which service would you to get the best evals? (3rd year)

[Transformers]

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So im on 3rd year surgery rotations...I was curious, would you rather be on a team as the only med student with the hardest service for 4 weeks with the hardest residents and attendings...or would you rather work half the time, get more shelf prep time, work with the chilest residents and attending...but be on a team of 3 med students and thus get less face time with each attending/resident and perhaps a less thorough eval although not negative

I'm on the two easiest services (2 4 week blocks) during my surgery rotation but there are too many med students on it. While I'm doing a good job, I almost feel like give me more assignment more tasks or give me a presentation topic to present or pimp me more...but the sad fact is that there are too many students and those requests get distributed

Not sure what your opinion is but I only ask because our evals are like 80% of the grade and shelf is a mere 20%

 

[Transformers]

Basically, for honors it sounds that if you take the risk of doing the hardest services and do a good job which honestly comes down to some luck (personality, getting the right questions, ec...), that comes off incredible..I personally played it safe be being risk averse and hope I made the right decision

 

[Porfirio]

I have never been one to shy away from a challenge, but I was very upset when I got the hardest Surgery rotation for my Clerkship. I have no desire to go into surgery, and I hate the surgeon lifestyle. I would go with the easiest just because surgery is not for me.

 

[NickNaylor]

I'm all about minimal time spent in the hospital and a team that isn't a bunch of hardasses. I can see the desire to want to have a more "intense" experience in the field(s) you're interested in, but beyond that I don't see the point in slaving away in the hospital for more hours than absolutely necessary.

 

[thefritz]

Whether or not you get honors most likely will come down to your shelf exam. Most students will have similar performance on evals. It doesn't matter the ratio. The discriminating factor is always the shelf. Unless you are a total screwup on wards.