Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD - Internal Medicine

[drforlife]

Originally Posted by Sree Cheruku

They sent me to a remote clinic an hour away from the hospital where there were no doctors supervising me, so I didn't learn very much. The PA who was in charge of my rotation wasn't really interested in teaching, so following her around was awkward. But, I made the most of it. I stayed out of her hair, took advantage of the fact that I only had to work 5 hours a day and got the rotation done. I'm glad it's over.

I wouldn't recommend Jackson Park unless you are looking for an easy rotation with few work hours and lots of free time.

Is it green>?? I don't see it on the acgme site.

[DOCplucinski]

Originally Posted by drforlife

Is it green>?? I don't see it on the acgme site.

Not sure if you're looking in the right place but they have an ACGME residency for Internal Med and Transitional Year.

Thus, IM is green

[drforlife]

oh, i checked it is.. family it is.. I looked under sponsoring and not accredited programs earlier.... well, under search for all programs, only family showed up

[drforlife]

hope that is the case for IM, but how can one be certain if it isn't on thier list/web-site..??

[DOCplucinski]

Originally Posted by drforlife

hope that is the case for IM, but how can one be certain if it isn't on thier list/web-site..??

Umm, according to this, it is Internal Med likeI originally said, not family. It is listed on the ACGME site as well as Freida:

FREIDA Online institution information

[drforlife]

Oh now makes sense, I know this thread is for Harbor, but I was replying to Sree post regarding Jackson....

[NicSTX]

Hey, I'm starting at harbor and I see they're recommending ew get 2 books
MKSAP for students 3
Internal medicine Essentials

Are these important for the rotation? I also have the step 2 kaplan books, can those be used?

I found some good deals on these books on amazon, but i didn't know how much they were needed. Input would be much appreciated

[Sree Cheruku]

mksap is good, cuz your final exam questions come word for word off there. but dont buy it, there are digital copies of both mksap 3 and 4 floating around. if you dont get it off someone, i can email it to you. Kaplan is great too - if you start using it now, you can save time when you're studying for Step 2. The magic formula for Step 2 is apparently Kaplan books + UW Qbank + Crush the Boards + __.

umm, in terms of actual texts, most students like Blueprints Internal Medicine, because it has short chapters with just the important information and you can easily organize your study schedule into one Blueprints Topic a day.

The other good book is Step Up to Internal Medicine which is more detailed. You should stop by the Hopkins Barnes and Noble and see which format best suits you.

[NicSTX]

Can I just throw in here how much I love harbor? Seriously, amazing. I've learned more in 4 weeks here than I could have possibly imagined and I have 2 more months to go.

If you haven't taken IM yet, definitely go here.