Sree Cheruku
04-07-2007, 07:31 PM
I'm going to be starting my Internal Medicine rotation at Harbor hospital on Monday - and I'll obviously post my experience here when I'm done. But here's some info from a Saba student (http://www.network54.com/Forum/6889/message/1032815432/Finishing+Up+Here+At+Harbor+Hospital+Rotation):
"It is hard to beleive that this 12 week internal medicine rotation is ending this friday here at Harbor Hospital Center. It is a very good atmosphere for learning and everyone I have come in contact with has tried to provide a good environment for learning and answering questions. The student morning report is excellent and you learn a great deal with many many cases. ( about 2 to 2 1/2 hours per day.) Most every resident and intern in this hospital has scored well above a 90 on step 1 and step 2 so there is no shortage of smart people who can answer your questions. I can honestly say I can read Chest films, EKGs, Blood Gases, CT chest and abdomen, Diagnose and treat Bread and Butter Abdominal, Cardiac, and Pulmonary cases. Interpretation of Labs is starting to become second nature. You learn alot in 90 days thats for sure. By the time you are finished you are more than able to begin your review for internal medicine for Step 2. I have read blueprints for internal medicine during the rotation and have started doing review questions from NMS and Blueprints and batting about 80% so between the rotation and the blueprint book the teaching has been more than adequate."
Here's some info from another Saba student (http://www.network54.com/Forum/6889/message/1026352030/So+Far+At+Harbor+Hospital%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B% 3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B):
"I started clinicals on monday at Harbor Hospital in
Baltimore for internal medicine. The rotation is organized and the residents are top notch. My intern is doing a transitional year at Harbor and is starting Opthamology Residency at Johns Hopkins in July 2003 so he is no slouch. We start at about 7:30 and on average most of us finish at 5:00. The call schedule is every 4 days and depending on your intern will depend on if they let you go home around 11pm or if you are staying the night. Call is 7 days per week for medical students. On days you are on call you can wear scrubs and white lab coat and on other days shirt and tie and white lab coat. You get roughly 3 hours of lectures and presentations per day. You usually round in the am for about 1 hour and round in pm for an hour or so. The intern assigns you a patient or two that you work up so you get good hands on, but of course you follow on all of his patients . Every 2 weeks you rotate thru a different department and get a new intern and attending which is good. You do 2 weeks of ICU which demands long hours and guaranteed spending the night when on call and call for ICU is Q 3 . You do 2 weeks of Telemetry also. There are a total of 6 teams or departments that you go thru but 4 of the teams are the general medical floors. Harbor has decent food at very good prices. Gotta run will write later."
Hope this helps.
"It is hard to beleive that this 12 week internal medicine rotation is ending this friday here at Harbor Hospital Center. It is a very good atmosphere for learning and everyone I have come in contact with has tried to provide a good environment for learning and answering questions. The student morning report is excellent and you learn a great deal with many many cases. ( about 2 to 2 1/2 hours per day.) Most every resident and intern in this hospital has scored well above a 90 on step 1 and step 2 so there is no shortage of smart people who can answer your questions. I can honestly say I can read Chest films, EKGs, Blood Gases, CT chest and abdomen, Diagnose and treat Bread and Butter Abdominal, Cardiac, and Pulmonary cases. Interpretation of Labs is starting to become second nature. You learn alot in 90 days thats for sure. By the time you are finished you are more than able to begin your review for internal medicine for Step 2. I have read blueprints for internal medicine during the rotation and have started doing review questions from NMS and Blueprints and batting about 80% so between the rotation and the blueprint book the teaching has been more than adequate."
Here's some info from another Saba student (http://www.network54.com/Forum/6889/message/1026352030/So+Far+At+Harbor+Hospital%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B% 3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B%3E%3B):
"I started clinicals on monday at Harbor Hospital in
Baltimore for internal medicine. The rotation is organized and the residents are top notch. My intern is doing a transitional year at Harbor and is starting Opthamology Residency at Johns Hopkins in July 2003 so he is no slouch. We start at about 7:30 and on average most of us finish at 5:00. The call schedule is every 4 days and depending on your intern will depend on if they let you go home around 11pm or if you are staying the night. Call is 7 days per week for medical students. On days you are on call you can wear scrubs and white lab coat and on other days shirt and tie and white lab coat. You get roughly 3 hours of lectures and presentations per day. You usually round in the am for about 1 hour and round in pm for an hour or so. The intern assigns you a patient or two that you work up so you get good hands on, but of course you follow on all of his patients . Every 2 weeks you rotate thru a different department and get a new intern and attending which is good. You do 2 weeks of ICU which demands long hours and guaranteed spending the night when on call and call for ICU is Q 3 . You do 2 weeks of Telemetry also. There are a total of 6 teams or departments that you go thru but 4 of the teams are the general medical floors. Harbor has decent food at very good prices. Gotta run will write later."
Hope this helps.