Make Friends with the Nurses
Tips for Osteopathic Medicine Students to Take with Them as They Head Out on Rotations.
Dr. Miglietta spoke with the Student Osteopathic Surgical Association (SOSA) at TouroCOM about the "Do's and Don'ts of Rotations". Current third year students already on rotations weighed in. Some of the take-aways?
Some Do's:
· Read ahead
· Dress appropriately
· Be enthusiastic
· Make friends with the nurses
· Have a thick skin.
Some Don’ts:
· Be late
· Pretend to know things that you don’t
· Slack off during specialties that do not interest you
· Be afraid to ask questions
Pictured here: Ricky Kalsi OMS-II, Oyewale Bello OMS-I, Dr. Steier, Halley Hindman OMS-II, Haley Poland OMS-III, Dr. Miglietta, Brittany DeNaro OMS-I, Jordan Teitelbaum OMS-III. Kalsi, Bello, Hindman and DeNaro are members of the surgery club executive board. Poland and Teitelbaum are chief medical students for the NJ Consortium.
