PA Clinical Elective

[gatorkev]

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Hello all,
I am a 2nd year PA student and will be graduating in December. I must choose my only clinical elective soon. It will be only 1 month in duration, so I would like to choose the rotation that would benefit me the most. It is difficult because I am not sure what area I want to practice in.
I am interested in inpatient internal medicine and possibly ortho surgery or ER. Should I do a 1 month surgical subspecialty or I am strongly considering an ICU elective as this would provide with a broad exposure and incorporate aspects of medicine along with surgery/critical care and procedures. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Monika]

The nature of ICU is systems based, don't you think you would be better off by doing an ICU rotation? You would learn an awful lot in a month's time.

Then again, IM is always a great way to learn medical management & the patients would not be as unstable.

You need to make a list of pros & cons & then go with your gut! 🙂