Wyckoff Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

[wolfvgang22]

I agree with ducman. I've heard similar negative things from others about Wycoff surgery. Nothing good we can do about it as students except to let the clinical office at Saba know through the eval. I'm sorry for your poor clinical experience, all students eventually have one or two I think. It should never happen.
Good luck with your next clinical rotation, things can only get better now that you can reflect and develop strategies on how to approach a potentially bad rotation.

[HJMA]

Just finished surgery from Wyckoff. Agreed with DJINBH, what a horrible experience and we paid a lot money for tuition. I didn't learn surgery, I learned how to use computer to get pt. data. I didn't learn surgery becuase I only scrubbed in 12 days (12 procedures observed) in 12 weeks of surgery rotation.
We make false comment on wound care procedure form, so the attendings get paid. The hospital should be closed, there are too many violations, even a medical student is awared.

[infosuperhighway]

Hi everyone, Im just curious about the weekly schedule for surgery at Wycoff. Ill be doing my surgery rotation May 16 to Aug 15 this year. Can anyone shed some light on that? Is it 5 day week or 6 day week (or more?). Do the daily hours tend to run late? How often is call? Thanks a lot.

[Gigi25]

Originally Posted by HJMA

Just finished surgery from Wyckoff. Agreed with DJINBH, what a horrible experience and we paid a lot money for tuition. I didn't learn surgery, I learned how to use computer to get pt. data. I didn't learn surgery becuase I only scrubbed in 12 days (12 procedures observed) in 12 weeks of surgery rotation.
We make false comment on wound care procedure form, so the attendings get paid. The hospital should be closed, there are too many violations, even a medical student is awared.

LOL, I heard similar things about all the electives there as well. Basically, if you have absolutely no interest in learning medicine then Wyckoff is perfect for you!! There are way too many students and a great lack of organization. OB was actually OK there. I saw several deliveries, both C section and NSVD. Clinic was long, but I did learn how to do paps on my own. OBGYN is probably the only rotation I would recommend at Wyckoff. I also completed my Peds core there and was extremely disapointed!! Most of the time we just sat around stared at each other

[facemask]

QUESTION: I am interested in taking neurology and radiology elective at wyckoff because i heard the hours are short and that you actually do learn during those hrs. Did any past student from NYS who either did neuro or radio at wyckoff have any trouble with NYS Medical Board or getting residency/medical license in NYS? I'm not sure if these electives fall under the "green" book status or if this status is even important for NYS. Appreciate any input.

[gianefiasco]

Originally Posted by Gigi25

LOL, I heard similar things about all the electives there as well. Basically, if you have absolutely no interest in learning medicine then Wyckoff is perfect for you!! There are way too many students and a great lack of organization. OB was actually OK there. I saw several deliveries, both C section and NSVD. Clinic was long, but I did learn how to do paps on my own. OBGYN is probably the only rotation I would recommend at Wyckoff. I also completed my Peds core there and was extremely disapointed!! Most of the time we just sat around stared at each other

OMG i gotta get outt peds then sandy has scheduled me for ob?gyn then peds here back to back

[Gigi25]

Originally Posted by gianefiasco

OMG i gotta get outt peds then sandy has scheduled me for ob?gyn then peds here back to back

Like I said previously, OBGYN wasn't so bad. There are 6 weeks of rotation. 1 week is spent in the OR, seing things like hysterectomies/cyst removals etc. 1 week is spent in labor and delivery, this is where u get to see the c-sections and vag deliveries. 2 weeks are in the GYN clinic. You will be doing mostly paps, cultures, and giving results to the pts. The OBGYN ONC Dr. is extremely NICE and will let you do a lot (colposcopy etc). He's at the GYN clinic. 1 week is in OB clinic for check ups. Then one extremely waste of time week, is spent in "sono" clinic. There we surfed the internet, told stories, and sat around looking at each other. Oh, we saw like one sono. Lecture is pretty good esp with Dr. F, who actually came up with Friedman's curve (look it up, its in every OBGYN book)!!!! He's awesome. You mostly work with the PA's. There are 2 girls and 1 guy PA. 1 of the girls is SUPER nice The attendings will not know your name. Peds = no learning. If someone had a dif experience, plz share!! For me, it was a complete waste of my life. In fact, I may take a peds elective just so I can learn something!!!!!

Good luck

Gina

[Andes]

I'm almost done OB/GYN in Wycoff, two more weeks and this is what I think. First there are way too many students for you to get noticed. You start your day by rounding on your one patient with other students as well, at time there can be four to five students per patient. Then you go to morning rounds, where the residents present to the attending and you basically just stand there. At the end if you get to present a topic they assign you in the beginning of your rotation that's one of the few opportunities you have to shine. Then depending on what team you are on you go to clinic, or sono, or OR etc. There are also some lectures scheduled during the rotation but they get cancelled a lot.
Saying all this OB is probably Wycoff's best rotation, and the people that say it's good are ones that probably did all their rotations at Wycoff.
If you want to get scutted out, learn "protocol", and teach yourself while working under the radar then Wycoff is for you. If you actually want to learn something, and have more responsiblity, then I would recommend another site. As for me this is my first, and last time at Wycoff.

[darkmansaad]

I would like to set up a family practice elective @ Wyckoff and was wondering if there is someone at the hospital I contact, our clinical co ordinator from Saba, or whatever, I have no idea. Anyone who does, please let me know. Also any ideas of housing that will be accessible to brookdale and wyckoff let me know as well as i am doing some rotations at both this fall/winter. Holla back

[PAtoMD]

What is the schedule like for OB/GYN at Wyckoff? Thanks