4th year fun rotations

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Is anyone planning fun overseas or subspecialty rotations for 4th year. Or do students just want to relax during the second half?

 

[BorntobeDO?]

So I was planning to go do a rotation at a hospital on the beach with my buddy there. It was gonna be awesome. But then I had a schedule conflict and had my last required rotation moved to my very last rotation. My beach dreams have faded away.

 

[Mass Effect]

Does no one hit the slopes anymore? When I was in med school, seemed many were doing sports medicine/rural family medicine electives with the ski patrol in Vail or Big Sky. Pretty solid choice. Big Sky even provided housing. Is this not a thing anymore?

 

[Wjldenver]

Does no one hit the slopes anymore? When I was in med school, seemed many were doing sports medicine/rural family medicine electives with the ski patrol in Vail or Big Sky. Pretty solid choice. Big Sky even provided housing. Is this not a thing anymore?

...Over 1 Million people have moved to the Colorado Front Range since we got here. Here is the typical traffic to Vail, etc. on the weekends now to ski/snowboard. It's great once you get there though. (And you can always rotate at the Steadman Sports Medicine Clinic in Vail.)

 

[Epilepsy365]

Is anyone planning fun overseas or subspecialty rotations for 4th year. Or do students just want to relax during the second half?

Absolutely. Stack up those chill rotations with a three day or four day weekends with working hours being 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM at the latest. Free time is dedicated to more workout and sexy times. I have MD colleagues that do research or online electives where they spend 4 days writing a paper and then taking the rest of the 4 wk rotation chilling in Hawaii.

If you're doing something like an ICU rotation after X-mas, you're a glutton for punishment who deserves to go to an IMG sweatshop for residency.

 

[fldoctorgirl]

Does no one hit the slopes anymore? When I was in med school, seemed many were doing sports medicine/rural family medicine electives with the ski patrol in Vail or Big Sky. Pretty solid choice. Big Sky even provided housing. Is this not a thing anymore?

I know someone doing this currently.

 

[You shall know the Truth]

So I was planning to go do a rotation at a hospital on the beach with my buddy there. It was gonna be awesome. But then I had a schedule conflict and had my last required rotation moved to my very last rotation. My beach dreams have faded away.

That stinks

 

[Sardonix]

Not that you have to go anywhere for it necessarily, but if you know of a urology elective those guys tend to be hilarious. Just d-jokes and ribbing each other in the OR. Or at least that's what my anecdotal experience has been.

 

[alprazoslam]

sitting at home doing a whole bunch of nothing is the best rotation

 

[full_rocker]

Does no one hit the slopes anymore? When I was in med school, seemed many were doing sports medicine/rural family medicine electives with the ski patrol in Vail or Big Sky. Pretty solid choice. Big Sky even provided housing. Is this not a thing anymore?

Dr. Daniels retired and sold his practice 1-2 years ago, unfortunately this elective rotation is no longer available. Super bummed because I was absolutely looking forward to the chance at it!