St. Clare's Hospital of Schenectady, Schenectady

[Dru]

St. Clare's Hospital of Schenectady, Schenectady

[mpd210]

No one interested in posting about this site? :)

[emt036]

No one interested in posting about this site? :)
I was born there, and I know someone that did FP residency there 30 years ago, does that help? :-P

[onmyway]

Anyone out there yet who has rotated here? I'm scheduled to do FM core here starting in October, and the program director himself emailed me AND called me personally to ask if I had any questions and sent me detailed objectives and descriptions for the rotation. He also put me in touch with a current resident as a contact before I arrive. Now, is that class or what? Anyway, when I'm there I'll post in detail about the experience, but so far I'm amazed...amazed and pleased.

[HHN786]

how is the housing situation at this site, do they offer housing?

[onmyway]

don't offer housing per se, but they provide you with a list of people willing to rent rooms/space in their homes to students. for anyone interested in this site, they have their own application process...it is not too cumbersome, but it's not like you just get assigned there.

[onmyway]

Recently finished FM core there. Good experience all round & I highly recommend it. Everyone there is extremely nice, helpful, and enjoys teaching, from the most experienced attending down to the interns. The FP residency there is unopposed, and the residents literally do everything. The FP core clerkship is based in an outpatient family health center which is attached to the main hospital. 90% of your time is spent seeing outpatients, with occasional stints in L&D. They do lots of OB and Peds there, so you will get exposed to a wide variety of patients. Your day begins at 8:00 with medicine morning report, except on Tuesdays, which begin with MR at 7:15 followed by Grand Rounds at 8:00. The rest of the day is spent paired either with a senior resident or an attending. They will have you see patients first, do an interview and PE, present your findings, etc. then you will see them again together. You will be asked to write progress notes on the patients you have seen, and the attending will sit down and go over them with you, which is very helpful. There is noon conference each day, and the lectures are usually pretty good. Lunch is usually catered by a drug rep who gives a 10 minute pitch prior to the scheduled speaker. Also, meals in the hospital cafeteria are free for students.

There is no call or weekends, and you are usually out of there by 4:30 or 5:00 each day.