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<blockquote data-quote="azcomdiddy" data-source="post: 1312428" data-attributes="member: 36233"><p><strong>1) The school REQUIRES 3 family medicine rotations</strong></p><p><strong>2) The school REQUIRES 1 rural rotation (most of which are, in fact, family medicine)</strong></p><p><strong>3) The school REQUIRES 6 weeks of "Expanded Primary care"</strong></p><p><strong>4) The school LIMITS your elective time spent in any one subspecialty to 2 months.</strong></p><p></p><p>These facts alone suggest that AZCOM "disadvantages" or impairs one's ability to specialize. I didn't say it prevented a student from specialzing. But it does make it more challenging for one. And every AZCOM students who did manage to match in their specialized field admitted that they had to cut corners and figure out ways to fudge the system. Some students had to make special requests to do rotations. Others snuck around during rotations to get into fields they were interested in. </p><p></p><p>If one has more rotations to focus on their field of interest, it does improve ones' chances of matching in that particular fiield. This is a fact and common sense so I don't want to hear some contrived argument from a first year like Luke who simply doesn't want to admit he was wrong.</p><p></p><p>Let's take derm for example. You apply to derm during your transitional year. If I get to do 4 months of derm during my 3rd and 4th year, I will be exposed to more programs and thus have more connections. I will learn more about the field and be able to impress program directors and residents. If I'm limited to only 2 months of derm while people in other programs are doing 4 or 5 months, I will be at a disadvantage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azcomdiddy, post: 1312428, member: 36233"] [b]1) The school REQUIRES 3 family medicine rotations 2) The school REQUIRES 1 rural rotation (most of which are, in fact, family medicine) 3) The school REQUIRES 6 weeks of "Expanded Primary care" 4) The school LIMITS your elective time spent in any one subspecialty to 2 months.[/b] These facts alone suggest that AZCOM "disadvantages" or impairs one's ability to specialize. I didn't say it prevented a student from specialzing. But it does make it more challenging for one. And every AZCOM students who did manage to match in their specialized field admitted that they had to cut corners and figure out ways to fudge the system. Some students had to make special requests to do rotations. Others snuck around during rotations to get into fields they were interested in. If one has more rotations to focus on their field of interest, it does improve ones' chances of matching in that particular fiield. This is a fact and common sense so I don't want to hear some contrived argument from a first year like Luke who simply doesn't want to admit he was wrong. Let's take derm for example. You apply to derm during your transitional year. If I get to do 4 months of derm during my 3rd and 4th year, I will be exposed to more programs and thus have more connections. I will learn more about the field and be able to impress program directors and residents. If I'm limited to only 2 months of derm while people in other programs are doing 4 or 5 months, I will be at a disadvantage. [/QUOTE]
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