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A.T. Still University - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine

Kirksville, MO

Osteopathic Medical Schools | Private For-Profit

🎓 The Basics

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

0 out of 10

What was the zip code of your residence in high school?

54984

What do you like most?

The anatomy department is awesome. That might change though as they removed the course director for anatomy who was by far the best professor here.

What do you like least?

The vast majority of the teaching here is horrible. The head of the biochemistry department said in a (private) meeting that he didn’t want students getting A’s in his class. One of the internal medicine professors says he doesn’t try to trick students and then does exactly that in tests and asks about things he specifically said he wouldn’t ask about. I’m all for working hard and putting in the time to become a better physician, but there are a lot of things here that are hard just for the sake of being hard. They make school way more stressful than it needs to be. Teach me what I need to know and then test me on it. Don’t teach me stuff that doesn’t matter and then test me on something else.
🧾 The Details

Does the student body seem cooperative or competitive?

3 out of 10

Does the environment seem supportive for underrepresented minorities?

10 out of 10

Does the environment seem supportive for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transsexual students?

10 out of 10

Does the environment seem supportive for married students?

10 out of 10

Does the environment seem supportive for students with disabilities?

10 out of 10

Does the environment seem supportive for older/non-traditional students?

10 out of 10

Do you/did you feel well prepared for your board exams?

8 out of 10

How approachable are faculty members?

5 out of 10

What are the facilities and clinics like (old/new, well maintained, etc.)?

The facilities are fine

How do students from this program do after graduation - are they adequately prepared for practice?

Depends on what they want to do. Primary care for sure. Any specialty the school makes it pretty hard to prepare for. They intentionally get in the way of any sort of experience with specialties before the 4th year.

What are rotations like?

There are rotation spots all over the country, but don’t let the school tell you that you have the opportunity to go where you want. They lied to me about having a rotation spot where I wanted to do mine at and most of the spots students want to go only have a few options.

How do students from this program do in the Match?

Decent, not great for any specialty.

Any other information you want to share?

No responses