Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

[rabidsara]

Just wondering if anyone has rotated at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens.

I'm starting Surgery in May. The info I found on here indicated 1 month trauma, 1 month clinic, 1 month in OR for ortho/urology/anesthesiology/etc. The 1 month trauma was Q2, no weekends off. I wasn't able to find out what the call schedule was for the non-trauma portions, or if there was call at all. Also, do we get a choice in where to place this month of trauma? I'd imagine it would be better to have it your first month to get it out of the way. How much do you learn at this site? With this scary call schedule, I'm hoping there will be a lot of learning as well. Is there a lot of scut? I know every rotation has scut, but if you're learning at the same time it's always worth it. What are the attendings like? Are you given a lot of responsibility? What is the neighborhood like, in comparison to the neighborhood around Wyckoff or St. John's Episcopal in Far Rockaway?

Also, I was wondering what their Psych rotation was like if anyone has done this there.

Thanks!

[rabidsara]

Just wondering if anyone has rotated at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens.

I'm starting Surgery in May. The info I found on here indicated 1 month trauma, 1 month clinic, 1 month in OR for ortho/urology/anesthesiology/etc. The 1 month trauma was Q2, no weekends off. I wasn't able to find out what the call schedule was for the non-trauma portions, or if there was call at all. Also, do we get a choice in where to place this month of trauma? I'd imagine it would be better to have it your first month to get it out of the way. How much do you learn at this site? With this scary call schedule, I'm hoping there will be a lot of learning as well. Is there a lot of scut? I know every rotation has scut, but if you're learning at the same time it's always worth it. What are the attendings like? Are you given a lot of responsibility? What is the neighborhood like, in comparison to the neighborhood around Wyckoff or St. John's Episcopal in Far Rockaway?

Also, I was wondering what their Psych rotation was like if anyone has done this there.

Thanks!

[rokshana]

Just wondering if anyone has rotated at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens.

I'm starting Surgery in May. The info I found on here indicated 1 month trauma, 1 month clinic, 1 month in OR for ortho/urology/anesthesiology/etc. The 1 month trauma was Q2, no weekends off. I wasn't able to find out what the call schedule was for the non-trauma portions, or if there was call at all. Also, do we get a choice in where to place this month of trauma? I'd imagine it would be better to have it your first month to get it out of the way. How much do you learn at this site? With this scary call schedule, I'm hoping there will be a lot of learning as well. Is there a lot of scut? I know every rotation has scut, but if you're learning at the same time it's always worth it. What are the attendings like? Are you given a lot of responsibility? What is the neighborhood like, in comparison to the neighborhood around Wyckoff or St. John's Episcopal in Far Rockaway?

Also, I was wondering what their Psych rotation was like if anyone has done this there.

Thanks!


not at jamaica, but have friends there and thisis what they have told me about surg there

trauma month is Q2, but then the other 2 months have no call. I think the hospital schedules it, but the clinical coordinator there is nice, so if you have a good reason, she may work with you.

sounds as if they do get ssome teaching- there are attendings that my friends really like and respected, but like any where, you have to be pro active and show them you are eager.

[jaywalk81]

jamaica hospital is a level 1 trauma center. the neighborhood isnt the best. but you will definately see some cool traumas that you probably wont see often else where.

[Toddaa1]

Just wondering if anyone has rotated at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens.

I'm starting Surgery in May. The info I found on here indicated 1 month trauma, 1 month clinic, 1 month in OR for ortho/urology/anesthesiology/etc. The 1 month trauma was Q2, no weekends off. I wasn't able to find out what the call schedule was for the non-trauma portions, or if there was call at all. Also, do we get a choice in where to place this month of trauma? I'd imagine it would be better to have it your first month to get it out of the way. How much do you learn at this site? With this scary call schedule, I'm hoping there will be a lot of learning as well. Is there a lot of scut? I know every rotation has scut, but if you're learning at the same time it's always worth it. What are the attendings like? Are you given a lot of responsibility? What is the neighborhood like, in comparison to the neighborhood around Wyckoff or St. John's Episcopal in Far Rockaway?

Also, I was wondering what their Psych rotation was like if anyone has done this there.

Thanks!

surgery is not so bad, the 4 weeks of Q2 in trauma is hectic but not as bad as it sounds u get to see alot of cool stuff in the OR and in the trauma bay. you have no choice in where u place the month of trauma, but its gonna be crazy over the summer. when youa rent in trauma you dont do call. The four weeks of clinic are easy, the 1 week of uro is easy, teh 1 week of sicu is boring, and the 2 weeks of ortho are tough (12 hour days).

I just finished psych and it was pretty good, 8 or 9 to four with call once a week till 9 (tougher than other hospitals, but still easy). this is the one rotation where the attendings and residents acknowledge the fact that you are a human being. scut work in psych comes in the form of the art therapist making u play games with patients.

Peds involves 3 weeks on the floor (round half the day, see your patients and write progress notes) a week of clinic (see patients) a week of peds er (sit on your *** and maybe see 2-3 patients) and 1 week of nursery (boring but easy)

Been doing OB for 5 days and i already want to shoot myself, and i am in the best part of the rotation. it seems like you learn alot, but 9/10 people will say this was the hardest, most miserable, least favorite rotation of them all. I would rather be doing Q2 surgery again or get locked up in the psych unit then go thru what is coming up these next 35 days.

havent done "eternal" medicine yet, so i cant say much about it besides free food for lunch everyday.

overall, i feel we get to do quite a bit and see alot.

PM me if you have any moe questions about the details or tips about the rotation

-T-

[MushieCookie]

So...i guess we do have Jamaica back. Good for us...
Surgery is not a bad 3 months at Jamaica, except for the trauma month. It will kick your ****...and you will be busy, especially in May, when the weather is turning nicer, people are out longer, drinking 40's...sipping on jin and juice...laid back....

No...you do not get to chose when to do your trauma month. It's all pre arranged for you when you get there. When I did surgery at Jamaica (over a year and a half ago), there was 2 weeks of ortho (not a bad 2 weeks...but it depends on what kind of ortho team you have), a week of urology, and a week of something else (it wasn't a week of anesthesiology when I was there). There is no call during these 3 weeks. There is also no call during your one month of 'clinic'. The clinic month is usually divided into two 2-week intervals. During these 2 weeks, you are required to go to the various clinics, then be in the OR scrubbed in on random procedures during the times you don't have clinic. For example, if you have a clinic in the morning from 8-12, then you are supposed to be in the OR for the remainder of the day scrubbed in on various procedures.
They require a minimum amount of OR cases to be scrubbed in on...as you'll be keeping track on a log which will get handed in as part of your final evaluation.
Also...no call during this clinic month.

As for scut, it's pretty much doesn't exist during the non trauma months, and since your doing trauma in May, you shouldn't have too much either. I did my trauma month in July, and we had a brand spankin' new intern who didn't know the difference between her head from her ****...so it was rough at times until we straightened her out. Then it was smooth sailing.

The residents are from Cornell...so they know their shit and will teach you if you show initiative and ask questions. If not...they won't waste their time (just like any other resident).

hope it helps.

[Rehtaeh707]

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[rokshana]

why is ob/gyn considered the hardest/worst?


cause babies always seem to want to come into this world at 2 in the morning!!!

but seriously- ob/gyn (in general) rotations seem to have the longest hours- in around 6A for post partum rounds, morning report around 645, scheduled (and unscheduled) C-sections, deliveries thoughout the day keep you fairly busy til 4 or 5P, calls are over night (and not sleeping is the norm)- residents are usually overworked and very tired- all make a for a long long rotation.

[Toddaa1]

why is ob/gyn considered the hardest/worst?

the rotation has the longest hours (except maybe surgery) but there was soomething better about the whole surgery mentality. OB is also kinda hit or miss, your either super busy (and its always the same stuff over and over) or sitting on your *** bored for hours on end, and trust me, nothing is worse than waiting up at 1-2 with absolutely nothing to do and the residents not letting you get to sleep. I think at Jamaica in particular its bad because:
#1 we get alot of weird/complicated crap (yesterday/this morning alone we had to c/s a 400 pound woman; a 31 weeker with placenta previa, we had the ER send us an unstable patient, with dyspnea and + LOC prior to arrival w/ full term fetus with bradycardia, went to do emergency c/s, on the table mom looses conciousness, no bp, called a code, brought mom to recovery room, bring her back to OR an hour later to remove the now dead fetus and spend the next 5 hours assisting on a casaerean hysterectomy every now and again catching a glimpse of the dead baby in the corner of the room. attending was nice and bought us pizza, went to see a "normal" vaginal delivery, and even that gut a bit crazy when we realsied the baby had shoulder dystortia. managed to go to bed at 3, jsut to have them call for an emergecny c/s at 4 due to chorioamnionitis.)

#2 our preceptor is bent on making it as miserable as possible for us, such as having to be on call every weekend (except 1) having to stay till noon for lectures even if u are postcall. and on top of that there are all these reports, journals projects we need to do.

anyways im post call and going back to sleep

-T-