sastacey7 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Hi all, I have three electives for rotation year and we are starting to think about doing our "wish lists" now. I am not sure that I want to specialize at all, but think that I'd like to stay in primary care/ rural medicine, perhaps ER but in an underserved community (not trauma focused, but a lot of primary care there too). However, I also want to do rotations that will greatly help me no matter what I choose to do since I am so unsure. With that in mind, what are your thoughts on some of the more generally applicable topics/rotations? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrumm Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I had two electives, and I aimed for common primary care complaints: ortho and derm. Both are super useful pretty much everywhere... primary care, ER, family reunions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LT_Oneal_PAC Posted November 16, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2012 I think the most helpful rotations would be ortho, ENT, and derm. Especially these for the ER as they would comprise the majority of your visits, ortho being one of the biggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sastacey7 Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Thank you for the input. I was thinking about ortho as well for the same reason, but I wonder where I could look for an ortho rotation that didn't focus on surgery but on other modalities of tx? Thoughts on that? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LT_Oneal_PAC Posted November 17, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2012 You could find a clinic, ask to do more ER consults, ect. I doubt that if you asked to be more involved in the clinic realm they would bothered by that. Probably don't want you slowing down their schedule anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrumm Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 There are definitely ortho rotations out there without OR time. (Though that's really fun...) Perhaps a sports medicine clinic. They often end up with arthritis and other chronic stuff in addition to the torn ACLs and menisci, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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