Philly schools

I'll be looking into anesthesia schools in Philly as well in the next few years. Right now I am in the accelerated BSN program at Drexel (formerly Hahnemann), and if their anesthesia program is just as good, then that's my first choice! Drexel's financial aid dept. is a royal PITA but otherwise it is a great school.

Erinkate, everyone is my class is a *total* overacheiver. I think older, 2nd degree students adapt better because they are more prepared to study. Me included--I had mediocre grades in my undergrad, but now I am really motivated to do this in one year. I think my program is overall very good, it is still a little disorganized because it is only the 2nd year, but the faculty seem pretty receptive and open to suggestions. Hopefully I will be well prepared-- I haven't done a whole lot in clinical so far but I just finished my 1st quarter so I guess we will see!

I interviewed at PA Hospital last week. I was very, very, very impressed, lots of cases, good mix of hard cases, lots of regionals, lots of invasive lines. lots of independence, very pro-CRNA atmosphere. Temple U. was the university affiliate. nice area too. just a couple blocks from freedom bell, independence hall.

Smoggmatt, what kinds of questions did they ask you? Any helpful hints for those of us that hope to interview at schools in the Philly area? Good luck, BTW!

The interview was very good, I interviewed w/ the program director, 3 staff CRNA’s and one SRNA. Most questions they had to do with my ICU background, why I wanted to do Anesthesia, why did I pick their program, and what I liked to do for fun. No hemodynamic questions. They also asked what questions I had for them. I felt like I was being interviewed by them by the types of questions I was asking to them. They were very good to answer my questions, I got a tour of the hospital and free lunch. Like I said I was very impressed. I don’t think you could go wrong at PA Hospital. You should contact the program and ask your questions, I am sure they would love to answer your questions.


Good luck.

matt

Oh yeah …As far as helpful hints, research the program your thinking about, have lots of questions for them. Do your homework.

I was going to mention PA hospital was very proud of their program and the amount of clinical time they offered in their program and how early in the program their students got clinical experiences in comparison to the other Philly programs