VSAS Visiting Rotation/Once scheduled what next?

[humabot]

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...so I start my away in two weeks, but have no clue when to show up or who I am suppose to talk too. I spoke to the VSAS contact person weeks ago to accept the offer, but now what... I have housing. Do we contact the VSAS person again? The department? 😱

 

[Richspiders07]

...so I start my away in two weeks, but have no clue when to show up or who I am suppose to talk too. I spoke to the VSAS contact person weeks ago to accept the offer, but now what... I have housing. Do we contact the VSAS person again? The department? 😱

Same dilemma. I contacted the clerkship/elective coordinator in the department [found on the school website].

Didn't get too much more info yet. My understanding is that like most of my home clerkships, I'll have info 5ish days before i start. Not great for planning...

 

[kdburton]

I would contact the course director. I also applied for a couple rotations over VSAS and in both cases it was the registrar who was listed as the contact info on VSAS and they had no clue about my elective. You can either ask them who is in charge of the rotation or you can look on the school's website and look at their course catalog.

 

[cpants]

You need to contact the department in question, and they will be able to direct you to the person (likely a secretary or administrator) who is in charge of your rotation. It's very school dependent how much info they will give you. I've seen both ends of the spectrum.

One school gave me a detailed schedule of who I'd be working with each day, a reading list, and a bunch of info about the rotation. They even had scrubs in my size waiting for me in the department office. They helped me to get my badge and computer logins on the first day.

The other school sent me a 2 line email listing the hospitals I'd be at each week by initials only. I actually had to do research to figure out what the initials meant. Even with multiple phone calls and emails, no additional information was forthcoming.

With aways you really just have to stay laid back and go with the flow. You are out of your element. You will have a bunch of situations where you don't know what to do, and you just need to do your best, and ask a resident before doing something stupid.

 

[humabot]

You need to contact the department in question, and they will be able to direct you to the person (likely a secretary or administrator) who is in charge of your rotation. It's very school dependent how much info they will give you. I've seen both ends of the spectrum.

One school gave me a detailed schedule of who I'd be working with each day, a reading list, and a bunch of info about the rotation. They even had scrubs in my size waiting for me in the department office. They helped me to get my badge and computer logins on the first day.

The other school sent me a 2 line email listing the hospitals I'd be at each week by initials only. I actually had to do research to figure out what the initials meant. Even with multiple phone calls and emails, no additional information was forthcoming.

With aways you really just have to stay laid back and go with the flow. You are out of your element. You will have a bunch of situations where you don't know what to do, and you just need to do your best, and ask a resident before doing something stupid.

Thanks.👍 I figured things work this way, but sometimes it just seems that they don't.