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Originally Posted by mljackson19
Now I was trying to follow the things in ur siggy about the rotations, but get lost a bit. So even though you have finished ur Step 1 and stuff ur not going into clinical rotations with IAU by choice or because they don't have any?
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I'm going to assume "siggy" represents situation? But either way, yes - even though I have completed the 2 years of basic science and successfully completed Step one, I made the choice to attempt transfer for a school with at least one state approval and greenbook rotations because IAU has neither. There are only around 5 students from IAU and maybe another 5 more who transferred in from other schools ahead of me that I am aware of still doing clinicals. And as far as I know, those students only have the options to do clinicals at the three hospitals we do have (Jackson Park, Baton Rouge, and Harbor Hospital.) From what I understand you could do rotations at any hospital willing to take you. Unfortunately, only 2 out of the 6 core rotations (Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Surgery, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Ob/Gyn) would be actually ACGME certified (Internal Medicine at Harbor Hospital and Baton Rouge) and Family Practice (Jackson Park Hospital). So IAU does have options to finish, but not with ACGME clinicals which is required/recommended in some states.