Monmouth Hospital

[pterygomandibularraphe]

Hi...I am hoping that some studets rotating at Monmouth can comment on their core rotations there in Medicine, Surgery and OB and also if anyone has done electives there and enjoyed it please feel free to share. Thanks everyone :-)

[ScarletKnight]

Hi...I am hoping that some studets rotating at Monmouth can comment on their core rotations there in Medicine, Surgery and OB and also if anyone has done electives there and enjoyed it please feel free to share. Thanks everyone :-)

OB: Lecs everyday @4pm except fridays....these are golden and attending who teaches is a nice, helpful, motivating guy. Residents are helpful and nice although some are disgruntled about a few things. Attendings are very helpful in the OR and if you are motivated, you can deliver babies. You will do well in this rotation. The work you put in is up to you.

Med: Show interest, show interest, show interest. Rounds in morn followed by attending rounds. noon conference (which no one notices ifyou dont go to). Randomly scheduled small discussion sessions on cases, presentation skills, and radiology. 4 wks inpatient, 4 wks ambulatory, 4 wks ICU. Ambulatory is pre-scheduled with 5 1/2 days sesssions plus 1 full day in a private specialty office of your choice. ICU is rounds in morning, presentation around 9-10, and noon lecs....after that you do what you want: learn in ICU, study, or disappear. Call is q4 except in ambulatory.

Surg: Rigorous. 4 weeks subs, 4 weeks general, 3 weeks electives. Typical surgery schedule when on subs and general. come in btwn 430-6am depending on list length. Round on 2-3 pts, present them in morn rounds--> go to surgeries all day or surg in morn and round on pts in early pm--> eve signout btwn 3-6pm depending on resident efficiency. Lecs are the key to your grade:mon,tues,thurs with clerkship director and its basically a pimp session that you need to prepare for by reading sabiston or schwartz (surg textbk). Other than these lecs, other specialty lecs are randomly scheduled and rescheduled when attending postpones (happens often). Final oral exam weighs heavily on grade.

Peds: didnt do.

Food: mealcard with ~$50 weekly: ample
Housing: free but crappy and across the street.
Parking: free
Overall atmosphere: laid back
Other: no trauma, no psych, not many SGU people, Drexel-heavy (but never a source of contention)

hope it helps,
sk

[kash33]

Has anyone done Path here? I'd love to hear comments, including hours.