clerkship

  1. Carso93

    Help me for a Clinical Elective

    Hi guys :laugh: I would ask you some advices about hospitals in which I could apply for a Clinical Elective in the next summer. - Geographic area: America, Australia, UK - I have only an IELTS with the score of 6 - Preferred specialty: Cardiology - 4 weeks Actually, I have found something in...
  2. M

    Step 1 and clerkship (as IMG/FMG)

    Hi, I'm a latam medical student on 4th year, I want to know what's better for me, because on 6th I will start my internship, If stop before my internship and prepare & do Step 1 to apply a clerkship or Look for a clerkship without Step 1 requirement or Just finish my internship and then do an...
  3. D

    Canadian Citizen, Medical School Abroad, way to re-enter

    Hi everyone I am a canadian citizen. i left canada to come study at a medical college abroad. here the course is 5 years long and students get in right after highschool. also there is a 1 year of internship which the foreign students are not obligated to take (im considered a foreign student...
  4. P

    Getting slayed by shelf exams. Please help!

    Hi everyone, I really, REALLY need advice on how to study for these. I'm inn the middle of third year and I am being slayed by shelf exams. In order of most recent to oldest: Internal Medicine - 69 Used MKSAP and UWorld - All questions Neuro - 68 Used Lange Clinical...
  5. J

    MS3/MS4 Expectations for Ortho Rotations

    Looking specifically for input from Ortho residents. Scores are competitive (COMLEX 758/ USMLE 268) and I want to be as helpful a team member my 3rd/4th year as I can (third year elective is scheduled at a hospital I am interested in for residency). I'd appreciate input on expectations for me...
  6. P

    How to do well on the Neurology Clerkship (not just the Shelf)?

    Hi everyone! I was wondering how to do well on the Neurology clerkship-- not just resources for preparing for the shelf. Due to a different curriculum, I haven't done a physical exam in about 3-4 months. Yikes. 1) Do you recommend having a pocket book to refer to? If so, which one (MGH, Rapid...
  7. orthogenes

    Shoe recommendations for women for clinical rotations

    What shoes do you recommend for female med students on M3 clerkships? Bonus if they have a wide toe box and work with both pants or skirts. Double bonus if you include links. I dug up some older threads (2004, 2010, 2012)--but all the links are out of date. :/ Fashion changes too fast.
  8. A

    I think I just hurt a patient and now I'm freaking out

    So I'm on my OB rotation and the teaching has been subpar to say the least. A lady was in labor today and terrified about having a laceration so as she was pushing (2+ station) I was doing some posterior pressure with perineal massage. Now at this point it is just me and the labor nurses. The...
  9. Afualo12

    Navy Dental Clerkship

    I am a 3rd-year HPSP Naval dental student at USC. I have a 2-week break between this spring semester and the summer semester. I am interested in doing a clerkship at 1 of the dental bases that I could be stationed on when I graduate in April 2017. I'm thinking that I would like to go to a base...
  10. playaodamonth

    All Branch Topic (ABT) WRNMMC MICU clerkship

    Hey everyone, MS-3 Navy HPSP here. Just received my confirmation letter for a MICU clerkship at Walter Reed this summer. I utilized the search function on SDN but all of the posts on this subject were pre-2009. Thought maybe anyone had any updates. Was wondering if anyone here has any...
  11. H

    Repeating clerkship

    Hi guys, I have a question I would like to ask: So, I am an international medical student, currently in my clinical year, finished with two clinical postings at this point (Pediatrics and ObGyn). With pediatrics as my first posting, there were a lot of issues going on for me at the time with...
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