Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

[ducman]

Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

[swinginislanddoc]

I did the pediatrics rotation here and a few of my classmates did most of the other rotations there. Any questions?

[littleguy]

i'm scheduled to do my peds there next year....can you tell me what the hours were like, what sort of learning i can expect and your overall impression of the rotation? thanks!

[darkmansaad]

Is it possible to do your entire set of rotations at this hospital or any one NY hospital? This question has probably been answered in a hundred other threads but staying in NY is a big thing for me...

[swinginislanddoc]

First of all, sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I haven't been on the forum.

Second, I had a big long reply typed out and it got lost in cyberspace.

You do 6 weeks for Peds, as we all know. You work with one other Saba student on Peds and 18 Ross students. Start time varies depending on the week - Clinical, NICU, Peds ED, Adolescent ward, General Peds ward and PICU. Monday - Thursday there's a lecture at 3pm you have to be at. Dr. Bekkar will notice if you're missing. Every student does a presentation, topic to be assigned on the first couple of days.

WE didn't get to do a whole lot - even write notes. Some attendings let us do more than others. You take call but there is no place to stay so you can only stay until 11pm (it's not a safe neighborhood either). Most of the residents will sign your call card after an hour or two and let you go home. Once or twice a week there's a morning lecture/grand rounds. I also spent a lot of time in the library studying.

The hospital itself is old and poorly funded. You'll see a lot of social issues, you'll have to hunt down radiology films, have them read, etc. You come to appreciate other hospitals! Some people do most of their rotations there - so it is possible to stay in NYC if you want.

Best of luck,
Shauna

[GFLIP]

Hey Shauna,
What is the patient volume like, or more specifically, how many patients do you see per day?

[wolfvgang22]

Good question, G!
To S:
How is it working alongside Ross students?

[Gigi25]

First of all, sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I haven't been on the forum.

Second, I had a big long reply typed out and it got lost in cyberspace.

You do 6 weeks for Peds, as we all know. You work with one other Saba student on Peds and 18 Ross students. Start time varies depending on the week - Clinical, NICU, Peds ED, Adolescent ward, General Peds ward and PICU. Monday - Thursday there's a lecture at 3pm you have to be at. Dr. Bekkar will notice if you're missing. Every student does a presentation, topic to be assigned on the first couple of days.

WE didn't get to do a whole lot - even write notes. Some attendings let us do more than others. You take call but there is no place to stay so you can only stay until 11pm (it's not a safe neighborhood either). Most of the residents will sign your call card after an hour or two and let you go home. Once or twice a week there's a morning lecture/grand rounds. I also spent a lot of time in the library studying.

The hospital itself is old and poorly funded. You'll see a lot of social issues, you'll have to hunt down radiology films, have them read, etc. You come to appreciate other hospitals! Some people do most of their rotations there - so it is possible to stay in NYC if you want.

Best of luck,
Shauna

I'll be doing peds at Brookdale in April, so thanks for the post!

[swinginislanddoc]

Oh dear, I'm behind.

Okay, so working with Ross students wasn't bad at all. There's one other Sabanite so you're not there by yourself. Once we got to know them our group was a pretty cool crew. Most did not know much at all about Saba and had a lot of questions. In the end I think they gained a lot of respect for us.

Patient load - you don't get to do much on the rotation, but you may very well see a wide range of pathology (due to the low socioeconomic status of most of the population). Patient load is miniscule. Most of the time you can't even write progress notes (same at Lincoln). I think the most I had was in my last couple of weeks, on the adolescent and general wards - I followed maybe two patients.

I think one of the most frustrating things was watching all of these people on medicaid coming in all blinged and Nike-ed out. Even their kids....

~S :cool:

[Gigi25]

Oh dear, I'm behind.

Okay, so working with Ross students wasn't bad at all. There's one other Sabanite so you're not there by yourself. Once we got to know them our group was a pretty cool crew. Most did not know much at all about Saba and had a lot of questions. In the end I think they gained a lot of respect for us.

Patient load - you don't get to do much on the rotation, but you may very well see a wide range of pathology (due to the low socioeconomic status of most of the population). Patient load is miniscule. Most of the time you can't even write progress notes (same at Lincoln). I think the most I had was in my last couple of weeks, on the adolescent and general wards - I followed maybe two patients.

I think one of the most frustrating things was watching all of these people on medicaid coming in all blinged and Nike-ed out. Even their kids....

~S :cool:

Thanx ! I'm looking forward to the NYC, although Baltimore has been interesting so far. Thanks again for taking the time to post :)


Gina

:-jump

[ResearchingGuy]

I just finished up an EM elective at Brookdale and enjoyed it thoroughly. There weren't as many stabbings and GSW's as I was told they got at Bronx Lebanon, but the ED was very busy and I got a great deal of hands-on. One great thing about this EM elective is you get a chance to spend a morning at FDNY telemetry and then ride an ambulance (a "bus").

I saw Saba students there doing IM and Peds. I did EM with SGU, NYCOM and Ross students. Don't know about much else. I liked Brookdale. Very nice people. A lot of good teaching in the ED. A great cafeteria - Island music everyday and good, cheap food.

Best of Luck!

PS - When were there SID? See you at graduation?

[swinginislanddoc]

I just finished up an EM elective at Brookdale and enjoyed it thoroughly. There weren't as many stabbings and GSW's as I was told they got at Bronx Lebanon, but the ED was very busy and I got a great deal of hands-on. One great thing about this EM elective is you get a chance to spend a morning at FDNY telemetry and then ride an ambulance (a "bus").

I saw Saba students there doing IM and Peds. I did EM with SGU, NYCOM and Ross students. Don't know about much else. I liked Brookdale. Very nice people. A lot of good teaching in the ED. A great cafeteria - Island music everyday and good, cheap food.

Best of Luck!

PS - When were there SID? See you at graduation?

HECK YEAH you'll see me at graduation! I'll be DANCING across the stage!!! hehehe where did you match??

I was at Brookdale about a year ago - actually, almost exactly a year ago.

~S

[darkmansaad]

any word on the filled status of this or any regional hospitals in ny area? last i heard from sandy they were full?

[DrX]

How is the surgery core here (teaching, hours, etc)?

[darkmansaad]

How does one go about applying for elective rotations at this site? I was told by the clinical co ordinator that I had to fill out an application however I could find no such application on the website like I did for other hospitals. Anyone with know how kindly contact me, greatly appreciated.

Peace, love

[butterflymd]

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[Ddann]

I have just finished all of my cores at Brookdale hospital with the exception of Ob/Gyn. The rotations are very different. Pediatrics is good if you want time to study. You rotate through 6 areas in 6 weeks, so no one knows you well enough to let you do anything. Psychiatry is very organized and structured with lots of patient contact. IM is also good, but you're limited by which attending you get, but you will learn alot as it's at most 3 students per team. Surgery is also excellent. with many opportunities to do procedures both in the OR and outside depending on how you prove yourself. 3-4 students per team so good one on one time.

If anyone needs an appartment nearby the school in a very safe area(Kensington) steps from the F line subway and steps to a bus that will drop you off at Brookdale, or Downstate medical centre or Maimonides Hospital or Methodist hospital email dbuchnea(at)gmail or call 646-761-7916

[gianefiasco]

Google: Brookdale Brawl.

Video of recent Brawl in the ER waiting room. This hoispital is in a rough area of Brooklyn called Brownsville...which u may hear shouted out if u listen to the Hip-Hop Group M.O.P.


brookdale brawl - Google Videos (http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=brookdale%20brawl&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___CA320&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#)

[johnA]

Google: Brookdale Brawl.

Video of recent Brawl in the ER waiting room. This hoispital is in a rough area of Brooklyn called Brownsville...which u may hear shouted out if u listen to the Hip-Hop Group M.O.P.

That's crazy. I'm impressed the person with the camera managed to not get hit or have his camera broken.

[nydoc70]

That's crazy. I'm impressed the person with the camera managed to not get hit or have his camera broken.
Brookdale is a good clinical site for Peds and Psych cores. Helpful, friendly attendings and residents. Medicine and Surgery are OK. Some NYCOM students (big chip on their shoulders and mad lazy) rotate through.

The neighborhood is a warzone. ER here is better than any ER or CSI drama episode you've seen. Lots of GSWs and other trauma. Walking to the subway is very dangerous. Students have been mugged in and around the area before.

Brownsville is a tough neighborhood. Search 'Brownsville, NY' in any newspaper website and you will see a lot of crime-related stories. Many people are nice but the bad elements are very much within the neighborhoods.