Mions Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hey guys, I just wanted to get an idea of what other med school people had interviews at and what they are ranking as their number one choice (and why)? I remember speaking to a lot of people on my interview day and many of them had numerous interviews... so I'm just curious to see what everyone's thoughts are. Good luck to everyone *patiently* waiting to hear back on May 15th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverwhale9 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Interviews at Mac and Western. Mac was great, but Western is my first choice cause I will be able to finish my engineering degree. I will be perfectly happy if I manage to get in to either though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davjw Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Can you add a poll to this? Might be interesting to see the results that way - some people who don't want to post will at least click and vote. Western is my first choice I think. I'd personally be more comfortable in a lecture based setting, the four year curriculum gives me time to figure out what I want to do (which I have no idea of right now), and London was a beautiful town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Poll: http://premed101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki dale Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 My first choice was UofT, but now it's Mac. I like having 3 years, and PBL sounds cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspiring-curmudgeon Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 My first choice was UofT, but now it's Mac. I like having 3 years, and PBL sounds cool. 3 years is so clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday1001 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 however.. mac students have somewhat of a bad rep among doctor/nurses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinre Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 well, mac is definitely the odd one out in a lot of areas due to its progressive nature. PBL (now adopted by many), very little lecture/structure, condensed learning, satellite campuses and even just from the way they do their invites: minimal impact of grades/mcat scores, casper, sending letters by mail, making your MMI date unchangeable. they're different. i havent decided whether it's different in a good way or not (all things considered), but they definitely structure their teaching through evidence-based methods which is a step in the right direction in my opinion however.. mac students have somewhat of a bad rep among doctor/nurses do they? why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday1001 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 don't hate on me, I didn't come up this myself! my friend's mom is a head nurse, so I heard this from her. apparently they're a little wary of mac students. keep in mind this isn't first hand knowledge though.. but because of the 3year and PBL, I guess, the mac students know less. which they themsleves did admit at the interview day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparxx Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 But I think it all evens out after first year of residency regardless of which med school you may have attended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinre Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 don't hate on me, I didn't come up this myself! my friend's mom is a head nurse, so I heard this from her. apparently they're a little wary of mac students. keep in mind this isn't first hand knowledge though.. but because of the 3year and PBL, I guess, the mac students know less. which they themsleves did admit at the interview day. hmmm that makes sense. a little scary to know they admit that!!! i guess a lot of the learning is up to you to decide what's important, so if you're vigilant enough you would probably get a lot more out of the program than if you're lazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverwhale9 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 don't hate on me, I didn't come up this myself! my friend's mom is a head nurse, so I heard this from her. apparently they're a little wary of mac students. keep in mind this isn't first hand knowledge though.. but because of the 3year and PBL, I guess, the mac students know less. which they themsleves did admit at the interview day. I actually heard the exact same thing from a friend whose mom works at a hospital affiliated with one of the satellite campuses. But like sparxx said, I'm sure it evens out fairly quickly. Plus at Mac you kind of direct your own learning, so I'm sure some people come out knowing more than most med students at other schools. I actually think they mentioned at my interview that Mac students often improve faster than others during residency because they are used to the self-directed learning thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday1001 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 I actually heard the exact same thing from a friend whose mom works at a hospital affiliated with one of the satellite campuses. But like sparxx said, I'm sure it evens out fairly quickly. Plus at Mac you kind of direct your own learning, so I'm sure some people come out knowing more than most med students at other schools. I actually think they mentioned at my interview that Mac students often improve faster than others during residency because they are used to the self-directed learning thing. they were pretty vague about it. they didn't exactly say how much mac grads improve.. in my mind I wondered, if the improvement was to equal UofT levels? and even if you yourself are a hardworker, know all the stuff, you may still get hurt by the reputation thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki dale Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 they were pretty vague about it. they didn't exactly say how much mac grads improve.. in my mind I wondered, if the improvement was to equal UofT levels? and even if you yourself are a hardworker, know all the stuff, you may still get hurt by the reputation thing My doctor was telling me I should go to mac because it's 'better'. She wouldn't expand on it though other than saying that they give you better clinical training. I don't know where everyone's biases come from or if they actually exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Excellent school, however, only 3 years to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 I think we should keep in mind that residents, clinicians, nurses, etc. are all still individual people with individual biases. I'm sure there are many health professionals who are biased against McMaster students (as I'm sure they're also biased towards or against other med schools) and vice-versa as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliver Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Yeah I agree with Rext. To give you another perspective, I actually had a talk with my supervisor, who is a neurosurgeon, about mac med. She mentioned that it really depends on the individual (surprise, eh lol). In fact, there have been residents from mac med, who successfully completed their neurosurgery residency (and their program is quite academic). Due to "bad" reputation (not sure if that is the right word) already established among some health professionals, a student from mac may need to work harder to be recognized as competent, but I think it is ultimately up to the individual whether to become competent or incompetent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addikt Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Yeah I agree with Rext.To give you another perspective, I actually had a talk with my supervisor, who is a neurosurgeon, about mac med. She mentioned that it really depends on the individual (surprise, eh lol). In fact, there have been residents from mac med, who successfully completed their neurosurgery residency (and their program is quite academic). Due to "bad" reputation (not sure if that is the right word) already established among some health professionals, a student from mac may need to work harder to be recognized as competent, but I think it is ultimately up to the individual whether to become competent or incompetent. lol you talking about Dr. Singh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverwhale9 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 I think we should keep in mind that residents, clinicians, nurses, etc. are all still individual people with individual biases. I'm sure there are many health professionals who are biased against McMaster students (as I'm sure they're also biased towards or against other med schools) and vice-versa as well. Oh for sure. And I don't think there is a medical school in Canada with a "bad" reputation, Mac just gets scrutinized sometimes cause they do things a bit differently (which is a good thing in some cases). A fantastic school though, I have only heard good things from the students Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliver Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 lol you talking about Dr. Singh? No, I am talking about someone else who did not attend mac med. But Dr. Singh would be an example of a successful resident (now a physician, more specifically a surgeon-scientist) from mac med! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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