Saba Clinical Experiences

[ducman]

Please post all general discussion regarding medical clerkship experience in this thread. If you have a question and/or experience regarding a specific site, please post in the appropriate threads below.

Also, please PM me if you would like me to add a site where you have done a clerkship and would like to share.

Regards,

[arfster]

I read in the Brookdale thread that you work w/one other saba student in that hospital. Is this the norm. Do most of our rotations only place like a couple of saba students together. And which rotations have larger(or smaller) groups of saba students clumped together. I know its a dumb q. Just wondering if i'll be keeping in touch personally or still thru e-mail :)

[swinginislanddoc]

I read in the Brookdale thread that you work w/one other saba student in that hospital. Is this the norm. Do most of our rotations only place like a couple of saba students together. And which rotations have larger(or smaller) groups of saba students clumped together. I know its a dumb q. Just wondering if i'll be keeping in touch personally or still thru e-mail :)


Every place is different. In Kansas City you'll see Saba students all over the place but most of the time I was on any particular rotation by myself (as the only Saba student working with US med students). At Brookdale there are other Saba students who are on other rotations at different times. Lincoln has six Saba students at one time and one of my classmates did a lot of his other cores there. In Hollywood FL (surgery) there were varying numbers of Saba students depending on who started when and who was doing cores/electives. Cherry had several Sabanites at one time.

My class actually set up a Google group when we first left the island that's open only to our class. Sometimes we still talk on there too, but you mostly stay in touch with classmates via e-mail/IM/cell phones.

Best of luck!
~S :cool:

[js_paramedic_1979]

St. Mary's Health Center, St. Louis, MO = 1 Saba student at a time. There are several grads in the program though..

[codered]

Just finished IM in Rochester 3 months ago.
I want to let people know that this hospital is awesome. Lots of teaching. Each student carries about 3 to 5 patients. You are allowed to write progress notes and you present to the attendings. You should be able to present case in 10 minutes and they teach you how, I wish Saba would focus more on clinical, I was so lost on the 1st week, and all these U of R med. student just kinda laughed at you. You are in control of management of the patients with R3, you write orders, discharge notes...etc.

Free lunch everyday and if you are nice to the pharm. rep., they bring text books to the students. Don't buy anything, they will give them to you FREE if you ask.

You won't have time to study becuase you work from 7 to 6 Monday to Saturday. Your attending will take you and the residents out for dinner at the end of each month if you do a good job on patients (ie no one died)

I had so fun here and learned so much

CB

[doctor2007]

Just finished IM in Rochester 3 months ago.
I want to let people know that this hospital is awesome. Lots of teaching. Each student carries about 3 to 5 patients. You are allowed to write progress notes and you present to the attendings. You should be able to present case in 10 minutes and they teach you how, I wish Saba would focus more on clinical, I was so lost on the 1st week, and all these U of R med. student just kinda laughed at you. You are in control of management of the patients with R3, you write orders, discharge notes...etc.

Free lunch everyday and if you are nice to the pharm. rep., they bring text books to the students. Don't buy anything, they will give them to you FREE if you ask.

You won't have time to study becuase you work from 7 to 6 Monday to Saturday. Your attending will take you and the residents out for dinner at the end of each month if you do a good job on patients (ie no one died)

I had so fun here and learned so much

CB

I hope you mean "no one died" as a joke. This is medicine. Last I checked complicated patients unfortunately do die. Either you meant it as a joke or your patiens were to easy and uncomplicated, making that rotation really a waste of your time. Just my output.

[ducman]

Relevant clinical experiences only in this thread... discussions on other topics can take place in the relaxing lounge.

Thank you for the post on the IM rotation in Rochester.

[codered]

You are right!! I should not make that comment "no one died". I apologized.

I would not say my rotation was waste of time compare to my classmates doing IM in other places.

[brava]

I love RGH. I agreed with codered.

Take it easy, doctor2007!!

[Dalal]

hello
am looking for an apt close to Michael Reese Hospital to sublease from sept15 for 4-5 months...any clues???thanks

[peach]

so what is this i hear about SGU buying out all of Lincoln Hospital rotations!??? what more do those ppl want??
i cant believe this! does anyone have anymore info regarding this issue? do u know if they bought out ALL ( cores and electives)? when is this going into effect? cuz i have some rotations set up at lincoln in the upcoming year!! http://www.valuemd.com/../images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif and i really liked lincoln! this is so sad and irritating!

[CANKID]

NYC’s Health and Hospital Corporation and St. George’s University Agreement - St. George’s University - Caribbean Medical & Veterinary School (http://www.sgu.edu/website/sguwebsite.nsf/news-events/news-archives07-HHC.html)

[MatCFAMD]

Hi, I prefer to have my cores in NYC, as I have folks living there.

1/ Can you have that choice granted or will it still depend where the Clinical Admin puts you ?

2/ Did you have to pay extra to the hospitals on top of your clinical tuition ? If so, how much per week ?

3/ Do you immediately request for LORs after finishing a rotation to use for your residency app or do you wait til all your rotations are completed and just before you apply for the Match ?

Thanks.

[AnesthesiaMD]

If any of you have an interest in anesthesia rotation in atlanta area and your medical school is able to schedule you for a rotation at a non- green book hospital contact me...im the head of anesthesia at a major medical center in atlanta and am open to students rotating with us

[mddesire]

Just finished IM in Rochester 3 months ago.
I want to let people know that this hospital is awesome. Lots of teaching. Each student carries about 3 to 5 patients. You are allowed to write progress notes and you present to the attendings. You should be able to present case in 10 minutes and they teach you how, I wish Saba would focus more on clinical, I was so lost on the 1st week, and all these U of R med. student just kinda laughed at you. You are in control of management of the patients with R3, you write orders, discharge notes...etc.

Free lunch everyday and if you are nice to the pharm. rep., they bring text books to the students. Don't buy anything, they will give them to you FREE if you ask.

You won't have time to study becuase you work from 7 to 6 Monday to Saturday. Your attending will take you and the residents out for dinner at the end of each month if you do a good job on patients (ie no one died)

I had so fun here and learned so much

CB
Hi ...I will be doing my rotations at rochester soon ans would like to know how they grade u....do they gie A's if you truly work hard....any tips to do's and dont'S. i have read up on Im stuff and wouls like to know if anything else should be done like brush up on physical exam or drugs etc...!
Thnks

[amyames]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had information on the clinicals we have in Detroit, MI. This is the first I am hearing about Detroit clinicals and since Sandy *might* put me there I was looking for feedback. how is the teaching, ect?

Also, since our sister school is now St. Matthews and they England rotations already set up, we can now do the same rotations. Has anyone tried for these rotations? or has anyone been to England in general for rotations?

Finally, in regards to England, is better to do cores there or electives? I'd say cores need to be finished in the states, but I hear it doesn't matter because all abroad rotations are automatically greenbook, right?

[amyames]

ok i will be doing IM at sinai-grace in detroit michigan and wanted to know if anyone had heard about this rotation or know of any current students on this rotation. any info would be great!!!