hi to everyone.
i am hearing from some students that saba is being sold to an investment company,is it right?
and the standard of saba is decresing day by day,students have problems in getting rotations of their choice and they have to wait for 2 or 3 months after passing step 1 to do their clinical rotations.
i want ur opinions on that is it true??
i am just applying to saba and dont want to be confused
ur answers will be highly appreciated
thank u

Hey Mods,

It'd be helpful if you guys could either substantiate or refute this b/c it's getting increasingly difficult to know what is legit information and what is trolling; particularly for those of us not yet at the island. Thanks

One way to get an angle to the answer is to contact the administration. Will they be truly honest? Don't know. Another angle is to wait for current students to address this question. However, there might be several legitimate reasons why certain students had problems (not related to the organization). Exactly how many students are involved per semester?

saba was bought by the equinox corporation that also owns MUA and St. Matts. this news is not old. if there is another company vying for Saba then I am unware of it.

I am in clinicals now. here is my experience:

I took Step in Aug and by Sept I was starting my psychiatry rotation! Did I have to wait three months? NO! why?
1. I wanted a greenbook rotation, but I wasn't picky on location because I am a single student. The clinical coordinator told me what was available and I chose the best option for me.

the students who are picky and must have certain rotations in certain locations might have to wait the 2-3 months the OP is talking about.

for my next rotation I had a two month break BUT ONLY because I wanted one to attend to family business.

do not believe the rumors. once you pass step, you do not have to wait upwards of 3-4 months for a rotation! i certainly didn't.

btw, peds is a hard rotation to obtain for ANY carib school, so if someone tells you oh I had to wait four months for peds chances are if said person had to gone to Ross they would have said the same thing. there just aren't enough peds spots to go around.

regarding clinicals....
1. make sure your rotation is greenbook.
2. know the laws of the states you might want to practice in
3. keep in touch with fellow students. they will give you honest opinion of various clinical sites.
4. realize that clinicals are what you put into it. hospoitals will not baby you. you are often teaching yourself. some sites are better at teaching than others hence it is important to keep in contact with clinical students to get the latest scoop.

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hmm yea... i didnt wait at all for clinicals..but i did travel quite a bit and i decided to go to good rotations instead of staying in one city with average rotations. I know ppl waited for a few months because they really wanted to stay in ny... but well its up to you...

same for me. I'm traveling a lot because I wanted good core rotations. I've been to baltimore, detroit, and now kansas city. finding a place to stay has been the hard part, but seeing the differences among various hospital systems has been enlighting..I def. know what I want out of a residency program now!

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I just wanted to correct your comment...there is no waiting for any clinical rotation (including peds) at SGU. Plus, all SGU rotations are greenbook.

okay, I correct my statement. peds is a hard rotation to obtain for MANY caribbean schools, but not all of them.

are ALL the cores at sgu greenbook by specialty? if so, wow. I can see that as an advantage that sgu has over saba.

and SGU has not wait time whatsoever? thus, not even a week between rotations? you finish one rotation and the next day you start another one? I bet that gets very tiring!

saba's rotations are greenbook, yet some aren't greenbook by specialty and as we all know on valuemd some states have stricter requirements than others. I do not know of any Saba rotations that are not greenbook, but that doesn't mean bluebook rotations don't exist.

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GI [], Infectious Disease [], ER Brookdale Hospital [], Medicine SUB I Metro Health[], Nephrology [], Pulm/Critical Care Wycokff [], Family Medicine [], Anesthesiology []
step CS [], step 2 CK []

Yes, they are all greenbook by specialty. SGU wants to make sure that every student is eligible to practice in all 50 states.

There is no wait time between rotations, you end on Friday and start the new rotation on Monday. There are many clinical centers so we don't have to move around. You can schedule time between rotations but I don't think most do.

It is also a fact that SGU male students have above average length ding dongs.

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