Jackson Park

[rph2md]

Could anyone who knows someone that rotated there or who has done rotations there comment on them vs.. New York?? thanks a lot!

[alpathmd]

Most who go to Jackson Park in Chicago, do not do rotations in NY and vice-versa. So it would be hard to get a comparison from the same person.

You might want to ask more specific questions.

A.

[VanessaWI]

My advisor told me that if I wanted to do rotations at JP, I had to do my medicine core there. This seems to be an issue that hold up some of the scheduling.
From what I've heard-JP is what you make of it. There's a more detailed thread around if you do a search for JP.

[studentMD]

some older ross threads about JPH
http://www.valuemd.com/ftopic28812.html&highlight=jackson+park
http://www.valuemd.com/ftopic22917.html&highlight=jackson+park
http://www.valuemd.com/ftopic2043.html&highlight=jph

LIH NY vs JPH thread
http://www.valuemd.com/ftopic16567.html&highlight=jackson+park

[Gator98MD]

this is from one of my earlier posts on NYC rotations:

1. IM- Kings county-definitely not for everybody. very rigorous, not much internal support, attending want things done yesterday, and yes tongue-lashings did occur, but I felt overall it was a good first roatation and it prepared me to be autonomous.
2. FP-Wyckoff-not so good. At the time it was disorganized as far as the outpatient clinics. inpatient was alright. The chief residents at the time were the best part.
3. Peds-Brookdale-the preceptor is very good and informative, but the rest of the rotation was just average at best. Unfortuantely, for step 2. I had to go and basically learn peds from Kaplan and First Aid.
4. Psychiatry-St. johns far rockaway- I know this will be a point of contention for some, but actually, I found this to be a good experience. At the time the rotation was divided into 3 weeks in one area and 3 weeks in another. I was lucky enough to get the two best areas, inpatient and outpatient psych. Both attendings were excellent and I learned a bunch. However, even at the time I knew that depending what areas you were assigned to, this could be a very variable rotation as far as learning.
5. OB/GYN-queens hospital-this was a hard and excellent rotation. prob one of the best. very organized and very hands on. Plus the facilities were beautiful compared to what we are used to in NY.
6. Surgery-catholic medical center-again another hard but well organized rotation. you do 6 weeks at a trauma center which is fun and 6 weeks at another hospital learning nothing but general surgery.

I have one caveat to these reviews, keep in mind that some of these rotations, I did upwards of 2 years ago. So things may have changed by now. good luck, my fellow Rossies.