar.

[applestudent23]

@dblazer

@applestudent23 I interacted with quite a few and will say this is not something I would weight too heavily in your decision making process. They did have more busy work and objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) for their clinical rotations which I think may have made their clinical rotations busier but no noticeable difference in their preparedness beyond what could be attributed to individual variation. And more generally, I would say the actual quality of medical training doesn’t vary significantly from institution to institution. While the sequence may differ, the core content of the pre-clinical curriculum and structure of clinical rotations are fairly similar.

Okay that’s good to hear, and ya that makes sense that at the core, its mostly the same.

I don’t know much about how clinical rotations are actually structured, but besides OSCE, how else can rotations be structured? Or is OSCE the most common?

Sorry if this is a completely irrelevant or obvious question.

[dblazer]

@applestudent23 OSCE is just an exam where the medical school hires actors to play patients for a scenario and students have to interview, examine, and manage the ‘patient’ and are evaluated on this. Some schools will have this towards the end of the rotation and use this as part of the grade along with the shelf exam and evaluations from faculty and residents.

There are plenty of online resources (YouTube, etc.) that go more in-depth about clinical rotations but for the most part you work with residents/attendings seeing patients in whatever specialty you are rotating on. Only thing that may change from school to school are assignments/lectures during the block, but those are supplementary.

[applestudent23]

@dblazer

@applestudent23 OSCE is just an exam where the medical school hires actors to play patients for a scenario and students have to interview, examine, and manage the ‘patient’ and are evaluated on this. Some schools will have this towards the end of the rotation and use this as part of the grade along with the shelf exam and evaluations from faculty and residents.

There are plenty of online resources (YouTube, etc.) that go more in-depth about clinical rotations but for the most part you work with residents/attendings seeing patients in whatever specialty you are rotating on. Only thing that may change from school to school are assignments/lectures during the block, but those are supplementary.

Ohh okay I see. Thanks so much for the really detailed explanation!!