Auditions

[Doctor4Life1769]

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I'm gearing up the scheduling for auditions, and wondered what the absolute latest month I should schedule up to, to be considered for residency interviews. I know the AOA match is in Feb., while the NRMP is in March. I've had some unforseen issues with the school and scheduling of certain rotations, and so I'm in a slight bind. I have January open - is that still okay to do an audition rotation at an ACGME anesthesiology residency program? Or will that be too late to get an interview? I'm a DO student, so I'm rotating through AOA and ACGME-accredited programs for 4th year.

 

[SukaNeNauka]

January is probably too late to schedule rotations hoping to get an interview. Most programs I interviewed at this year wrapped up their interviews by mid January. Generally you will get most of your interviews before November 1st.

 

[MCYan]

i would say october is the last month an away would get you an interview. But if you want to get a letter of rec out of the away latest i would go for september...

 

[RussianJoo]

i would say october is the last month an away would get you an interview. But if you want to get a letter of rec out of the away latest i would go for september...

i agree with these dates. at the same time i would say don't do it in july because the attendings will be focusing on the new residents and not on the students as much.

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Well - I'm in a bad situation then.

I wanted to go back to my home state to audition; however, my school is making take a neurology end of july. Then I have 2 straight months at a DO program, followed by 1 month at an MD program, then 1 month DO, then 1 month MD, and then an open month (January). I guess I could push the 3rd DO rotation back? B'ah, I am at a loss. If not for the neurology requirement, I'd been in much better shape. Suggestions?

BTW .... I applied to do the neurology rotation at a DO program that has both neurology and anesthesiology residency programs as a way to get face time with the anesthesiology PD and the program itself.

 

[SukaNeNauka]

You should decide if you want to go to a DO anesthesiology program or MD one, and I think things will open up nicely for you then as far as schedule. Is there a reason why you would choose a DO spot over MD?

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

You should decide if you want to go to a DO anesthesiology program or MD one, and I think things will open up nicely for you then as far as schedule. Is there a reason why you would choose a DO spot over MD?

Not really. Outside that I didn't take Step 1. I am prepping hard for Step 2, though. I will need to see how I do on Step 2 and Level 2 and go from there. I plan to take both in June.

 

[SukaNeNauka]

I can tell that you are going to do well on both your steps, so if you are interested in a certain MD program > DO program, maybe u can cancel one of your DO rotations and schedule MD one

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Sounds like a good idea. I'm pullin' all the stops for these exams. I'm hitting the shelves hard too. The 3rd DO rotation I've got set up I'm not exactly a fan of, and I may just cancel it pending things go well with Step 2, and schedule the away at my home state probably (they dont require you to rotate, but I'm sure being a DO, it's probably a must). I really only have 1 favorite DO program (where I'll be doing the 1st 2 DO rotations). Thanks for the tip.

Did you rotate at any DO programs BTW?

 

[BobBarker]

Cancel all of your do program rotations. It's just not worth it for a number of reasons. I'm familar with one that is supposed to be good that hasno trauma, neuro, or transplant exposure among many other issues.

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

k thanks

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Is it agreed upon that doing an audition in November is pretty much too late? If so, would it be a good idea to do a rotation in EM or Critical Care to get more experience in the ICU/EM setting? The only thing is the program (MD/ACGME-accredited) I'm considering to do this rotation does not have an Anesthesiology residency. Would it be better to do the rotation in EM or in Critical Care?

Or, is it still a good idea to rotate in an anesthesiology-ran unit or sub-specialty in November?

 

[Camel]

Rotations either get you interviews (October or before, generally) or can get you higher on the list if you already have an interview assuming you do a good job (Jan-Feb). Nov and Dec are a grey zone, I think.

Time in an ICU/EM setting would probably be better in Feb-April if you are willing to do it later, but that's my opinion. If it is a SICU with an anesthesiologist around, I'd use that as an opportunity to get a letter early.