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What would you say is the least challenging class through the program and the most challenging class you had to take? What made them the way they were? Was it the information to understand or just the load of information you had to learn in a small period of time?

trying to get some information from anyone who works at or knows anyone who works at ut southwestern in Dallas. Curious to opinions on working atmosphere, freedom to place lines and do all cases, and also the pay range they start their crnas at. Thanks for any help.

What apartments do you hear of students and yourself included living at that are in close proximity to the school and in a safe area? Also on the computer aspect of the program does everyone seem to use laptops or have you seen anyone utilizing an iPad for school purposes? Thanks for the help

Hes in another program, I'll leave it to him if he wants to post which one.

MetheRn, a few pages back when you talked about first starting your clinicals you said there were some politics involved that you didn't like, what exactly did you mean or what exactly have you seen in your clinical aspect of the politics involved. Thanks

A friendly debate about anything is always a good time. I always enjoy having discussions with other knowledgeable people and being shown different ideas and facts to consider. Thanks also for the pharmacology notes.

This is true and the fact that Wolfords first time test takers pass percent is right up there with all other programa speaks to their ability to provide a program that develops and equips nurses with the ability to be crnas. Now if their first time test taker pass rate was much lower then all other programs, that would easily be a concern when they are reviewed for accreditation.

Well I can't say much about the lawsuit since those can last on forever, but from the graduating class to the 1st semester class I spoke with, the sharing of rooms is not a current practice. The school has multiple sites that are not affiliated with collier including an all crna practice. And hopefully the regional accreditation hopefully will be resolved soon from what I've been hearing.

CPH- I dind't think your comments were to slam wolford, no worries. Everything comes across with attitude over the internet :-P a4562- That's a good question

Well look at it this way if I said you had two schools to choose from, School 1 has an attrition rate or 12% and a first time pass rate of 93% on the boards. School 2 has a attrition rate of 9% and a first time pas rate of 93%, which would you choose? I use 93% pass rate since that seems to be an average across the board. The stories of students sharing patients and so forth is something that has had mixed reviews from people saying it's true to others saying it's just when you start out to get accustomed to the OR and only last about a week. On the topic of transferring to other schools, well that's pretty much what this whole topic is about, because if they achieve the regional then that won't be a factor. And lastly, the lawsuit, people have mixed feelings over that, but the idea of CRNA students being worked to hard wouldn't suprise me. There was new guidelines past a couple years back about medical student interns being pushed for to many hours without enough sleep and resulted in a lawsuit. Lawsuits happen because anyone can sue anyone. Look at burger king or mcdonalds, whichever it was, being sued for their coffee being to hot. I understand if your concerns and comments on the school, and while they are valid and good talking points, I'm just trying to shine some light on the other side.

Of course I by no means am trying to say anything bad about these other programs, as Im sure they do amazing work at preparing nurses to become CRNAs and preparing them for state boards.

Sure, one school I know of for sure is Wesleyan in Fort Worth, I interviewed at their school and they openly said there rate was around 14%, while Wolford has a rate of 7-8%. You can find wolford's rate on their website, but if you want to verify wesleyan's, youll have to call them. Oakland university has a rate of over 12%, USC also has a rate of 12%, Mid western was a rate of 10%. All of these were listed on their website. I feel that's plenty of examples.

Wolford does not come up for review till 2018, that's 5 years from now and they have already begun the process to get regionally accredited. Im sure given the statistics for their graduating classes compared to other programs they should be able to achieve the requirements needed. Their attrition percent is half of other school who are regional accredited, ontop of having a over 90% first time pass rate for their graduates taking boards. But yes, it seems as they will have to make sure they do achieve this in a timely manner.

Still nothing here, what about you ijlindsey?

The beginning of January