DO and Allopathic Away Rotations

[Abruptio]

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Third year DO student who is planning on training in allopathic IM. As I've been searching for places to do an away rotation or two, i've found a common theme in that most of the decently competetive schools i'm looking into(East Coast, South, Midwest) only allow students from LCME certified schools to rotate through. Long story short, no DO's. My question is this...First, should I even bother trying to do away rotations at the Georgetowns, Emory's of the world and second if a website says only students from LCME affiliated schools need apply, should I personally make contact and try to plead my case on an idividual basis? I'm a fairly competitive applicant, 4.0 gpa, 129 USMLE, >97th percentile COMLEX, top of my class. Knowing my initial disadvantage of being from an osteopathic school, I'm curious how hard I should really search for top or 2nd tier schools to rotate through, if it matters much? Are my stats enough to interview? Am I screwed regardless? I don't want to go through the hassle of applying for an away rotation, paying for it all and find that it was a neat experience but in the end didn't really do much for me. In the osteopathic community, it's almost essential that you rotate through any place you might be interested in attending. I understand and have heard the arguments for and against doing so for allopathic schools but I was hoping to get some feedback specific to my situation and vent on how a seemingly uphill battle is steeper than I once thought. Thanks

 

[group_theory]

Some schools that specifically mention that they accept AOA-accredited schools in their visiting student section. The list is not meant to be comprehensive. Some schools just require a "US-accredited school", while others just say "student in good-standing in their final year" as their only requirement. Those schools are not listed. Contact the program that you are interested to find out. Again, this list is not comprehensive but only a sample. (and yes, there are some that are LCME-only)

University of Pennsylvania Visiting Student Program
http://www.med.upenn.edu/visitingstudents/eligibility.html

University of Michigan
http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/visiting/

Stanford University
http://med.stanford.edu/md/clerkships/

Penn State University
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/md/visiting/

Northwestern University
http://www.medschool.northwestern.e...ts/2007-08/Assets/Osteo%20students 7Mar07.pdf

University of South Florida
http://hsc.usf.edu/medicine/registrar/visitingstudents.html

Mt Sinai School of Medicine
http://www.mssm.edu/students/handbook/electives/visit.shtml

University of Alabama Birmingham
http://main.uab.edu/uasom/2/show.asp?durki=15312

Ohio State University
http://medicine.osu.edu/futurestudents/curriculum/visiting/index.cfm

 

[VCMM414]

Since the OP mentioned Emory and Georgetown:

Emory University School of Medicine accepts from AOA-accredited schools.
http://emorymed.emory.edu/Public/CurriculumPublicPages/CourseInformation.aspx

Unfortunately Georgetown seems to only accepts students from LCME-accredited schools.

The following schools also accept from AOA-accredited programs:
UVA "accepts osteopathic students from schools that have an affiliation agreement between institutions." Check with your home school whether you have the said affiliation with UVA.
http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/handbook/electives/visiting/generalInfo.cfm

NYU
http://www.med.nyu.edu/registrar/assets/nonlcmeapp0708.pdf

 

[double elle]

Do not be discouraged just because some schools don't take DO STUDENTS for rotations. They may have this policy because they have enough of their own students to find rotations for. I think, for example, the university of iowa is like that...yet they take plenty of DO residents and I know MANY DOs who have done fellowships there....all without having rotated. I will be going up there in 2008, actually.

Also, unless your school won't let you...you can always rotate with someone in that town that isn't directly involved with the university but KNOWS people at the university. Like a private practice doc - depending on what specialty you are interested in...this may or may not work. I know University of missouri lets out-students rotate, but our hospital has an agreement with them and we go there for certain specialties. I also checked out some schools in KC, but can't remember what they said.

 

[WestcoastMedicine]

Emory should def let you rotate, one of our fourth years matched there for Emergency Medicine. I realize that is not IM, but also a competitive residency to get at Emory.