Is it best to undertake a sub-internship right after cores or after some elective under your belt? And what are some advice and recommendations in doing on. I'm specifically talking about and IM sub-I. Thanks.
The part that you'll have to call every program to let them know about a new letter is no longer true: all applications are automatically updated whenever programs accesses them (which can be daily) and programs get notified about updates to individual applications. Source: multiple SDN posts by PDs stating this fact.*EDIT: You can submit letters after October 1st, but only if you want to call every program you applied to making sure they received your latest letter.
Is it best to undertake a sub-internship right after cores or after some elective under your belt? And what are some advice and recommendations in doing on. I'm specifically talking about and IM sub-I. Thanks.
What if I ultimately wish to apply for an IM residency. I would like two LOR's from IM before I apply for residency. And the reason I'd like to do a sub-I is so that I can do my best in it and get a stellar LOR after having had some experience from doing my cores. Or if I already have a great LOR from my core clerkship IM is it better to do a different elective like critical care? Thank you.If you're talking about IM sub-I for IM it depends on your IM clerkship grade and your LOR status. If you don't have the grade you want/need and/or need another LOR then you need to do it as early as possible (although if you *just* need the LOR you can do that with an elective too). My school reserves July sub-I spots for people in those situations and you have to apply for them outside of our standard clerkship lottery explaining why you need a July sub-I.
assuming you do well, i don't think there's any negative to doing the sub-i early. I guess one could argue it would be better to have less intense stuff to give you time for CS/CK/ERAS but some electives are probably just as intense.What if I ultimately wish to apply for an IM residency. I would like two LOR's from IM before I apply for residency. And the reason I'd like to do a sub-I is so that I can do my best in it and get a stellar LOR after having had some experience from doing my cores. Or if I already have a great LOR from my core clerkship IM is it better to do a different elective like critical care? Thank you.