Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn

[Dru]

Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn

[McGillGrad]

I just read about the place on www.scutwork.com

http://www.scutwork.com/cgi-bin/link...gi?ID=2582&d=1

[Gator98MD]

I did cards back in march 2004 at Maimo and here is my review:

I did a 4 week elective. Basically the elective is broken up into a couple of different areas. You rotate thru the progressive coronary care unit which is a step down unit from the CCU. This contains people that are post MI, CHF, etc. You round with the team, but I dont recall following specific patients per se. A couple times a week you have dedicated EKG teaching which i thought was excellent. Also, the attendings made an effort to lecture on various cards topics which I was imprssed by. This is done by cardiology attendings and fellows who are all very good. THe other part of the rotation you spend in the actual CCU which is where people are SICK. Again you round with the team but I dont remember actually covering specific patients. This was also very good because there is alot of teaching. Additonally you have "homework assignments" each day consisting of two EKG interpretations that you turn in to be graded. I am not sure how strict they are about this in terms of how it plays into you final grade because I started out strong with these but then petered out toward the end and I stopped turning them in altogether. My grade was fine at the end. The best thing about this rotation is that there is alot of structure and by the end I could actually read EKG's decently which was my goal. One other thing, you also get the opportunity (technically its required) to observe two cardiothoracic surgeries, spend time in the echo lab, and watch stress testing. Overall I thought it was a very good rotation.

[Potatooo]

I did 3 weeks of ENT at this site last winter. In general, the program is pretty lay back, lots of time spending in the OR. Only twice a week where you have ENT clinic. Usually, the OR schedule is pretty busy, lots of T&A. Some suergons are more willing to teach than other. There is only 1 ENT resident rotating with the students, he or she is usually 4 or 5th year resident. There are no lectures or any kind of exam at the end. The residents have grand rounds once a week at Long Island College Hospital, but students are not included. You will also follow the resident and the attending to do consults. There is no morning rounds, usually the resident do the rounds with the attending. You can give anyone of the attending in terms of grading. There are usually 4-5 students at the same time, there are total of 5-6 attendings, so pick the one u work with the most for evaluation. There is no lunch coupon for 4th year med students, but there is a discount for meals. Scrub and white coat is provided
Overall, OR experience is plenty but actually actual education is not that much. Looking back, i think i would do 2 weeks instead of 3 because things become repetitive and there is not much more to learn.

[Chianti]

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[butters]

Originally Posted by Chianti

I caution anyone who is of non-Jewish Middle-eastern descent from doing any rotations here. As soon as they (residents, attendings and patients) find out you are non-Jewish Middle Eastern, you will be treated like a piece of crap, literally like your life is worthless, like black people were in the south during the 1950s. I am not making this up or exaggerating.

really????? what did they do?

[McGillGrad]

Originally Posted by butters

really????? what did they do?

You would understand if you had spent a lot fo time at a Jewish Hospital.

[veetz]

I did 4 wks of anesthesia at Maimo and would recommend it to anyone doing rotations in Brooklyn interested in going into the field. They have a residency program, which allows you to get a taste of what is involved in being an anesthesia resident. Also, you can get a nice LOR or two. There is a new Chairman, who came from Mt. Sinai and is very well regarded in the anesthesia community. The attendings, for the most part, are great and most willing to teach and allow students to start iv's, intubate, push drugs, etc if they feel comfortable with you. You'll get good exposure to bread & butter cases, as well as complex vascular and heart cases.

I did my rotation prior to the new Chairman coming on board, so I'm sure it may be different now. The residency program wasn't anything to write home about back when I did my rotation, but with the new Chairman, I'm sure its improved. One other very positive note, the administrative assistant is HOT!

[bevo]

I did an elective in radiology here.

It was a laid back and open enviroment. Teaching wasn't great. The residents there didn't read a lot of films alone, which is where you would expect most teaching to come from. Instead you usually sat with an attending and 1+ residents.

Teaching was to the residents. Morning and afternoon conferences weren't all that helpful.

Everyone is super friendly though and always open to questions.

[MedChe]

HAS anyone done a sub I here at mamimondes for internal medicine?
any feedback would be great..as far as learning stuff, procedures, etc.
thanks!!