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Thank you for the reply! I am actually interviewing at LECOM - B (also put a post on that thread) so I am focusing onto PBL. What I mean is this on their website: "Q. How are clinical rotation groups assigned?
A. During the second year, the class is broken down into 13 clinical rotation groups of equivalent size (class size/13). Each group then chooses a group sequence (one through 13) that has been assigned a schedule of its upcoming third-year and fourth-year rotations. Historically, each class has self-selected their group composition and group rotation number."
So.... it seems that you are kind of forced into one of 13 groups. My question is what if you want to do something slightly different from all of these groups? Maybe I want to do 22/24 rotations but want to do two rotations which are "off the wall" that no one else in my year wants to do. I always thought aside from core rotations, individual students were allowed to do w.e elective rotations they would want and that it's a personalized thing.
"During the third and fourth years at LECOM, students are required to complete a total of 24 clinical rotations (12 per year). Each rotation is four weeks in length and is classified as core, elective, or selective. All core rotations (internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, psychiatry, emergency medicine, and ambulatory medicine) and fourth-year selectives must be with a LECOM affiliate. Electives can be in any specialty and at any domestic medical facility. Other rotations (family practice and rural/underserved medicine) are similar to electives."
I'm not sure how many electives/selectives you get but your schedule isn't completely set in stone like you're thinking