Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York

[saywhat]

I heard it's alot of lectures/handouts you get.. good teaching.. less students (few Ross, SGA, NYCOM) and more responsibility (you have a checklist of procedures you have to finish), you also present a case, hours shadow that of the resident you're assigned, you have q4 on call in service, few weeks of ICU and telemetry.. well structured and good for proactive students..

[kmfranck]

Hey, does anybody know where and when to check in at Queens Hospital for first day of OB? I deleted my email with the information

thanks

[TheeeGod]

any updated info on ob-gyn at queens?

[Student_02]

Hey kids,

I have psych on monday and have recieved NO information on where to go or time... DOES ANYONE KNOW THIS INFORMATION????? PLEASE HELP!! I thought they'd email me and have been waiting BUT NOTHING SO FAR!! getting too close, help!!

ALSO, any information on parking would be greatly appreciated.

THANKS

[shanu1221]

Hi, im doing IM in queens hospital and i like it alot. we have couple of lectures a day on various topics, were on q4, and when we are on call we have to admit (do the H&P) on the patient and follow him or her till discharge. we usually end up having at least two patients that we are following everyday. we do 8 weeks in the medicine wards then 2 weeks in CCu and 2 in ICU. so far its been going well, the residents, interns and attendings are student friendly so it helps..

bye

[Truthteller]

This was a great rotation - everything worked the way it was supposed to - you have pre-rounds every morning at around 7-7:30 with your resident and intern (one student per resident) where you can ask questions and work up your presentation. Then you go to morning report at 8 which is usually a case presentation by a resident or a lecture by an attending. Then you have rounds with your attending at 9. The attendings are fantastic - they enjoy teaching and most of them go by the book - you do a full presentation and are expected to know your patients well. The focus is on information gathering and working up a viable differential diagnosis which is what it is supposed to be for 3rd year students. This is very different from doing IM at Kings where you are just a paperwork fiend and the attendings have little to no time to teach you because they have too many patients. There is plenty of teaching at Queens and most of the attendings love what they do.
Also - i don't think we are supposed to put names here so I will only say that if you can, try to work with Dr. P*********. She is fantastic.
Call is Q4 and if you get a patient early you can leave by 9. Parking is readily available on Goethels street and other nearby streets close-by. Don't waste your money by paying for parking.



Hope this helps!

[baylor77536]

Just finsihed OB and thought I would share my experience. Definately a positive experience. You will deliver babies, see abortions and different gyn cases. The guy in charge is a jerk, and everyone knows it. He is just one of those jerks that you don't like dealing with, but what can you do. Your grade is based on evaluations, an oral exam(that hardly anyoine does well on) and a written. The majority of the students get B's. So for those who expect an A, it probably won't happen. The doc in charge is a very difficult person to please, no matter how well you do on the written, the oral will bring your grade down. He'll tell you he doesn't think the other Ross clinical sites evaluate you properly.
So if you go in expecting to get a B, you'll enjoy it more. Out of 12 student, 3 got A's, and believe me there was nothing they could do to raise theor grade.

[singer]

Originally Posted by baylor77536

Just finsihed OB and thought I would share my experience. Definately a positive experience. You will deliver babies, see abortions and different gyn cases. The guy in charge is a jerk, and everyone knows it. He is just one of those jerks that you don't like dealing with, but what can you do. Your grade is based on evaluations, an oral exam(that hardly anyoine does well on) and a written. The majority of the students get B's. So for those who expect an A, it probably won't happen. The doc in charge is a very difficult person to please, no matter how well you do on the written, the oral will bring your grade down. He'll tell you he doesn't think the other Ross clinical sites evaluate you properly.
So if you go in expecting to get a B, you'll enjoy it more. Out of 12 student, 3 got A's, and believe me there was nothing they could do to raise theor grade.

The question is wheter it is mopre important to learn something or to get an easy "A" In the long run knowlwedge is more important then wheter you made high honors.

[sassynsweet]

I recently completed my OB/GYN core at QHC and I thought I needed to let everyone know what a great experience it was. The division of time is 2 weeks of OB in L&D, 2 weeks of GYN inpatient and 2 weeks of clinic. You also had to do between 4 and 5 calls depending on what number you were assigned. Throughout the rotation, the residency coordinator made you feel so welcome. All of the attendings and residents were willing to teach if you were willing to learn. Noon lectures, given depending on the availability of attendings or residents, were very informative (great if studying for boards). On Wednesday, grand rounds were held to discuss all cases previously encountered...and if you listened, it really was very informative. There were never any malignant moments and you never felt as if you were in the way. GYN cases in the OR were very interesting and delivering babies in L&D had to be the single most amazing experience of my medical education (and no....I don't want to be an OB/GYN doc). At the end you were evaluated on your oral exam (which was ), a MCQ exam (which is very fairly written and graded) and your evaluations (which hold a lot of weight regarding your performance as a student and your overall grade). It is a very reasonable grading system. To sum up, I was tired at the end of 6 weeks (having to be there at 6:30am for 4/6 weeks) but it was an encounter that I would repeat again if given the chance. For all of you who are thinking of going the OB/GYN route, this is the place to get the best experience. For all of you venturing into other fields or those who have to take their Step II (which, if I am not mistaken is all of us), this is still the place to be to learn a great deal and complete the core. It's serious work, but that's what we all initially set out to do. The knowledge you obtain and the satisfaction you get after successfully completing this rotation is priceless. Enjoy!

[ross_student05]

Anyone with any info about the Psych rotation here?