Electives in Singapore General hospital/Weill Cornell, Qatar

[loststark]

Hi I am currently a final year student in SubContinent (IMG) and I would like to ask what position do electives at SGH or Weill Cornell, Qatar have in securing residency position at USA?
I want to have international electives in my bag, but I haven't given my STEP 1 yet. And so, I can't bag electives in USA.
But I have heard that electives at Singapore General Hospital and Weill Cornell, Qatar, do add weight
in residency application.
So please shed some light in this regard. Thanks

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[gutonc]

They don't. USCE is USCE. Singapore and Qatar are not the US.

 

[loststark]

They don't. USCE is USCE. Singapore and Qatar are not the US.

Yes obviously that's true. But they don't hold any weight at all? Because I have students at my medical college, who do electives there and they do end up bagging residency spots without doing any USCE later on

 

[gutonc]

No. I'm not saying that you can't get a spot in the US w/o USCE, just that nobody cares about the rotations you do at non-US programs.

 

[ROBINHO]

They dont add any weight. US faculty dont even care if you rotated in Oxford. For US residency what matters is :
1; High Usmle scores
2; US CE with LORS from US faculty
3. Other strengths that set u aside like research etc.

U can match in residency without some of the above. But these should be your target