Rotations in many areas

[POPO]

Hi everybody.

Something I'm not sure to understand well: it seems a lot of you guys would like to make all your rotations within the same hospital; or avoid to change too often.

I understand this for someone with a family. But, on my side, I see many advantages to rotate in many hospitals and cities. Please tell me if I'm wrong:

Advantages:
- opportunity to rotate where the top specalists of each speciality are (eg. cardiology = hospital x, neurology = hospital y, etc.);
- opportunity to meet many interesting people (health workers) across the US...and make more good contacts (wich may help for finding a residency);
- increasing of your personnal skills (get in new teams each time should help to improve your interpersonal skills, adaptability, leadership etc).

Sure in cities such as new york, boston, montreal etc., they do well in almost all specialities, but I have the feeling that doing rotations in many different cities and hospitals will make me a stronger physician than those who make all their clinical in the same hospital.

Thanks for your opinions.

[rokshana]

Hi everybody.

Something I'm not sure to understand well: it seems a lot of you guys would like to make all your rotations within the same hospital; or avoid to change too often.

I understand this for someone with a family. But, on my side, I see many advantages to rotate in many hospitals and cities. Please tell me if I'm wrong:

Advantages:
- opportunity to rotate where the top specalists of each speciality are (eg. cardiology = hospital x, neurology = hospital y, etc.);
- opportunity to meet many interesting people (health workers) across the US...and make more good contacts (wich may help for finding a residency);
- increasing of your personnal skills (get in new teams each time should help to improve your interpersonal skills, adaptability, leadership etc).

Sure in cities such as new york, boston, montreal etc., they do well in almost all specialities, but I have the feeling that doing rotations in many different cities and hospitals will make me a stronger physician than those who make all their clinical in the same hospital.

Thanks for your opinions.

Disadvantages;
- having to get used to a new system, new ancillary staff, new method of charting- just as you are learning it, your rotation ends and you have to start all over again

- having pay for expensive short term housing and for travel expenses to every new place

- having to spend time relocating every few weeks

- having little support system in terms of friends and family around you (after all they aren't going to move with you).

[POPO]

Sure. But I meant only in terms of professional advantages....

[unchapefool]

is there such a thing in an american or international medschool as otolaryngology clinical rotations?

[TBL2008]

Hi everybody.

Something I'm not sure to understand well: it seems a lot of you guys would like to make all your rotations within the same hospital; or avoid to change too often.

I understand this for someone with a family. But, on my side, I see many advantages to rotate in many hospitals and cities. Please tell me if I'm wrong:

Advantages:
- opportunity to rotate where the top specalists of each speciality are (eg. cardiology = hospital x, neurology = hospital y, etc.);
- opportunity to meet many interesting people (health workers) across the US...and make more good contacts (wich may help for finding a residency);
- increasing of your personnal skills (get in new teams each time should help to improve your interpersonal skills, adaptability, leadership etc).

Sure in cities such as new york, boston, montreal etc., they do well in almost all specialities, but I have the feeling that doing rotations in many different cities and hospitals will make me a stronger physician than those who make all their clinical in the same hospital.

Thanks for your opinions.
You have nailed the advantages. If you go to a school that has room for picking different sites then do your homework and find out where the best locations are for each core and elective rotation. It seems to me some people are ok with phoning it in at some easy sites in NY. It's your education. Try and make the most of every rotation!

The disadvantage of moving several times during clinicals is not something to be taken lightly. It is a pain. Unless of course you have one of those black amex cards. ;)