Swedish med student going to NY, questions

[Mdstud2016]

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Hi,🙄

Im a swedish medical student (3rd year) coming to the US to do an observership at a hospital in NY. I have a few questions and I would be glad .

1) What to wear? ( Im doing my observership at the cardiovascular division. I have been looking around on this site and it seems like the best thing to do is to ask a doc/your supervisor at the department)

2) I would like to study abbreviations and terminology that are used in the cardiovascular field. Do you have any advices where I can read/find vocabulary lists?

3) Where do you eat lunch at the hospital? (the reason to why I ask this is that here in Sweden we bring our own food to the hospital and then there is a lounge for med students where you can find microwave ovens and other facilities)


Hope I will hear from you soon!😀

 

[sevenmints]

1) Shirt, tie, and slacks + white coat... are almost universally acceptable for male medical students on non-surgical rotations. Likewise, conservative office attire (non-revealing) + white coat is almost universally acceptable for female medical students on non-surgical rotations. Follow example of team once you arrive.

2) Google.
3) Probably institution dependent. It's America, no shortage of unhealthy food vendors in hospitals.

 

[Mdstud2016]

Any kind of advices are more than welcome!! (it doesnt have to involve answers to the questions)