12-26-2016, 06:31 PM
Rtation at Miami. Here's a summary of the experience.
Hours/Workload: Very heavy workload for medical student rotators. Responsible for generating patient lists in the morning, meaning you get in around 3:45-4:15 a.m. Often wrote patient progress notes. Easily worked 100-110 hours a week. Call Q4, and you often stay on post-call days. Work most weekends, depending on how many other sub-i's there are.
Hospitals: Jackson Memorial Hospital is HUGE with something like 1500 beds. It's the public hospital and tied to the Ryder Trauma Center. The catchment area is also very large and includes South Florida, the Keys, and some of the Caribbean and Latin America. Because of this, you get exposure to a diverse array of cases. You also have the option to rotate at the University of Miami Hospital for a week, which is the private hospital, or Miami Children's Hospital, where the residents do their pediatric neurosurgery rotation. Residents also rotate at the VA, but students don't rotate there for neurosurgery.
OR: There are plenty of OR starts, easily between 6-8 at JMH a day, with great cases to see. You get to see pretty much everything - open vascular, complex tumor, functional, spine. As a medical student, you often get to suture and assist with opening/closing, more or less depending on who you are working with.
Clinic: You get a chance to work in both Heros' and Morcos' clinic weekly, which are great experiences. You also work in the resident clinic once a week and see patients.
Overall Impression: The residents seem pretty close overall and were generally easy and fun to work with. The attendings were friendly and collegial, although as other posts have suggested often very sub-specialized. Definitely not a malignant program, although Heros, the current PD, has been known for his tough love. The rotation is very busy, but a great learning experience.
Hours/Workload: Very heavy workload for medical student rotators. Responsible for generating patient lists in the morning, meaning you get in around 3:45-4:15 a.m. Often wrote patient progress notes. Easily worked 100-110 hours a week. Call Q4, and you often stay on post-call days. Work most weekends, depending on how many other sub-i's there are.
Hospitals: Jackson Memorial Hospital is HUGE with something like 1500 beds. It's the public hospital and tied to the Ryder Trauma Center. The catchment area is also very large and includes South Florida, the Keys, and some of the Caribbean and Latin America. Because of this, you get exposure to a diverse array of cases. You also have the option to rotate at the University of Miami Hospital for a week, which is the private hospital, or Miami Children's Hospital, where the residents do their pediatric neurosurgery rotation. Residents also rotate at the VA, but students don't rotate there for neurosurgery.
OR: There are plenty of OR starts, easily between 6-8 at JMH a day, with great cases to see. You get to see pretty much everything - open vascular, complex tumor, functional, spine. As a medical student, you often get to suture and assist with opening/closing, more or less depending on who you are working with.
Clinic: You get a chance to work in both Heros' and Morcos' clinic weekly, which are great experiences. You also work in the resident clinic once a week and see patients.
Overall Impression: The residents seem pretty close overall and were generally easy and fun to work with. The attendings were friendly and collegial, although as other posts have suggested often very sub-specialized. Definitely not a malignant program, although Heros, the current PD, has been known for his tough love. The rotation is very busy, but a great learning experience.
