Camden, NJ
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
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What do you like most?
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N/A
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Early clinical experiences (starting 2nd month of M1) with classes in completely-student-run clinics for uninsured citizens
What do you like least?
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The curriculum is a legitimate mess. They say they listen to students for feedback but they just don’t implement that feedback.
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does not always teach to the USMLE exam content, more homegrown content (although with a pass/fail STEP 1 in the future it's not as important)
Does the student body seem cooperative or competitive?
Does the environment seem supportive for underrepresented minorities?
Does the environment seem supportive for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transsexual students?
Does the environment seem supportive for married students?
Does the environment seem supportive for students with disabilities?
Does the environment seem supportive for older/non-traditional students?
Do you/did you feel well prepared for your board exams?
How approachable are faculty members?
What are the facilities and clinics like (old/new, well maintained, etc.)?
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CMSRU is a new school (2012) but Cooper has been a medical school since the 1980s (used to be part of UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson), so facility buildings are very new since 2012, but the hospital has been teaching med students for decades
How do students from this program do after graduation - are they adequately prepared for practice?
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Nope
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yes, depends on which type of physician you want to be, CMSRU has a big focus on underrepresented populations so if you want to be involved in hospital medicine, primary care, pediatrics, addiction med, psych, etc., then you are very well prepared
What are rotations like?
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They baby us and don’t prepare to be clinicians
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rotations are all in-house, Cooper is a large health system and the only level 1 trauma center in southern NJ, so all rotations are in their (very large) academic hospital across the street, and outpatient clinic rotations are all within the Cooper health network, the nice part is that you don't have to find any of your rotations yourself since everything is in-house
How do students from this program do in the Match?
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Not well. They send most to the local hospital.
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100% match rate for the past 3 years, unsure about before that
Any other information you want to share?
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CMSRU is located in Camden NJ (which is located adjacent to Philadelphia PA), CMSRU is located on the subway line to the center of Philadelphia (Center City), most students live in Center City Philly and take the subway to/from class (8min commute), the school is in Camden NJ but student life outside of class really happens in Philadelphia PA
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