I am a little worried about going to Spartan, not for the basic sciences because I prefer to teach myself anyway and will start preparing for the Step 1 right away...but I am nervous about clinical rotations. I was reading that some states you require to do your rotations at greenbook hospitals . I wonder how easy it is for a student to set these up on their how? and how much more money. I noticed that some pay 300 up for thier rotations and was wondering if these were for greenbook rotations. As well, in another post a student wrote that Spartan will find you clinical rotations if your top in the class, but are these rotations "greenbook"=ACCMG (sp?) approval?

Thanks so much everyone

Spartan has practitioners in 45 states. I think that should help alleviate some concerns. I can't specifically answer your questions, but most of thier listed sites are bluebook.

This may sound very silly, but is bluebook= to hospitals thats are not approved by the ACCMG?

I never heard of "Bluebook". Yet another new term...

Laura, as crazy as it sounds- I think your best bet with Spartan would be to arrange your own clinicals. I can tell you more about it once your admission is confirmed at least!

The Graduate Medical Education Directory A.K.A. "The Green Book", is a directory of all the ACGME teaching hospitals in the U.S. and maybe Canada as well. The book gives brief info about the program, and the name and number of the progam director. There is no such thing as a "greenbook" rotation. This is a word exclusively used in the offshore medical community. You can order this book from any book store or through the AMA for about $70.00. Your best bet is to go to any U.S. medical school library and use it.

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sorry meant greenbook and not bluebook in above post

Would that be the same book we would use as a reference when applying to residencies? Sounds like something handy to have, if it doesn't go out of date often.

You don't really need it to apply for residency. There are other sources, such as frieda online. I found the greenbook most valuable when I was searching for my own clinical clerkships. You can search in this book by states or by programs. As I said in earlier post, if you do your homework early and thoroughly, you can find quality/formal rotations that are cost free.

Friday Jun 20th, will be my last day as a regular writer on this forum for a while, gotta go back to work. So if you or anyone else have qquestions, keep em' coming.


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