ACE in Peds

[Dr. Pepper]

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Hello there,

I was wondering if anyone had any advice in terms of which Peds ACE for a 4th year to pick - between in-patient, out-patient and neonatology. I'm looking for a rotation where I can learn a lot and potentially get good letters. If you have any experience with medical students in these surroundings, please give your thoughts in terms of what you think would be best and also if one is generally preferred for peds residency programs.

Thanks.

 

[J-Rad]

What's an ACE? Is that like a sub I or AI? If so, I would say that, in my experience, at the program I trained in, people doing sub Is in neo and inpatient medicine were the most visible and gained the most.

 

[Rutgers06]

Hello there,

I was wondering if anyone had any advice in terms of which Peds ACE for a 4th year to pick - between in-patient, out-patient and neonatology. I'm looking for a rotation where I can learn a lot and potentially get good letters. If you have any experience with medical students in these surroundings, please give your thoughts in terms of what you think would be best and also if one is generally preferred for peds residency programs.

Thanks.

The best would be an inpatient sub-I on a general pediatrics team. That's usually where you'll see the most variety, get to do the most as a medical student and have decent exposure to what life is like for residents at that program.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

What's an ACE? Is that like a sub I or AI? If so, I would say that, in my experience, at the program I trained in, people doing sub Is in neo and inpatient medicine were the most visible and gained the most.

Thanks for the advice. ACE is the same as a Sub-I.

 

[slford00]

I did mine in the NICU as a 4th year student and I would highly recommend it. For one, you will be very visible to the attending and should get to know him/her well enough to ask for a letter if you do a good job. Additionally (and more importantly in the long run), I learned a LOT about neonatology that month (which is now the field I'm choosing to go into) which gave me a huge head start in the NICU my first month as a peds intern. NICU is it's own world, different from anything else even in peds, so it has a steep learning curve.

I do agree with others that inpatient peds is a good choice as well. You will also have a good amount of time with the attending, and you will also learn a lot. The difference in my opinion is with wards you will see more bread and butter peds, which in the end is more valuable to most general pediatricians; however, you'll get much more exposure to wards as a resident than NICU/PICU at most places.

Really, just depends what you're interested in.