Georgia rotations

[mike james]

What cities are the rotations in? Any in the ATL area?

[shahzada619]

well from what i heard they have rotations at Dekalb Medical Center, all cores but OB/GYN... its just a rumor might want to check up on that

[mike james]

where can u do ob/gyn then?

[Pringles00]

how is Dekalb medical center? Can anyone whos done their rotations there give us a brief overview? Thanks!

[mike james]

yea anyone wanna update on this site

[prstttmnil]

wrong forum

[mike james]

is there anyone doing clinicals in ATL right now that can post a line or two.........

[mike james]

bump! can anyone in Georgia update us on clinicals and locations and whether they are hospital based OR clinic based

[Pringles00]

I did pediatrics in Atlanta, it is 90% out patient and 10% in patient. The in patient work is just newborn physical exams. DeKalb actually doesnt have a pediatrics floor therefore you obviously cannot be see pediatric in patients with diseases. The out patient experience is working in a pediatrician doctors office 9-5 which was good, I mean I learned a lot but of course the rotation is still missing that core component of in patient teaching.

[shahzada619]

Any one have information on OB/GYN at Southern Regional?

[enigma00183]

Any one have information on OB/GYN at Southern Regional?

I'm doing Peds in ATL right now, and will do OB/GYN in a few weeks. As I found out after I arrived, you don't actually get to work in a hospital like Pringles said. You rotate at satellite clinics where the attendings have privileges at Dekalb. The hospitals and clinics are all within 30 miles within the center of Atlanta. I believe the same applies to Southern Regional. However, Southern Regional does have an OB/GYN clinic, but not everyone rotates there. Some students are designated to clinics. Once you know where you're going, you're stuck there for 6 weeks.

[mike james]

I'm doing Peds in ATL right now, and will do OB/GYN in a few weeks. As I found out after I arrived, you don't actually get to work in a hospital like Pringles said. You rotate at satellite clinics where the attendings have privileges at Dekalb. The hospitals and clinics are all within 30 miles within the center of Atlanta. I believe the same applies to Southern Regional. However, Southern Regional does have an OB/GYN clinic, but not everyone rotates there. Some students are designated to clinics. Once you know where you're going, you're stuck there for 6 weeks.

Ok so u wont actually find out the clinic you are assigned until you get to Atlanta? Also as for the shelf exam, how does that work? Is it in the last wk of the rotation, and at the hospital/clinic your are rotating through?

[enigma00183]

Ok so u wont actually find out the clinic you are assigned until you get to Atlanta? Also as for the shelf exam, how does that work? Is it in the last wk of the rotation, and at the hospital/clinic your are rotating through?

Correct, you won't find out the clinic till you get here. The shelf exam is still unclear to me at this point. My understanding is that these are not NBME shelf exams, but are SABA's own exams for the rotations. You schedule them after the respective rotation and take it within 2 weeks after it.