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[Jezzielin]

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Does your school have a limit of weeks you may spend in an elective? Just curious, thanks!

 

[ChiDO]

you'll find schools all over the board, but I would say it ranges from 2 max per sub-specialty to unlimited.

 

[Richspiders07]

Yeah it varies a ton. My school has a "No more than 12 weeks in a particular field" limit. Meaning u can only do 12 weeks of surgery... or peds... or IM, etc during 4th year.

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

Yeah it varies a ton. My school has a "No more than 12 weeks in a particular field" limit. Meaning u can only do 12 weeks of surgery... or peds... or IM, etc during 4th year.

My school had a variation on this; you could do whatever as long as you want but could only count a limited amount for credit. You also still had to fulfill your clerkship requisites, meaning students who wanted to do an extra sub-I in ortho for example had to trade in vacation/interview/StepII study time.