This is a very relaxed rotation
so basically bring your
white coat and stethescope and be ready to see patients. The office is on
the second floor of the
DOMC in suite 222.
How was the driving and parking?
No major problems here. I
usually parked at the lot
just east of the hospital. If you tell them that you are a medical student
working in Family Medicine
you can just sign in and don't have to pay the one dollar charge. They
also gave me a badge to get
into the west lot, but that's a bit of a hike from the FP office.
How bad were the on call hours?
The schedule was great! No call
no weekends.
rted in one of the homeless shelters downtown. The clinic is in the
evening, but they give you a half
day off on the days you go to the shelter. When I was there they also gave
2 half days off for
reading so I was really only working 4 days a week.
What were your weekend hours?
None
What should we know about the attendings and residents?
They are
all very nice
people. My biggest gripe with the rotation was that their expectations
were so low that it was very
easy to be lazy.
Did you learn any new procedures or skills?
The rotation gave me
an opportunity to
improve the skills I acquired third year.
What books were useful for the shelf exam?
There was not a shelf
exam.
How was your shelf exam?
1/10-don't even study
Did you have enough time to study for it?
There's plenty of time
to study and work on
residency applications and there is no shelf exam.
What pearls of wisdom should an incoming student ABSOLUTELY know?
This rotation
was a good way to "tune up" for fourth year, but you need to be fairly
aggressive because some of
the residents and attendings don't expect you to do much of anything.
Because of that some days
were painfully boring, but in general I liked the rotation.
How would you rate the stress level?
mellow
Are you now more or less interested in this specialty as a career?
