question about clerkship and externship site selection

[eyesarecool]

---

Members do not see this ad.

I know this is a really general question, but I was wondering which plan would be better? I was mainly just wanting to know the importance of doing a clerkship or externship at residency choice sites.

Plan 1: Do a clerkship at top residency choice and not do an externship at second residency choice.

Plan 2: Do a clerkship at second residency choice and do an externship at top residency choice.

 

[eyesarecool]

nobody?

 

[Blade28]

How are you differentiating between a "clerkship" and "externship"? 😕

Edit: any particular reason why you're worrying about this now?

 

[eyesarecool]

clerkship- typical 3rd year clerkship in family medicine
externship- typical 4th year externship in family medicine
just curiousity

 

[Ashers]

clerkship- typical 3rd year clerkship in family medicine
externship- typical 4th year externship in family medicine
just curiousity

A M4 FP rotation isn't a clerkship then? At my school externships are what people have the opportunity to do between M1 and M2 year. Clerkships are what M3s and M4s do (and M4s also do sub-Is).

 

[eyesarecool]

A M4 FP rotation isn't a clerkship then? At my school externships are what people have the opportunity to do between M1 and M2 year. Clerkships are what M3s and M4s do (and M4s also do sub-Is).

The externship is a sub-I. I guess it must be a regional thing to call the sub-I an externship.

 

[Blade28]

clerkship- typical 3rd year clerkship in family medicine
externship- typical 4th year externship in family medicine
just curiousity

In that case, are you allowed to choose the location of your MS-III rotation?

In many places this is assigned to you.

 

[eyesarecool]

In that case, are you allowed to choose the location of your MS-III rotation?

In many places this is assigned to you.

At UTHSCSA there are quite a few sites that the student can select to take their Family Medicine clerkship at. Two of these sites include Christus Santa Rosa and Christus Spohn. Christus Santa Rosa is my top residency choice, while Christus Spohn is my second. I was just wanting to know which hypothetical situation is better:

1) Do a clerkship at my number 1 residency choice, and not do a sub-I at my number 2 residency choice. (Due to scheduling conflict)

or

2) Do a clerkship at my number 2 residency choice, and do a sub-I at my number 1 residency choice.

 

[Blade28]

At UTHSCSA there are quite a few sites that the student can select to take their Family Medicine clerkship at. Two of these sites include Christus Santa Rosa and Christus Spohn. Christus Santa Rosa is my top residency choice, while Christus Spohn is my second. I was just wanting to know which hypothetical situation is better:

I guess I'm still a little confused - why worry about this now? You've still got some time before you apply to med schools - why not decide at that time which school is best for you, then see if you're still interested in FM, THEN see which rotations are offered?

 

[eyesarecool]

I guess I'm still a little confused - why worry about this now? You've still got some time before you apply to med schools - why not decide at that time which school is best for you, then see if you're still interested in FM, THEN see which rotations are offered?

I was just asking out of curiousity.

 

[trudub]

The point is this: are you even admitted to UTHSCSA? If not, first worry about getting in there or somewhere for that matter? Then worry about getting through the first and second years. At that point, you can start to think about what to do third and fourth year. And, maybe you can start thinking about these things in terms of what residencies you might be interested in but that may even come later.

 

[eyesarecool]

The point is this: are you even admitted to UTHSCSA? If not, first worry about getting in there or somewhere for that matter? Then worry about getting through the first and second years. At that point, you can start to think about what to do third and fourth year. And, maybe you can start thinking about these things in terms of what residencies you might be interested in but that may even come later.

Why can I not ask a simple question which is 'ahead of my time'?

Can somebody please just answer my question?

 

[MSKalltheway]

If you really have to know, generally people in that situation would do both. First the core rotation offered by school, then the sub-I if you are still interested in that field, if your school even offers one in that specialty. Likely you would do the 3rd year rotation at your 2nd choice (like Blade said usually you are just put somewhere though...) and the sub-I at your first choice.