Psychiatry: Maimonides

1) Psych at Maimo was well structured. 3 wks of inpatient, 1 week psych ED and 1 wk of child and adolescent (which was VERY slow when I had it); hrs are good, LOTS of lectures (2-3/day), and a few weekend calls. Pt pathology seems to be the same as everywhere else- mostly schizophrenia/ bipolar/depression/suicide; …

Surgery: St. Barnabas Hospital

1) I'm personally not interested in surgery but it was cool to see the surgeries. However, I didn't have a great experience with the residents and attendings for the most part. There wasn't much teaching, there didn't seem to be any sense of camaraderie or team spirit, and there was a negative undertone at every …

Surgery: Wyckoff

1) 5:30- about 3:30 M-F 24 hr call every 4th day. You are expected to present 1 patient during rounds each morning and scrub on at least 1 surgery per day. The resident and attendings are very nice and no one really pimps you. Weekends are off unless you’re on call. It was kind of disorganized …

Surgery: Northwell-Plainview

#1) I absolutely loved it. It's a totally "you make what you want of it" rotation. You follow one doctor, Dr. Klonsky at both Plainview and Syosset hospitals. He has surgeries 7-12 on Monday, clinic 11-5 Tuesday but is also on call that day so if he has to go to either hospital after clinic …

Surgery: Coney Island

#1) Horrible. Nobody teaches you anything. Theres a new guy there implementing new curriculum changes but there are a lot of flaws with it. In some ways its better some ways it isnt. Breakdown: 1 week SICU, 4 weeks General Surgery, 1 week Colorectal, 1 week urology, 1 week ortho, 1 week anesthesia and 1 …

Family Medicine: Linden, NJ

    #1) It was a great experience! If you're looking to work with a doctor that really cares for his patients, he's the guy! You can go in and see the patients and do your H&P and then come out and present to him or the resident. The hours are so relaxed: 9:30-12:30 ish …

Family Medicine: South Nassau

#1) Its great there! You'll present to residents a whole lot and they'll let you present to attendings if you're comfortable. Large patient load so there's generally something to do. However, sometimes there are days with a lot of no shows. Don't follow interns because they only have 3-5 patients. There are daily lectures and …

Surgery: Brookdale

#1) In the 10 weeks, you change service every 2 weeks. So that’s SICU 2 weeks Trauma 2 weeks Green (general surgery, plastics, ENT)2 weeks Blue (cardiothoracic, vascular)2 weeks Elective (ENT, ophthalmology, anesthesia, urology) 2 weeks (pick 1) Strengths: there were a ton of different pathologies to be seen ranging from congenital disorders to various …

Family Medicine: Northwell-Plainview

#1) Out of all my rotations, Plainview has been the most student-supportive and educative site. The student coordinator is absolutely wonderful and goes out of her way to accommodate medical students. Every attending at the family medicine office is willing to teach, and both attendings and residents provide constructive criticism when needed. There is plenty …

Surgery: South Nassau Communities Hospital

#1) south nassau is a great place to do surgery because its a rotation where you can make of it what you want. If you're interested in surgery there are a lot of opportunities to get involved, but if you're not then its a really great learning environment (I feel really prepared for the shelf …