SMU video tour

[JTP73]

Here's the link to the much awaited and anticipated video tour:

St. Matthew's University | About St. Matthew's University (http://stmatthews.edu/video-tour.shtml)

I've only watched a few minutes worth, but this is a great way to learn more about (and actually see) the Cayman Islands and SMU SOM/Vet. I wish this would have been available when I was applying. Very helpful!

[senz_asian]

The funniest part, the people advice me NOT to go to Wyckoff are the ones bragging out it in the video... but I admit that they had an excellent script.

[UFTim]

The clinical video makes Wyckoff look like Mass General

[butterflymd]

If people only really knew the reputation that that hospital has in Brooklyn. I tell you its not NYU or Columbia Presbyterian and definitely not in one of the better parts of Brooklyn. I did like the video tour though pretty cool except did not see any cadavers in the anatomy lab

[WSUCougar]

except did not see any cadavers in the anatomy lab


I'm pretty sure that they're not allowed to, because I know that a few students wanted to photograph some dissections, and Dr. G told them that it wasn't allowed due to the agreement that SMU and Univ of Mich had in place, in regards to the cadavers.

[mellsworth21]

I thought SMU used plastinated cadavers?

[gschneid]

"Plastinated" is the correct term. They are real specimens professionally dissected and injected with a plastic resin so they don't decay or smell (too much). I'm guessing they are hand-me-downs from U of Meatchicken. Getting kind of beat up over the years but good enough to do the job. Plus, I wouldn't want to be cutting into specimens not knowing what i was doing and accidentally butcher something so i couldn't study it and learn from it.

[WSUCougar]

"Plastinated" is the correct term. They are real specimens professionally dissected and injected with a plastic resin so they don't decay or smell (too much). I'm guessing they are hand-me-downs from U of Meatchicken. Getting kind of beat up over the years but good enough to do the job. Plus, I wouldn't want to be cutting into specimens not knowing what i was doing and accidentally butcher something so i couldn't study it and learn from it.

far from hand me downs, believe me. to get a plastinated cadaver is veryyyy pricey. Some are beat up, but hey..... they still last a whole lot longer than a non-plastinated one.

[gschneid]

Yeah, I wasn't implying that they are free. Just second-hand.

[jonasp]

the plastinated cadavers are much better u can learn what u need to learn and not waste time dissecting through fat and crap and cutting things u had no idea u were cutting through. U would spend most of the time cutting and cleaning up the mess rather than learning.Some cadavers were beat up when i was there but i know they get new specimens every so often i am sure most are very good.

Video was kinda cheesy but smu is tryin to advertise and the school has come a long way in the last couple years so its nice to see....hey at least we know someone is doin somethin with that friggin website for a change

[the_punisher]

mann the "DOC" in the video is stressing too much on HANDS ON...
The HANDS ON part is an essential part of clinical clerkship...if you will… the 3rd year you really need to get your HANDS ON patients… it’s not just txt book knowledge, it’s the ability of your HANDS to be able to translate what you’re feeling to what you’re thinking… whether you’re in medical or surgical rotation, you get your HANDS ON the patient… you get to palpate the abdomen… you get to listen to their lungs… you get to listen to their heart…

Part of that could be read in a very dirty way… you know… translating what you’re feeling to what youre thinking and do it with your hand…. Ooooohhhh!

[the_punisher]

hahaha...
JMM said that to keep the learning environment personal for every student, we keep the classes small!!! (JUST 250 students… that’s small right?)

Then he says that no matter where you're sitting, you have a very personal experience (while recording someone’s personal laptop screen)

[got milk?]

hahaha

i cringe when i see the clinical video. everyone's a sellout. i wonder how much each interviewee was paid, or what reward they were given.

i've never seen dr. ch do hands on sessions like that.


good video though. very professional.

hey, i want the school to succeed too. get CA damnit.

[smu79]

[quote=got milk?;846508]hahaha

i cringe when i see the clinical video. everyone's a sellout. i wonder how much each interviewee was paid, or what reward they were given.

i've never seen dr. ch do hands on sessions like that.


good video though. very professional.

hey, i want the school to succeed too. get CA damnit.[/quote

successful students, who at the time where in NY, received an email to meet with a school official. the school official took them out for lunch/breakfast and asked the students for their concerns, family issues, clinical experiences, etc.

students did not get paid....and there was no script....i guess featured students were looking for a hollywood contract.

[WSUCougar]

hahaha...
JMM said that to keep the learning environment personal for every student, we keep the classes small!!! (JUST 250 students… that’s small right?)


LOL.... I was busting up when I heard him say the "small class size" line. All in all, the video was definitely cheesy... but... I would have loved to see this before I came here, just so that I would have "somewhat" of a clue of what to expect.

Now.... off to class I go to tease the students in that video ;)

[Diva]

LOL.... I was busting up when I heard him say the "small class size" line. All in all, the video was definitely cheesy... but... I would have loved to see this before I came here, just so that I would have "somewhat" of a clue of what to expect.

Now.... off to class I go to tease the students in that video ;)


Hehehe......:rolleyes:

[Banker794]

seems informative for incommings...