Kings County, NYC

[Shah_Patel_PT]

Originally Posted by medNoir

Has anyone ever failed out of the IM rotation at Kings County ?

After doing 12-weeks of very hard work, I have heard a few students got a C grade.

I personally think that is harmful, especially if you want to enter a Medicine or FP residency.

[singer]

Originally Posted by Shah_Patel_PT

After doing 12-weeks of very hard work, I have heard a few students got a C grade.

I personally think that is harmful, especially if you want to enter a Medicine or FP residency.

Just out of curiousity how are clinicals graded. Is there a curve. Do most individuals get an "A" or a "B"?

Is it possible that the students who got "C" didn't deserve better?

[Shah_Patel_PT]

Originally Posted by singer

Just out of curiousity how are clinicals graded. Is there a curve. Do most individuals get an "A" or a "B"?

Is it possible that the students who got "C" didn't deserve better?

Usually attendings in most hospital are very reluctant to to give a C grade, as they know it can hurt the student later.

The student I know in question, did not deserve the C.

[Gator98MD]

When I did IM at Kings back in 2003, there were definitley people that would outright fail the rotation. Most of the people might have deserved it but alot of the people did not. Back then subjectivity was a large part of the grade and if an attending or PA didnt like you, you were screwed. I hope it is more objective now. The rotation itself was ok but very stressful.

[TheeeGod]

can anyone comment on the psych hours at king county?

[Diegodoc]

A friend of mine just finished psych there.... it's basically 9-5 mon-fri. Hope that helps.

[TheeeGod]

thanks for the info deigodoc.

i was wondering if it is feasible to commute evryday from NJ (bergen county) to Kings. is that a bad idea?

[Diegodoc]

I wouldn't reccomend it... but i guess it could be possible.

[singer]

Originally Posted by TheeeGod

thanks for the info deigodoc.

i was wondering if it is feasible to commute evryday from NJ (bergen county) to Kings. is that a bad idea?

Threegod:

How are you planning to commute. If you have a sturdy SUV and you leave real early in the morning it is probably feasable. If you leave and come home during rush hour it isn't great. If you do the rotation during the summer there is less traffic on the roads due to many people on vacation. Of course you have to watch out for September rains and flooding on the roads. I know of a female student that commuted from Bergen County where she lived at home for her two years of rotations. Many of the rotations were at Brookdale which is in a lousy neigborhood of Brownsville. I beleived she also did one at Kings. She survived the experience.

[TheeeGod]

thanks for the replies.

well i have a car. i dont mind coming home late but i dont want to get there late in the morning as that would look bad. singer, u would say the commute there takes an hour from bergen county?