Can Residency Programs Sees What Your 4th Year Schedule Is?

[Llenroc]

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I'm planning on going into PM&R. For my sub-I, I'm doing it in Child Psychiatry because I really have no interest in a "traditional" MICU/SICU sub-I. My guess is that the PM&R programs won't care. But what about the Preliminary Medicine programs? Do these guys ask what rotations you're doing 4th year when you interview? Can they see your schedule?

 

[I am Hans]

I'm planning on going into PM&R. For my sub-I, I'm doing it in Child Psychiatry because I really have no interest in a "traditional" MICU/SICU sub-I. My guess is that the PM&R programs won't care. But what about the Preliminary Medicine programs? Do these guys ask what rotations you're doing 4th year when you interview? Can they see your schedule?

They might ask, it won't make any difference to them and they cannot see your schedule unless you give it to them (your transcript you submit to ERAS will only have the grades and courses you've taken up to that point).

 

[Amgen1]

most medical schools do supply your transcript to the programs you are applying to. Along with breakdowns of how you faired in comparison to others in your class on each rotation (ie you got a high pass on your medicine rotation, they have a graph showing that 15% get honors, 35% get high pass, 40% get pass, etc).

whether or not the prelim programs care about your 4th yr sub-i, I have no idea . . .

 

[Llenroc]

most medical schools do supply your transcript to the programs you are applying to. Along with breakdowns of how you faired in comparison to others in your class on each rotation (ie you got a high pass on your medicine rotation, they have a graph showing that 15% get honors, 35% get high pass, 40% get pass, etc).

whether or not the prelim programs care about your 4th yr sub-i, I have no idea . . .

This isn't on the transcript. This is a April 2008 rotation, post-match.

 

[Tired]

It doesn't matter. I'm an Ortho intern, and I totally bailed on doing any ICU work my 4th year. No one asked, and obviously no one cared because I matched.

 

[I am Hans]

This isn't on the transcript. This is a April 2008 rotation, post-match.

Then I'm even more confused. Since programs will only see the transcript your school provides to ERAS and this will be WAY before the match, how would the programs you interview at see your April 2008 rotation?

Even if they asked about your schedule for the year, there is no reason to be worried about it...4th year is also for allowing yourself some time to enjoy learning about fields you might not ever study again.

I think you are making much much more of this than needs to be.

 

[gutonc]

It depends on your med school. Our school required 4th years to have their entire schedule in before starting the year. When your transcript went out it showed what you were signed up to take. Of course, there's nothing to prevent you from changing your schedule (mine initially included Derm, Rads and Path and I ended up doing none of them, even though my ERAS transcript said I was going to).

In reality though, it doesn't much matter. If you're going for integrated plastics or the like and your 4th year is full of blow-off rotations like this, you may have some 'splainin' to do. Otherwise, slack while you can.

 

[Llenroc]

It depends on your med school. Our school required 4th years to have their entire schedule in before starting the year. When your transcript went out it showed what you were signed up to take. Of course, there's nothing to prevent you from changing your schedule (mine initially included Derm, Rads and Path and I ended up doing none of them, even though my ERAS transcript said I was going to).

In reality though, it doesn't much matter. If you're going for integrated plastics or the like and your 4th year is full of blow-off rotations like this, you may have some 'splainin' to do. Otherwise, slack while you can.

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