i have a 1 month externship which will basically be what i am going to be basing my EM interest and application. where do you all think i should do it? usc or ucla or uci.
i speak a moderate amount of spanish.
thanks!
I would probably vote for USC, but realize that students don't actually get as dirty as one might expect given the crazy volume, pathology, and amount of trauma...less autonomy as a student than at other places I rotated at, but still very cool. Well, that might be a little harsh, as residents do try to get you a bunch of procedures which is cool...
I too think getting to spend a little time in C-booth is reason enought to go to USC, but ya gotta hurry...it will close soon.
Oh, lots of Spanish there...very helpful if you have used Spanish in a clinical environment before.
I would not do UCI unless you really want to go there. They don't see that much and students do very little and see only the primary care type patients. (my opinion comes from doing an ultrasound rotation there and watching how the EM rotating students were doing = my disclaimer that I don't have firsthand knowledge of the rotation, so a more knowledgeable person should feel free to correect me)
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