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re: LSU med students, advice needed
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:26 pm to Hopeful Doc
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:26 pm to Hopeful Doc
Either will be easy- it's now a bunch of watered down FMLA, paternity leave, limited hours, time off to study for board exams, EHR, coding (not the ACLS type), PQRS, ERX, etc. If you can type fast you'll be the millennial Osler and likely president of the AMA, perhaps surgeon general.
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Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:36 pm to pensacola
For the OP: the facilities in Shreveport are not bad at all, compared to NOLA. In fact, they are way better than Charity and UH are/were, but of course the new hospital in NOLA will be impressive.
Otherwise, both have big university hospitals, both have VA hospitals (NOLA also building a new one of those), and both have good to excellent private hospitals in which to rotate. Shreveport has a cancer center right there too. And of course NOLA students can/will do rotations in BR.
Medical school classrooms, anatomy labs, etc, I cannot compare.
Otherwise, both have big university hospitals, both have VA hospitals (NOLA also building a new one of those), and both have good to excellent private hospitals in which to rotate. Shreveport has a cancer center right there too. And of course NOLA students can/will do rotations in BR.
Medical school classrooms, anatomy labs, etc, I cannot compare.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:37 pm to Pauldean
The one good thing about Shreveport is that you don't have to travel places to do rotations. Not sure how that works with New Orleans.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:37 pm to kadahoola
Osteopathic Medicine is the way to go. Have you considered this?
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:39 pm to pngtiger
quote:
I will say, Shreveport had block testing the 1st year, so you could party hard for 2 weeks, then buckle down for 2 weeks of studying before the tests. Year 2 starts with a test every Monday, and many blocks after that are every other week. 3rd year you will have no life, and 4th year is a blast.
If they don't switch the curriculum this year, NO's testing schedule is every 6 weeks first semester, every 4 the 2nd, every 6-8 3rd, and 4th semester I think we did every 5-6. It's rather long blocks all the way through. As far as the "you don't have a life" in med school, long blocks help that a lot. You can take a night or two a week if you work hard pretty easily, and there's hundreds of places in NOLA to go grab a drink or just hang out. A life outside of school is an important thing to have. I wouldn't base my decision on the amount of time off or cool bars to visit when I had time though. It's important, but so is the schoolwork and the system you're part of.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:48 pm to Hopeful Doc
You won't have this problem if you went to Optometry School.
Why didn't yoy become an Osteopath?
Why didn't yoy become an Osteopath?
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:50 pm to Scruffy
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I like the hospital in Shreveport.
How many hospitals do you guys rotate through? On any given rotation, we could be placed in lafayette, Baton Rouge, or in a number of hospitals around NOLA. For Family Medicine they even ship people out to Bogalusa and Lake Charles.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:50 pm to kadahoola
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I'm considering going to Shreveport over NO
You're an idiot - kill yourself
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:57 pm to Traffic Circle
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Why didn't yoy become an Osteopath?
Allopathic school was cheaper.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 10:58 pm to SirWinston
I'm currently at NO and I love it here. As someone said earlier, the curriculum is changing to a systems based curriculum starting with this cycle's entering class, so don't let that influence your decision
I can give you my email address if you have more specific questions
I can give you my email address if you have more specific questions
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:03 pm to Hopeful Doc
quote:We either stay at LSUHSC or we go to the VA for certain rotations. It has its ups and its downs.
How many hospitals do you guys rotate through?
Y'all get to see more hospitals and interact with different doctors. Probably receive a broader view from different perspectives, which is great.
I think the fact that we stay in one place makes those people there more comfortable with us allowing us to do more, but I have nothing to compare that to.
For family medicine, they send you out to private clinics 2 days a week. We have our own student run clinic with continuity patients the other 3 days.
This post was edited on 11/13/14 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:12 pm to Scruffy
You there now, scruffy?
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:12 pm to yurintroubl
quote:Yep.
You there now, scruffy?
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:13 pm to kadahoola
Wife went to LSUHSC in Shreveport. Good program as i understand it. Shreveport blows elephant dick though.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:19 pm to Scruffy
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I think the fact that we stay in one place makes those people there more comfortable with us allowing us to do more, but I have nothing to compare that to.
I could see that argument, but I disagree based on personal experience. 2 weeks into Medicine Wards in my second month as a 3rd year in Lafayette they let me do a thoracentesis. They offered me intubations and A-lines, too. The following month at another hospital I was offered another. I got tons of good experience on OB/GYN and Gen Surg in the ORs. I was told that I was rather aggressive (in a showing interest/eager to do/learn way. It at least sounded like a compliment when it was told to me by one of the faculty evaluators giving me a face-to-face evaluation), but it seems like most of those that did the same services as me got pretty decent/similar experience.
As far as the being able to experience tons of different settings, it's really awesome in terms of being comfortable in any situation. You get to see lots of different styles and approaches. There are so many models of medicine, and no two are the same. While that's cool, spending 2 days each month moving to a new apartment and city is kind of annoying and not always the most conducive to studying, particularly for those who have "their spot" around town or a home office or the like.
In the end, I'm glad with the school I chose, but it's not necessarily "one-size fits all" by any means.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:42 pm to Hopeful Doc
Most people chose NO over Shreveport in my experience except for a some from NW LA.
When we are interviewing Candidates for residency if everything is equal we usually rank NO grads over Shreveport.
However grads from both schools seem to do well in our residency and don't have a problem passing the Emergency Medicine Boards.
Lithette #2 got accepted to both and chose New Orleans over Shreveport.
When we are interviewing Candidates for residency if everything is equal we usually rank NO grads over Shreveport.
However grads from both schools seem to do well in our residency and don't have a problem passing the Emergency Medicine Boards.
Lithette #2 got accepted to both and chose New Orleans over Shreveport.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:03 am to Lithium
Go to the school you feel most comfortable at. I graduated from LSU-S and really enjoyed it and was more than happy with the education I got. My class was very competitive and mathced a lot of students into competitive specialties (urology, ophtho, ortho, plastics, radiology,etc.) I am doing residency outside the state of LA and for the most part no one knows the difference between NO and Shreveport and most of the time I get asked if LSU med school is in Baton Rouge. Or they think you get accepted to LSU med school then get assigned to a campus (similar to UAB or MCG med schools). We've had rotators from both NO and Shreveport at my program and both have been good slight edge to Shreve maybe but again that all comes down to attitude, work ethic, scores and nothing to do with med school.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 7:11 am to Lithium
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Most people chose NO over Shreveport in my experience except for a some from NW LA.
When we are interviewing Candidates for residency if everything is equal we usually rank NO grads over Shreveport.
However grads from both schools seem to do well in our residency and don't have a problem passing the Emergency Medicine Boards.
Lithette #2 got accepted to both and chose New Orleans over Shreveport.
Small sample size but most of my friends that got into both chose Shreveport over NOLA including 2 ppl from the NOLA area. However that was only 8 out of the 11 ppl that I know that got into both. So small sample size.
OP I would suggest you go where you feel comfortable.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:15 am to kadahoola
Which one gets you excited? Go there.
This post was edited on 11/14/14 at 8:19 am
Posted on 11/14/14 at 8:20 am to RadTiger
I couldnt imagine picking Shreveport over NOLA.
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