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Hi. I'm planning my 4th year schedule.
My school's clinical education department is having trouble grasping why making me use electives for my 2 or 3 pre-residency-application EM rotations AND THEN making me complete 3 "core" EM rotations is not ideal. I will end up with 5-6 EM rotations and only a couple electives left for things like cards, ICU, anesthesia -- all the other stuff which EM applicants are encouraged to do.
Does your school have a policy by which you are not allowed to do more than X number of rotations in any given specialty? Then I need you. Please PM me or respond with a link or an attachment that contains the policy spelled out by your school.
I'm trying to get a meeting with the dean of clinical education so that I can plead my case, and I need some supportive materials. This policy is ridiculous. EM is our only "core" rotation during 4th year and the three EM rotations have to be completed according to a rotation schedule that is decided at the end of MS2. This is awful for anyone who then decides to apply to EM, so I'm trying to change this policy.
Even if you have links from prominent organizations with recommendations on how to schedule fourth year so one obtains a well-rounded education, I would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance. Our dean is pretty...severe. I really need to have some materials to back up my recommendations. I would really appreciate any help.
My school's clinical education department is having trouble grasping why making me use electives for my 2 or 3 pre-residency-application EM rotations AND THEN making me complete 3 "core" EM rotations is not ideal. I will end up with 5-6 EM rotations and only a couple electives left for things like cards, ICU, anesthesia -- all the other stuff which EM applicants are encouraged to do.
Does your school have a policy by which you are not allowed to do more than X number of rotations in any given specialty? Then I need you. Please PM me or respond with a link or an attachment that contains the policy spelled out by your school.
I'm trying to get a meeting with the dean of clinical education so that I can plead my case, and I need some supportive materials. This policy is ridiculous. EM is our only "core" rotation during 4th year and the three EM rotations have to be completed according to a rotation schedule that is decided at the end of MS2. This is awful for anyone who then decides to apply to EM, so I'm trying to change this policy.
Even if you have links from prominent organizations with recommendations on how to schedule fourth year so one obtains a well-rounded education, I would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance. Our dean is pretty...severe. I really need to have some materials to back up my recommendations. I would really appreciate any help.
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