Are Electives at Wyckoff Green?

[cantwait4md]

Hi Everyone,
I am looking to do some electives at Wyckoff like Adult Emergency, Pathology, etc... Are they green? The ACGME website does not list Wyckoff as green. Does anyone have any idea if they are green or not? Alternatively, which electives are green, and which aren't? Thanks.

[Jeep23Guy]

Hi Everyone,
I am looking to do some electives at Wyckoff like Adult Emergency, Pathology, etc... Are they green? The ACGME website does not list Wyckoff as green. Does anyone have any idea if they are green or not? Alternatively, which electives are green, and which aren't? Thanks.
I think you just answered your own question...

If they don't have residents/fellows in the specific field, they are not green.

[cantwait4md]

Thank you Jeep.

But, People claim that they are green. I want to practice in NYS later, so do I need electives to be green as well?

[got milk?]

NY doesn't require green electives.

[DrCannoli]

Does NJ require green electives?

[cantwait4md]

Hey gotmilk, can you please tell me where you got your source from?

[summerwind]

Thank you Jeep.

But, People claim that they are green. I want to practice in NYS later, so do I need electives to be green as well?

I wouldn't want to close any doors. State medical boards can change the requirements at any time. I would want all green electives if possible.

[charlottenian]

I wouldn't want to close any doors. State medical boards can change the requirements at any time. I would want all green electives if possible.

be prepared to do a US World Tour then in scheduling that

[dimipt]

gotmilk actually this is incorrect. As per NYS Medical Board all clerkships both core and electives must be green in order to get lisenced in NY state. See the e-mail below:
"Clerkships done in NY must be done in teaching hospitals with residency
training in the specialty of the clerkship.

L M. L
Program Assistant II
State Board for Medicine"

[cantwait4md]

I received an email response from NY state medical board that said that electives also must be Green. The email also responded to my question about Wyckoff, and it said "Not all electives at Wyckoff are ACGME accredited." Meanwhile, I asked my CC and I was told to ask Mr. JR. However, JR, responds by saying all rotations at Wyckoff are green. Of course he is not lying, because all rotations at wyckoff do make Wyckoff some green dollar bills.

[facemask]

in wyckoff, a friend of mine who has taken the radiology elective told me he has seen FP, surgery, and even DPM residents rotating/sitting there. would does count as being 'green' since there are residents in this rotation?

[UFTim]

in wyckoff, a friend of mine who has taken the radiology elective told me he has seen FP, surgery, and even DPM residents rotating/sitting there. would does count as being 'green' since there are residents in this rotation?

Not according to that email that was quoted on this thread.

Go to Maimonides and do a Rads elective. You fill it out online and they get back to you within a week.

[got milk?]

I received an email response from NY state medical board that said that electives also must be Green. The email also responded to my question about Wyckoff, and it said "Not all electives at Wyckoff are ACGME accredited." Meanwhile, I asked my CC and I was told to ask Mr. JR. However, JR, responds by saying all rotations at Wyckoff are green. Of course he is not lying, because all rotations at wyckoff do make Wyckoff some green dollar bills.

exactly. :rolleyes:

i wonder what kind of papers are fudged in order to satisfy NYS licensure.
cuz when you go to apply for a license, you have to submit program numbers and crap.
the worrisome thing is that, a lot of students doing electives at wyckoff want to practice in NY.

[Kronos]

There are thousands of students going through Wyckoff electives every year. I can't imagine that at license time, these thousands of people will be out of luck because of such uncertainty and the lack of clear answers.

[got milk?]

i've always understood that NY doesn't require green electives. that's why everyone rotating through wyckoff will be fine for licensure in NY at least.

[M.E the MD]

Does anybody know if RADIOLOGY and PATHOLOGY is Green at Wyckoff. I just finished these electives and was under the assumption it was green. I also told my coordinator i only want green sites for any thing that I do but perhaps she wasnt listening.

[smu79]

Does anybody know if RADIOLOGY and PATHOLOGY is Green at Wyckoff. I just finished these electives and was under the assumption it was green. I also told my coordinator i only want green sites for any thing that I do but perhaps she wasnt listening.


I know for a fact that pathology is not green at wyckoff. What does your clinical coordinator has to do with green electives? you are the one who sets them up..