Philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine Reviews

Everyone was wonderful and friendly. Great visit!!!!

Yes nice college to attend when you going into the medical field. They have excellent Doctor's there to.

Like many, I too had a not so good experience in the PCOM PA program. The professors come across as rude and not helpful. They also make you sign a handbook which states things like "YOU CAN NOT CHALLENGE QUESTIONS". Countless times they keyed the wrong answer yet would not fess up and give points back. The professors also preach regularly they want their students too critically think and also be able to challenge the doctors on protocols, but they themselves don't want to be challenge. This is very hypocritical in my opinion. PCOM has professors that have been in the program a long time and it shows as some courses are very stale. The program seems to need a large overhaul with some new blood to help freshen it up, but doubt that will ever happen. Thus, to the students looking to apply at PCOM, go elsewhere

Please read regarding the 46th ranked PCOM PA program! After attending PCOM PA program, I made it out by the skin of my teeth, literally!! I spoke with numerous PA colleagues from other programs and my experience was horrible compared to theirs. I applied to PCOM because I knew of the name PCOM hold but that really only applies to the DO program, the PA program is explained below.

The PA program is run by people who could careless about you as a student. I say this factually because I have heard them talking about how they only care about their PANCE 1st time pass rate. What this means is they wouldn t care if they lost over 75% of the class as long as those that finished passed the PANCE 1st time. Professor say differently but they don t mean it in their actions. The averages on tests are low 80's, they provide NO CURVE or grade BOOSTERS and you need to keep a 3.0 to progress through program! Even the employees in the learning center, who offer tutoring and study techniques say that the PA program is not well managed is over kill and loses many students. For example in 1 term we have a 10 credit class but sit in class for 16-18 hrs a week for it. Then we have a 10% exam that covers 16 different ppt that are minimum of 60 slides each all taught and tested on under 14 days. Finals were comprehensive - 100Q test that covered 90 ppt all about 60 slides each. That is 5,400 slides of information! Again that is just one class and all the 2 credit classes are very similar. They have a Pathology class for the PA students but its not directed to PA, its the EXACT same lectures and tests the DO students get but PA students get 1/3 the time to learn and digest info. Each of those PPT range from 100-150 slides each. The best class though in the program is the Pharmacology. That professor actually seems like she cares about you as a student and writes straight forward Qs to test your knowledge.

I get that PA school or any Masters program is challenging and should require a little more thinking and work. But at PCOM they teach you the same curriculum that the DO program gets but you have to do it in 1/3rd the time. They never test you on Keyword or Hallmark information that the PANCE tests you on. PCOM tests you on the pointless information that they find within the required reading of a 2000 pg textbook called Current medical diagnosis & treatment, which is a medical reference book not a textbook. To me I think they literally flip to a page and with eyes closed placed their finger on a spot and then write a Q based off the word their finger landed on.

When it comes to the clinical rotations they have the most strict guidelines ever and rarely if ever give students their suggestions they would like! Out of my whole class, I think only 1 person got a rotation they suggested and there were about 60 students who have ability to submit. PS this is Pre Covid, I doubt they let anyone now post covid. I submitted 3 and got 0 I wanted, including my elective!!!

Finally you have to do a RESEARCH PAPER in this program. The research professor is very belittling in how he talks to students. The research paper is a waste of time and pointless in teaching you how to be a PA. It solely is to make the PA program look good by them posting it on their webpages. They could make the class way more enjoyable and not full of busy work, but the rumor around the program is that the professors purposely want to take you to your breaking point not help you excel.

I m glad I barely made it through and ever have to deal with PCOM again, I'll never donate or be a rotation site for them! I hope by sharing my view of the school this makes people question even applying to PCOM. We need PAs out in the world, go to another school as being a PA is not about jumping through a million hoops and doing countless busy work assignments that PCOM mandates all while being continually put down and belittled by various professors in the way they talk to you.

Never have I ever been treated so poorly in a program. The PCOM PA program treats their students like children. They talk down to us and belittle us. They show no sense of we are here for you as students nor give encouragement only degrading tearing down comments. I would recommend going else where.

I'm honestly not sure I deliver here for my job but everyone seems ok

Osteopathy is pseudo science. Plain and simple. Anyone promoting it as an alternative to real medicine deserves to be shut down and fined for endangering the patients that are trusting their health to them.

Visited Quest Diagnostic Services. Nicole was polite and the online process to register was a great option. Covid protocol was on point as well.