Elective in Australia

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Hi there,I'm currently planning to do my elective in melbourne or Sydney.any good recommendation on which hospital I should apply to in regards to that 2 places?thank u

What are you looking for in a hospital? And when are you going?

I'll tell you a bit about Sydney...

Royal North Shore Hospital is where I'm based, and I think it's a great place, especially if you're coming sometime next year - they're building a brand new hospital that will be finished in December.

Royal Prince Alfred, St. Vincent's, and Prince of Wales are also highly-regarded.

If you're interested in pediatrics, Westmead is the best place. Westmead also has a lot of dental students and allied health students. And it's in a very culturally diverse area, if that's what you're looking for.

St. Vincent's is practically in downtown Sydney. Royal Prince Alfred is right next to the University of Sydney, which is where I am, and is not too far from downtown (10-minute bus ride). Prince of Wales is right next to the University of New South Wales, which is also a good school, but not as close to the city (30-minute bus ride). Royal North Shore is in a somewhat wealthier area, and also not far from the city (15-minute train ride)

Originally Posted by styl

Hi there,I'm currently planning to do my elective in melbourne or Sydney.any good recommendation on which hospital I should apply to in regards to that 2 places?thank u

UNSW works. I rotated at St George hospital, a little bit of a train ride but gorgeous beaches. Lived in Rushcutters Bay and commuted via Kings Cross without difficulties; the public transport is extensive. My advice -- focus on a mentor and then apply to the hospital / uni for your rotation. Most places require 12 month pre planning but this can be waved by your MD mentor with ease. Have fun!!

(If you end up going and want expatriates info... just PM me. Nothing is worse than spending Thanksgiving alone!)

Thank u for the replies.really thankful.im looking to do a cardiology elective somewhere preferably in Sydney in nov/dec 2013...

Originally Posted by styl

Thank u for the replies.really thankful.im looking to do a cardiology elective somewhere preferably in Sydney in nov/dec 2013...

You still haven't told us where you're from, what you're looking for in an elective, etc. There is no "best hospital" in Sydney - the public hospitals are all at approximately the same level, with minor differences here and there. Give us a bit more info and we can recommend something.

Oh.sorry..I'm studying in Edinburgh uni but from Malaysia ...im looking for good tutoring/bed side teaching and exposure to hands on procedure ...do they usually assign a student(referring to students going to Sydney for elective) to a particular doctor

Originally Posted by styl

Oh.sorry..I'm studying in Edinburgh uni but from Malaysia ...

At Royal North Shore, the student coordinator is an Edinburgh graduate. I've seen many Scottish visiting students here. You should look into that.

im looking for good tutoring/bed side teaching and exposure to hands on procedure ...

Well, that's mostly pretty general stuff - I wouldn't expect that there would be a big difference between different hospitals. At Sydney Uni, Royal Prince Alfred has a reputation for being a bit less hands-on for students, but I don't know if there's any truth to that. I don't know about the UNSW hospitals (St. Vincent's, Prince of Wales).

do they usually assign a student(referring to students going to Sydney for elective) to a particular doctor

Yeah, but the doctor will usually delegate your supervision to the senior registrar, who is probably shared by a few different senior doctors. Every supervisor is different... some of them will show up every morning for a ward round and will take every opportunity to get you involved, while others will let their registrar take care of regular ward rounds and will only show up occasionally.

Thank u for the Input

Hi everyone, Im a 3rd year medicine student in Spain. I looking forward to do an elective in some english spoken country, so I can improve my english level and my medical knowledge both at the same time.
I have been looking around, but I just read elective offerts for students in 4th or higher year.
Does anyone know if there are hospitals in Australia that allows 3rd year students to do electives there?
I want to do it next summer so I would have already finished my 3rd year.
thank youu!

Originally Posted by fmorenoa

Hi everyone, Im a 3rd year medicine student in Spain. I looking forward to do an elective in some english spoken country, so I can improve my english level and my medical knowledge both at the same time.
I have been looking around, but I just read elective offerts for students in 4th or higher year.
Does anyone know if there are hospitals in Australia that allows 3rd year students to do electives there?
I want to do it next summer so I would have already finished my 3rd year.
thank youu!

Are you in a graduate program? If so, then you can probably come without any trouble. If you're in your 3rd year of an undergraduate program, you might have a bit more difficulty.

Originally Posted by shan564

Are you in a graduate program? If so, then you can probably come without any trouble. If you're in your 3rd year of an undergraduate program, you might have a bit more difficulty.

what do you mean with undergraduate?
I don't know how its over there. Here in Spain we do a 6 year degree in medicine, and then we do residence which is 4/5 years depending on the speciality you choose. I guess this part is similar everywhere
So I am in my 3rd year of those 6.
And what I wanted is that, to go to an hospital maybe 4 weeks and follow a doctor so I can see different surgeries and things...

In that case, I don't really know. You could probably arrange something if you just want to observe surgery, but I'm not sure how you'd go about doing it.

Thanks for the useful advice. I'm looking to apply for elective in either Prince of Wales or St vincent's hospital for 4 weeks during Feb/Mar 2014. Will this period be overlapped with local medical student's summer vacation or any public holiday when there will be no clinical teaching in the ward?

Will Feb/Mar 2014 be overlapped with summer vacation of local medical students or public holidays when there will be no clinical teaching in the ward? Anybody studying medicine in sydney please help Thanks!

I'm not sure about UNSW (PoW and St. V's are UNSW hospitals), but USyd won't be on vacation at that time. You could just check the course dates on their website.