1. One students Perspective of Med 3 …Scheduling, Boards, Hospital, Call, Rounds, Presentations, Career, Letters, Interviews, Match, Doctor?

2. Disclaimer The following slides were made and edited by Students, not faculty! The content is meant to give a general feeling for each of the rotations. For accurate information on requirements, expectations, grading, etc. for a given clerkship, read the information received from that clerkship. If any of the information here conflicts with information from the clerkship – go with the clerkship! You’ll receive ample instruction about expectations and the most current information during an orientation that takes place at the beginning of each clerkship.

5. What is life like on rotations?

8. Both? OB/GYN

10. OB – There are a lot of pelvic surgeries done on your months. You get a feel for the OR (where to stand, how not to get yelled at, learn to tie knots)

12. 1) Consider doing PEDs before – Children’s is a great Hospital, you’ll learn to do H&P’s, manage less complicated patients – unless you want to do PEDs, than you could switch those

14. Also Medicine would help prior

16. September/October – football season

17. November/December – shortest rotations

18. January/February – grind

19. March/April – What about 4th YEAR?!!

21. You’ll get an orientation, but previous students have:

22. Pre-round on your patients

23. Vitals!

24. Scrub in/assist on cases

26. Very different than most other rotations

27. Patients identified by operation type and how many days ago it was. Ex – Mr Smith is a 75 y/o male POD3 s/p partial sigmoid colectomy with anastamosis.

28. May get a few questions on rounds, most are in the OR

30. Usually left between 5-6, however not every service is like this

31. Call

32. 4 calls in two months

33. Cover all traumas, any emergent surgeries, H&P’s

35. Arrive at 6:30-7 AM

36. Pre round for an hour on your own patients

37. Round with residents until 9:30ish

39. Know everything about your patient

40. Too much info the first few days until you get a feel for how much is appropriate.

41. Be attentive, ask questions, learn the physical exam

43. For Learning – you do not need to know the answer to every question

44. Differential and plan – only gets easier as the year goes on

46. Also service and time dependent – 5:30 usually?

47. Read about your patients

48. Call

49. 4 Calls in two months

51. Arrive around 7AM

52. Pre-round, write notes, round again

53. Lots of lectures at Children’s

54. You’ll likely receive lots of teaching

55. Leave between 4-6 (service/resident dependent)

56. Call is 4 short calls per MONTH – leave at 9 or so?

58. Arrive 7-8 AM

59. Round and discuss

60. Leave usually before 5

61. Short calls

63. Arrive by 6AM

64. Pre round

65. Round with attending

66. Scrub in on cases, deliver babies

67. Home by 5

68. Call is site dependent

69. Oral exam and shelf

71. Arrive 8-8:30

72. See patient, present patient, see patient again

73. Do this 15 times

74. Go home at 4-5

75. No call

77. How to talk to patients

78. Procedures

79. Comfortable with managing simple things

80. Writing notes and orders

81. CXR and EKG

83. Pay attention to the syllabus

84. Study for the shelf (1 hour a day?)

85. “Learn how you learn”

87. Play well with others

88. Make your resident or intern’s life easier by contibuting

90. Away rotations

91. Everything else

92. Interview

93. Rank

95. Many students don’t worry about it right now

96. Use this year to figure out what you want to do

97. If you have a great rotation, OK get one

99. Work hard

100. This is the most rewarding year of med school

101. Get to know your patients