Norfolk, VA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Overall, students rated the program a 7.1 out of 10 for satisfaction. The student body is described as highly cooperative. The environment is considered supportive for underrepresented minorities, LGBTQ+ students, married students, students with disabilities, non-traditional students. Graduates feel very well-prepared for board exams. Faculty members are seen as highly approachable.
🎓 The Basics ▼
What was the zip code of your residence in high school?
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| 40,033.71 | 7 |
What do you like most?
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Few mandatory lectures, NBME Exams, clerkships with a lot of 1 on 1 time with residents and attendings, SP encounters, Ultrasound, and optional training sessions prepare you well enough for wards. Ample time to study for board exams, though the curriculum is sufficient to take a short dedicated if needed.
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Great faculty, great partnerships with Norfolk General Hospital + Sentara Hospital systems. Use retired NBME questions. Great community
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Faculty and administration, to this point, are very supportive. Exams are fair, student feedback has been appreciated in instances I have seen. Very tolerant and open from the top down.
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Facilities are somewhat modern
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The system of honors/high pass/pass/fail fosters a team learning environment where people will post study guides, helpful material from the masters program. You'll have a class of very unique people from different backgrounds - so get to know the ones that you do get along with and stick with them.
What do you like least?
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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The mandatory lectures we do have (every couple of months) are pointless and could be an email.
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N/a
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The school does a lot to link their curriculum with NBME exams but there is some reluctance by certain instructors to accept the most useful resources in favor of what they prefer.
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Faculty often with little or no regard for the betterment of students and instead prefer their convenience (eg clerkship placements, mandatory attendance at lectures simply for presenter ego)
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Random scheduling. Some days you have class starting at 9, othertimes it's 8, 10, 11. Sometimes, it's mandatory and other times it's scheduled for online lectures. The online lectures vary in quality - can be very well done or very poorly executed and you end up having to use the powerpoint/objectives and finding your own resources to learn it yourself (google, textbooks, etc).
🧾 The Details ▼
What are the facilities and clinics like (old/new, well maintained, etc.)?
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Well-maintained with students and residents kept in mind
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Some new buildings, even the older ones are well maintained and renovated.
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Some of the facilities are a little older (within 20 years still) but the newest building is nice, open and probably the most popular place to congregate
How do students from this program do after graduation - are they adequately prepared for practice?
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Yes
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I have had multiple friends graduate from EVMS MD program and they say that they feel as if evms prepared them well for residency. Ultrasound curriculum and clinical skills curriculum with standardized patients start day 1 of M1 year and extend until graduation
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Excellent; Deans always talk about receiving phone calls from program directors stating how great the students from EVMS are
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Generally do very well.
What are rotations like?
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Wide variety; you'll be both at the level 1 trauma and at smaller community hospitals all throughout Hampton Roads during your training. A lot of 1-on-1 time with residents and attendings and they seem to make teaching H&P skills, concepts, and procedures a priority.
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Primarily close by with partnership hospitals. 6 week rotations, mostly local. last week of rotations is used as dedicated period for shelf exams. The farthest people are assigned are in Newport News (45 min drive away) for their family medicine or OB rotation.
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5
How do students from this program do in the Match?
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Very competitively; Better than rankings would have you believe. The vibe on match day is generally positive, with most matching in their top 3.
Any other information you want to share?
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N/a
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I think EVMS really walks the walk with community focus. Many of the issues, especially with quality of life, that other medical schools have I honestly have had trouble relating to at EVMS. The curriculum is constantly reassessed and currently structured in a way that I think is conducive to reducing overall stress (still stressful obviously) but I have never felt that faculty and staff were not accepting to feedback.
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The school itself is pretty small; testing center opened in 2015 is 0.5-0.6 miles from the actual campus so getting to tests the day of - you have to drive over and just park on nearby residential neighborhoods. It's a hassle compared to the old system: where tests are held on campus, you bring your own laptops into the lecture room and take the proctored exam (you have much more time before/after to study on campus or prepare for class after exams).
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Excellent professors and top notch education. People come in with lower scores compared to national, but board scores are often 1 SD above national mean.
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Not very strong in the pre-clinical years, but very highly regarded in the clinical years. Chair of Surgery is also president of ACS (LD Britt). Lots of pull there.
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