Leave out the fiction,
The fact is, this friction
Will only be worn by persistence.
Leave out conditions,
Courageous convictions
Will drag the dream into existence.

-Neil Peart

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Please un-ban Preppystud, Woodbridge, Bob2k, and Rajpatel, they were the most elite members of valueMD...sbturner is my hero

uk training is clinically superior to the us at the med student level most places. There is still more an art of clinical diagnosis. no matter which us school youre talking about. its not a matter of pounding on the cv angle or not.. its just the quality and thoroness o fexam. British bodies require the same exams as US bodies.

The reocmmendation for not going to the UK for peds I dont quite agree with; . By all means do an elective at very least in the us but there is nothing wrong with a US rotation there. You'll possible learn more.

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.

Popozao, I don't know if you're serious or not, but nevertheless I think this is pretty funny...ah hahahah

Very educational discussion for a newbe. Very valuable forum for those of us trying to make a decide with would be the best fit med school.

sorry if this has already been asnwered...do you get to choose your clinical site or are they assigned?

At Ross you have preference of what and where you want your clinicals.

No that's exactly right.

For most states, correct me if I'm wrong, save Texas, Cali and Pennsylvania, as long as there is one ACGME program at the hospital you can still get licensed. Texas on the other hand, which is were I want to go back to, requires that ALL rotations be either ACGME or AOA certified. That includes electives. I'm not 100% on how electives are appropriately accredited, but you best option is to make sure that the subspecialty has a fellowship in it or something along those lines.

Oh and don't trust ANYTHING an advisor tells you. Let me repeat DON'T TRUST ANYTHING!!!! I have had to have my OB rotation resceduled 4 times now because they keep giving me a nonaccredited program. I swear an inanimate object could do a better job then the majority of the admin at ross.

im not sure this is right; i think many if not most states was ALL your rotations acgme validated.

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.

would peds or some other core done under the FP umbrella be considered acgme? or is that rule different for each state?

that's a good question: in many states that's ok. previously that was a big issue for people going to texas. (neuro was under IM and that wasn't Kosher.) However its not a probelm for sgu folks in texas anymore. i do not know about other states or your specific example of peds/fp. calling the school or the relevant state would be a good way of checking.
Best,.

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.