Flexible Away Rotation

[MrVince]

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Does anyone have experience with setting up away rotations that don't line up with the dates on VSAS? The rotations at my school are on a different schedule than most of what i see on VSAS and i am not sure i can squeeze in another away unless a program is able to do a 4 week block that differs from what they have listed.

 

[Linaculous]

Does anyone have experience with setting up away rotations that don't line up with the dates on VSAS? The rotations at my school are on a different schedule than most of what i see on VSAS and i am not sure i can squeeze in another away unless a program is able to do a 4 week block that differs from what they have listed.

This is a common challenge in scheduling away rotations. If you can, I think it's best to schedule a flexible/splittable rotation at home that will allow you to do the away rotation on the other place's schedule. A research block would work well, but, at least at my school, most 4th year clinical rotations are more accommodating than you'd think. Either way, I think it's easier and more polite to mess with your school's schedule and not inconvenience the place you're visiting.

 

[Neuronix]

My experience was that the programs that used VSAS were pretty inflexible, while the ones that did not use VSAS were more flexible about these things. I just sent e-mails to coordinators at the places I wanted to rotate when I was a fourth year and found the places that could work with my schedule. YMMV.

 

[BioEng]

I am current resident at UC Irvine. UC Irvine has flexible away rotations and is on VSAS. If you email the program coordinator Hooman Nouri [email protected] he often can work with you to schedule it around your schedule. Also length of rotation can be 1-4 weeks without a problem. Excellent experience in Brachytherapy. Especially strong in Gyn Oncology, Breast, CNS and GI oncology. NCI designated cancer center with many RTOG and GOG trials currently accruing. Recruiting for 1 resident for this year.