Neworleans.....Luisiana I believe.

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cool... thanks... how many SABA/MUA students they allow there at a time? what's the housing accomodations?

We have a good number of Saba/mua in houma, but I ques it is best to here from people who are there or the school.

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Hey, that did not tell them where it really is! It is southwest of New Orleans in the bayou's and delta area. Be prepared for a real different culture down there.

Great place to do rotations. I did ALL of mine there. One hour from the Quarter and enough to do in town to have fun.

The people at Chabert are very nice and I learned a lot. The culture is a bit different - but it was different on Nevis as well. You will see a lot of neat pathology here. I highly recommend Houma for rotations. Liz is great to work with.... she will help you set up your entire cores and electives.

Nice places to live at affordable rates.

could you please elaborate...

You are actually in the bayou. The people are very nice and the food is wonderful.

I was very happy with my rotations because I got to know the nurses, staff and other students which really only consisted of Saba and MUA. The other schools lost their affiliation with Houma and Saba and MUA are exclusive there as FMG's.

I found that the hospital was not too big - but big enough. The community is medium size with rent from $450 up. It does not take long to get to the hospital from anywhere in the city. The city is safe.

It is easy to get letters from your attendings because they see you before your rotation and acknowledge you after the service.

Once you get placed in Houma and want to stay, Liz will do everything she can do to get you scheduled for cores and any electives you want to do.

You can do as much or as little as you care to do in procedures. If you are interested, you can get people to let you do things you might not ever get to do in a larger teaching hospital.

It was wonderful getting to know the other students from SABA. I even had a resident I worked under that graduated from SABA. The attendings and residents do not look down on us as FMG's. I had very few USMG's rotating with us. They seemed to want to look down their nose at us. The only reason they were there is because "Big Charity" in New Orleans closed and they needed rotations. Otherwise, you will be with all FMG's from SABA and MUA. Clicks are at a mimimum when you have this set up.

Regards

It is nice to see Saba students during rotation.

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How is Peds and/or ObGyn at Houma?

Both are good. OB/GYN is better. You won't see a lot of path in Peds and won't at any place unless you are at a Children's hospital. The complicated peds cases are referred to New Orleans Children's.

You will get a lot of experience in OB/GYN. It is the only rotation that you will have to spend the night. We would go in at 5:00 a.m. and not get off until 1:00 pm the next day. You will do this every 5 days or so - depending on how many medical students on the rotation. I learned a lot - many people don't like the OB/GYN rotation because it is taxing and can be stressful. I actually did a Sub-I and did an extra 6 weeks myself. Actually Dr. H the chief of OB/GYN is listed as part of the clinical staff at MUA. Check out the website.

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