Go in this weekend or not?

[fantasty]

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I've seen situations like this posted before. What would you recommend?

I'm on a 4 week rotation with another med student (who's a 4th year). We're supposed to come in one weekend during the month (the weekend we have in between our inpatient weeks). (Our team has 3 weeks inpatient and 1 week outpatient).

- My weekend would be this upcoming one, and his should have been 2 weekends ago.
- The attending hasn't said anything about expecting us to, although the clerkship director says it's required.
- The resident suggested that it's pretty dull and we shouldn't go out of our way to do it.
- The attending is the only evaluation that counts in our grade.
- I actually don't mind coming in this weekend, as I haven't had a chance to work up many patients on that service yet, and this is a dark horse canditate for my career interests (right now, it's either #2 or #3).

So, how do I tactfully handle this without getting the other student in trouble? The other student is a nice guy and has been helpful in imparting his 4th year knowledge.

 

[Igor]

Just ask your resident what time to show up on Sat/Sun. It's that simple.

The 4th year has nothing to do with it.

 

[Entei]

If you want to go in, just go in. Don't worry about the 4th year. He's a big boy.

Seriously, he won't hold it against you if you go in. Unless he's, say, trying to match at your institution and is looking to impress people, he won't care about "looking bad" because he just wants to pass the rotation. If he is looking to impress people, he'll be there anyway. No worries.

 

[BigNavyPedsGuy]

If you want to go in, just go in. Don't worry about the 4th year. He's a big boy.

Seriously, he won't hold it against you if you go in. Unless he's, say, trying to match at your institution and is looking to impress people, he won't care about "looking bad" because he just wants to pass the rotation. If he is looking to impress people, he'll be there anyway. No worries.

Right on, 4th years don't care about anything this time of year. Trust me.

 

[deleted87716]

My weekend would be this upcoming one, and his should have been 2 weekends ago.

Sounds like he skipped his. There's your answer.

Besides, the others are right...fourth-years aren't coming in on the weekend unless somebody puts a gun to their head. 😉