US electives?

[thrombin]

So I'm an IMG and I wanted to do a few electives in the US, at this point I'm interested in Surgery, as for my first elective I was wondering what I should do it in? Basically I want to get a feel for the US medical system and how things work being that it is different from my med school. I was thinking of doing an Emergency Medicine elective before actually jumping into a surgery elective that I don't want to mess up in being that I'm interested in surgery. EM incorporates all of medicine and some parts of surgery, do you think thats a good first elective?

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[arielred]

Yes you should do the specialty you are interested it in second because then you would have gotten used to the system and come across as more impressive. I did ICU and medicine. It took me the first week or so in ICU to get used to the rounds, patient notes, etc so that when I moved to medicine I was a lot more settled in and confident.

 

[Shoushu]

Yes you should do the specialty you are interested it in second because then you would have gotten used to the system and come across as more impressive. I did ICU and medicine. It took me the first week or so in ICU to get used to the rounds, patient notes, etc so that when I moved to medicine I was a lot more settled in and confident.

Can we IMGs or US-IMGs do core rotations beside electives?

I hear the main pt of US electives is to get LORs, so I guess you're right we need to come as more impressive, or maybe as impressive as AMGs, to get good LORs??

 

[Winged Scapula]

Can we IMGs or US-IMGs do core rotations beside electives?

In general, the answer is no unless your school has a formal rotation agreement with a particular US program for Core Rotations.

I hear the main pt of US electives is to get LORs, so I guess you're right we need to come as more impressive, or maybe as impressive as AMGs, to get good LORs??

That would be accurate.