Flinders MD grads who went to US

[Lessio78]

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Hey all. I'm an American doing my MD at Flinders in Australia and was looking into the process of applying to residency back in the states. I am pretty early in my degree but only now I realized that US clinical experience/rotations are crucial for residency applications.

I emailed my school and they said they have NO affiliations with any hospital/medical center in the United States. Not a single one. At least UQ for example has partnerships with some hospital, but my school does not have any. That means its less likely that I'll be able to do rotations in US.

Are there any people who went to Flinders and ended up matching into the US residency that can give me advice? Or what they did in this situation? Hoping that I can speak to someone

 

[Wolvvs]

Hopefully someone who has done this can reply, but also I'd strongly recommend emailing your school and asking them for contact info for anyone who's successfully matched to the US. They should be able to provide you with that information! It might also be helpful to ask how much time you have available for away rotations (while being cognizant of the NY state rule preventing training in the state if you do more than 12 weeks of rotations outside of your school's country, important because NY is an important target for international students). Also where students have previously been successful at getting rotations, as those sites might be your best bet.

 

[samoli]

Hey all. I'm an American doing my MD at Flinders in Australia and was looking into the process of applying to residency back in the states. I am pretty early in my degree but only now I realized that US clinical experience/rotations are crucial for residency applications.

I emailed my school and they said they have NO affiliations with any hospital/medical center in the United States. Not a single one. At least UQ for example has partnerships with some hospital, but my school does not have any. That means its less likely that I'll be able to do rotations in US.

Are there any people who went to Flinders and ended up matching into the US residency that can give me advice? Or what they did in this situation? Hoping that I can speak to someone

Hey, I was wondering what the update on your situation is regarding trying to find support on the US match from Flinders. I am considering Flinders at the moment and was questioning the support for those who want to go back. On a side note, are there students in your cohort interested in taking this path back to the US or Canada?