SURGERY ROTATIONS 12 versus 8 weeks

[bluevishnu2008]

Someone told me that I have to do 12 weeks of surgery(ie 8 weeks core and 4 weeks elective) in order to get licensed in certain states. Is this true or just a false rumor? I am scheduled for 8 weeks but am not sure whether or not to do 4 more weeks. I would rather do another elective during those 4 weeks but if I have to I will. Please help.
Thanks.
RKJ

[aagupta2]

Yeah, I believe that is true. We have an 8 week surgical core and need a 4 week surgical elective.

[HinduDoc]

you only have to do 8 weeks of surgery.... certain sites require you to do 12

[med200]

so if u had to do an extra 4 weeks, you could do something like orthoped surgery or something like that rite?

[md12886]

If you are doing 8 week surgery core, you do not need another 4 week of surgery elective.

Core Rotations | American University of Antigua

If you do 12 week surgery core; you will automatically get credit for 4 weeks of surgery elective.