Rotation Block Schedule Help Please.

[Sloo0]

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As someone who is most interested in EM, followed by Surgery, and least interested in FM, OB, Peds, what are the best tracks to go for out of these?


1. I have been told by older students that I can use the Rural rotation to rotate at an Urgent Care or something towards the end of year 3 to get some experience before I rotate in EM in 4th year.

2. I have been told that I should try to take FM after Internal/OB/Peds


Other then that I have no idea.


I should also note that I will have to pick my 4th year schedule after the 6th rotation.


Choice 1: Track G - OB MedPrec MedWard FM FM Card Rural Surg PC Peds Psych
Choice 2: Track E - MedWard FM FM Card Rural Surg PC Peds Psych OB MedPrec
Choice 3: Track F - MedPrec MedWard FM FM Card Rural Surg PC Peds Psych OB
Choice 4: Track H - Psych OB MedPrec MedWard FM FM Card Rural Surg PC Peds
Choice 5: Track I - Peds Psych OB MedPrec MedWard FM FM Card Rural Surg PC
Choice 6: Track A - Rural Surg PC Peds Psych OB MedPrec MedWard FM FM Card
Choice 7: Track J - PC Peds Psych OB MedPrec MedWard FM FM Card Rural Surg
Choice 8: Track D - FM FM Card Rural Surg PC Peds Psych OB MedPrec MedWard
Choice 9: Track B - Card Rural Surg PC Peds Psych OB MedPrec MedWard FM FM
Choice 10: Track C - FM Card Rural Surg PC Peds Psych OB MedPrec MedWard FM
Choice 11: Track K - Surg PC Peds Psych OB MedPrec MedWard FM FM Card Rural

 

[ijn]

It doesn't matter. Of course you aren't going to listen to this. The one rule I think is worth following is that you shouldn't do what you absolutely want to go into as your first 3rd year rotation.

 

[cabinbuilder]

Remember that ER really is a culmination of many specialties and that you will need to be ready for what comes in the door.

I would choose choice 4 if you are serious about ER then you get the medicine, OB, psych, and cards that you will use on a daily basis.Be sure you do a radiology rotation in youer 4th year to learn how to read all the films yourself. You would be amazed had how much stuff gets missed and it's good to be able to spot problem areas to discuss, especially over the phone.

If you are not sure whether you really want to do surgery, do that early because you will either love it or hate it.

 

[Sloo0]

Thanks, yea not knowing about Surgery puts a wrench in my plans, hard to squeeze in a good progression while at the same time fitting in Surgery 😀

 

[PTPoeny]

Do both surgery and rural somewhere between blocks 2-6. Other than that don't stress too much.

 

[tco]

Like others have said, it ultimately doesn't matter. I had a few guidelines that I used rather than having a strict schedule.

I wanted (in order of importance):
1. IM before surgery.
2. IM as something other than my first rotation.
3. Surgery as something other than my last rotation.
4. Preferred to not have IM and surgery split over winter break.
5. An easy rotation to start with.

My schedule ended up like this:

1. FM
2. IM
3. Surg
4. Psych/Neuro
5. OB/GYN
6. Peds

I only wish that I would have flopped OB/GYN and FM. I thought FM would be a nice warm up to IM, but it was basically worthless. However, if I would have had most of my rotations before FM, I would have crushed it.

 

[ArcGurren]

Having IM before Surgery is a good idea since a good chunk of the Surgery shelf exam is straight up IM. Otherwise it doesn't matter. EM is a combination of a lot of different specialties (with the majority of it being more or less high-powered ambulatory IM/FM) so you would benefit from having that early on, as well as surgery.