Recent content by aecuenca

Hi everyone, I'm an MS-III now and am doing my first rotation at a family practice clinic. The doctor I'm working with use to use OMM in his practice, but it has dwindled tremendously. He told me that OMM isn't covered by many medical insurance companies and so it has become a factor in his use...

Solid, I re-read your post again and noticed you said that this biochem student only received on oral exam. He is either not revealing all of the opportunities given to pass the exam, or the biochem professor did not follow his own procedure. (I actually have to admit that the "special project"...

Solid, Let's briefly discuss the "biochem student" that you are referring to and the policy of the biochem professor, since the student was a former member of my class. When a student fails a course, they are immediately sent to the academic review committee. This review is done to acknowledge...

Hi again, solid_confusion is right about his/her orientation...from what I understand, it was very hard-edged, blunt kind of orientation with an emphasis of "study and don't fail". This affected clubs across the board because there was little participation/membership from the MS-I's. However, I...

Hi again, solid_confusion is right about his/her orientation...from what I understand, it was very hard-edged, blunt kind of orientation with an emphasis of "study and don't fail". This affected clubs across the board because there was little participation/membership from the MS-I's. However, I...

I have been reading these posts for the past few days and I would like to reply to solid_confusion?s comments. I am a member of the DO class of 2004 and have served as President of my class for two terms, so I have worked as a mediator between administrative/staff and the students. With...

I have been reading these posts for the past few days and I would like to reply to solid_confusion?s comments. I am a member of the DO class of 2004 and have served as President of my class for two terms, so I have worked as a mediator between administrative/staff and the students. With...

Stillfocused, Just curious as to what kind of criteria are you judging these schools from? In my opinion, the OMM department here at COMP does a decent job of integrating OMM into the basic sciences curriculum. However, as far as rotations, we are required to do 1 OMM rotation in our blocks...

"(or was it a matter of being lured into goofing off a little more 2nd semester that made it more difficult?)" It's called starcraft...evil, evil game!!! Hope you had fun during your break. And Eric's right, don't take derm too lightly... Arnold

Lilycat, As the saying goes: "Two wrongs do not make a right". I have conceded that my response was of poor judgment and have apologized to those I have offended. Because anonymous has made it well known in other forums what school he attended, what his background is, what his situation is...

In regards to the replies, I have dealt with numerous people who like to blame others for their misfortune or fault the faculty for their problems and not take responsibility for themselves. Perhaps you are right, maybe anonymous had other extenuating circumstances. But, from all the posts that...

Hi again, I apologize if some things in my post where poorly worded. Whenever I hear about students who complain but don't do anything to help their cause, it makes me very angry. I guess I lost my train of thought for a bit. Arnold

Hi everyone, Just for your information, anonymous student is a former student of WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES-COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE OF THE PACIFIC. And he is probably the biggest whiner and complainer in the entire MS-I class. He has posted numerous times about his...

Anonymous, Histrionic is providing the most updated information regarding the affiliated hospitals as well as the residency matches. You can make changes and do out of state rotations in the 3rd year, but it isn't easy. This year will be the first year that San Diego will have rotations in the...

Anonymous student, How is the education good at COMP? An education is as good as you want to make it. Again, I believe and the majority (again, I admit there will ALWAYS be a few exceptions) believes that the education we get here is good. I learn and make an effort to learn. Some students...