I have a question about the rural medicine rotation. I know I am getting a little ahead of myself, but I was researching about all the rotations and saw that for the rural medicine rotation you have to live in their housing with other classmates, possibly of the opposite sex, and no pets/family members are allowed. This worries me because 1) both my boyfriend and I are in the class of 2014 and would like to try and at least get that rotation together and 2) I have a small dog that I can't just leave behind for several months. I realize that my boyfriend & I will not be on the same rotations/schedule all the time, but will they make any accomidations to send 2 people of the class who are involved/live together to the rural medicine location at the same time to avoid any problems that will cause for us? Also, if you don't want to live in the housing they provide are there any other options? Maybe hotels around or something?
Also was wondering how do they decide which rotations you're going to? Do they just randomly pick where you are going every month, or do the students themselves get any input?
As far as the rotation site it is a lottery system. i'm not sure how the order of the rotations is determined once a site has been picked. The only thing i know about the rural rotations is that the lottery is reversed for picking your rural rotation site. If you picked first for your regular rotation site, then you pick last for you rural rotation site. This is how i understand it from reading what other people have posted. So you and your boyfriend could try to pick the same site if they don't just let you go to the same site automatically.
It kinda stinks but it only lasts 2 months and for ppl like me there is no chance that my wife will be able to come with me. So at least you guys have a chance.