Does anyone have an idea of how difficult/expensive it is to organize your own away rotations in the US? I feel like this is my deciding factor between UQ-O and USyd.
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Thanks for the response! Well, I am definitely leaning toward USyd. It really seems like the best choice for me. It just seems like the only thing that USyd has against it over UQ-O for me is the USCE component. They offer the 3 different opportunities for away rotations, which from other posts seems like would be enough to get 1-2 US LORs. Therefore, this con is really only about whether doing away rotations is difficult to get or not. Is it that there are not many spots?
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Its not that difficult generally speaking. I think USyd has a great global health department which means the students get a lot of rotations. If you aren't picky about location it shouldn't be too hard to get a spot.
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I'm not up to date on the smaller technicalities, but for the big picture: there's some advantage for UQ-O for getting residency in the US, while USyd gives a much better chance at getting Australian internship now that UQ-O students have been given a lower priority than other int'ls. However, if you're motivated to do well on the USMLE and aren't fixated on a tough specialty, go with your instinct. USyd is certainly a great school, and it's now had about a decade of sending significant numbers back to the US for rotations (a decade ago, there were neither formal agreements with US based schools nor much legacy/support to help with getting rotations where others have gone before).
Thanks for all of the information! This is super helpful. I am starting to feel a bit better about some of this. I am hoping to go to the US after medical school. However, I am hoping to match into internal medicine and then into preventive medicine. I really want to be involved in global public health. As a result, I really would like to have more time to dig into research and/or public health projects at a 4 year program. Plus, USyd seems to have better programs for the areas I am interested in including public health/global health. I think that I would be able to just dig in a lot more with USyd than I would with UQ-O. I just don't want to hinder my possibility of still being able to do this work from the US. haha
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You can also do an MPH +/- Tropical Medicine through JCU -- much of it is done remotely, with 1-2 weeks contact hours per class (usu in Townsville, but some in Cairns or internationally). As a doc, you would (or at least could) get credit for -- and waive -- 4 out of the 12 classes.
That is a really cool deal! I already have my MPH. I am pretty solidly placed within the public health sector currently in my career. I just have found that I want to have more impact, especially in clinical aspects. So I am really focused on trying to take advantage of available opportunities/experiences at the school/area that I go to. However, I feel like it typically takes a little bit of time to get immersed/fully linked into that kind of stuff. Plus, it isn't like I am going to be able to jump in fully, since med school will take most all of my time. I just don't want to end up gaining all this valuable experience, yet be at a huge disadvantage from matching to the point that it didn't even matter because of such a dead end. haha
