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anybody know?
also, what is considered as Sub- internship - medicine?
also, what is considered as Sub- internship - medicine?
anybody know?
also, what is considered as Sub- internship - medicine?
so then why does Western distinguish between sub-internship-medicine and electives during M4? Why not say 8 electives instead of 1 sub-internship-medicine and 7 electives?
thanks for the info
edit: edit: ah, i think i got it. Is it to distinguish between selective and elective since once you are in M4 besides the core rotation of EM, it's all auditioning anyways?
so then why does Western distinguish between sub-internship-medicine and electives during M4? Why not just say 8 electives instead of 1 sub-internship-medicine and 7 electives?
also, for selective rotation, can you rotate in say another kind of surgery specialty?
thanks for the info
edit: edit: ah, i think i got it. Is it to distinguish between selective and elective since once you are in M4 besides the core rotation of EM, it's all auditioning anyways?
An elective can be anything you want. As cabin builder said, it can be dermatology, rad onc, peds, EM, a medical mission, etc. it can be anything.
A selective is, well, more selective. At my school we have a medicine selective and a surgical selective. For the medicine selective, you can do anything that falls under internal medicine, such as general internal medicine, heme/onc, cards, pulm, and so on. For the surgical selective you can do anything that falls under surgery, such as general surgery, orthopedics, urology, ent, neurosurgery, and so on.
A sub internship is just general internal medicine, but it is suppose to be a little different than your ms3 rotation. A medicine sub internship is a general internal medicine rotation where you expected to operate at a higher level with more responsibility. However, it usually ends up being just another month of general internal medicine that is no different than your ms3 rotation.
That is how the sub internship works at my school. If you could pick any speciality to do a sub internship in at western then it would be basically another elective. At my school it is always general internal medicine.
Of course every school is different. LECOM didn't have an Internal Medicine Sub-I so that is a different term for me.
Here are the current rotations for LECOM:
Third Year Rotations
•Internal Medicine I, II, III
•Surgery I, II
•Obstetrics/Gynecology
•Family Medicine (including Healthcare Management III)
•Pediatrics
•Core Selective
•Elective I, II
•Psychiatry/Behavioral Health
•Vacation (4 weeks)
Fourth Year Rotations
•Emergency Medicine I, II
•Medicine Selective
•Primary Care Selective
•Surgery Selective
•Ambulatory Medicine I, II (including Healthcare Management IV)
•Rural/Underserved
•Elective I, II, III
•Clinical Competency Development
•Vacation (4 weeks)
Lecom only gives three electives for fourth years?
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You don't think that is enough? You can split them into 2 week blocks too if you want. With the three selectives you have to come up with rotations to fill those slots too so it's actually 6. I personally had trouble trying to fill them all by the end because I was burned out.
I have no idea if it's enough or not .
From what I've been reading about other curriculums I thought the norm (if one exists) was 3-4 required rotations/sub-i, then the rest of the time for electives/aways/vacation/step 2 prep.