St. Mary's, Waterbury, CT

[PAtoMD]

Can somebody please give any info on the housing? Where did you live? How did you find the place? Thanks a lot

[PAtoMD]

Originally Posted by thethom

I got a deal set up at the hotel across the street...nice to be close for those 4am mornings..

Did you stay at the Holiday Inn Express? How much was it? Were you happy staying there? Thank you

[RedGold]

Yes I am as well. Haven't looked into housing or anything else yet though... you?

[Smatty4483]

I'm starting st. marys in connecticut on 2/23/09! Im glad im hearing good things about this locale.

[groovygirl]

hi guys,

i'm starting my rotation there 8/18 (in just a few weeks!)- anyone in need of a room mate or know ANYTHING about housing out there? if i find anything out, i'll be sure to post it.

[thebarbarian]

I heard New Haven is not too far, I may try living there until I get settled.

[thethom]

Eh, not such a good idea. You have to be at the hospital at 4:30am every day. Living in new haven means leaving around 4 am, which means getting up at..you do the math..

The Courtyard Mariott had some good accomodations. Call them and see what kinda deal can be set up.

Some of the residents also allow students to rent out a bedroom. Check with them when you get there, or contact the medical student coordinator at the hospital. Don't ask me the contact info, just find it on the hospital website...

[thebarbarian]

Sounds good. Im doing medicine and surgery there....should be interesting. Has anyone done IM there?

[RedGold]

So I've been reading the posts about the long hours for the surgery rotation... and trying to figure out what to do with my dogs. When you are on call can you leave the hospital? Or do most students stay there?

[thethom]

No leaving LOL. You are there the whole night, then in the morning you round on your patients as usual and work the rest of the day, no post-call day off like at other hospitals. What are you going to do when you are away from the hospital and your pager goes off with a Trauma alert...or if a laceration comes into the ER and your resident pages you to go stitch it up...? ETC ETC you get the picture...