guide to electives
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Guide to Electives. Michal Wojtysko ASG 4 th Year Rep February 2004. Getting started. Setting up electives can be an easy 3 step process: STEP 1 – Research STEP 2 – Doing the paperwork STEP 3 – Sending the material out. STEP 1 – Research. ASG provides the list of past electives - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Guide to Electives
Michal Wojtysko
ASG 4th Year RepFebruary 2004
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Getting started
• Setting up electives can be an easy 3 step process:– STEP 1 – Research – STEP 2 – Doing the paperwork– STEP 3 – Sending the material out
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STEP 1 – Research
• ASG provides the list of past electives
• Go to medical school near your home
• Go to AAMC.COM and follow link to site with all US and Canadian Medical School– Categorized by state
• Talk to upperclassman
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STEP 1
Things to consider:1. DO THEY TAKE FOREIGN STUDENTS?1. DO THEY TAKE FOREIGN STUDENTS? 2. Location
- where you are going to live- how will you get there
3. Cost - how much does the elective cost- Expenses : transportation, housing, food, gas,
utilities, etc.
4. Time/Schedule- What is the limit of time spent at institution- will you have enough time to get from one rotation
to the next (if schedule available)
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STEP 1
What to do IF:1. Do not take foreign medical students?
- Do not take NONO for an answer- email/call ask why- Try to find a sponsor at whose department
you can do rotation (especially if you know someone at the hospital)
2. No information about elective criteria?- email or call and find out.
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STEP 1
• Narrow down your possibilities to 4 or 5 different institutions
• Last part …EMAIL and ASK for the material– You might have to have it sent to your
house…US/Canadian address.– Some schools offer all the applications
online
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STEP 2 - Paperwork
• It will involve:– getting material from Dean’s office– getting your medical records– getting medical tests– asking for a number of letters
• Watch out for application deadlines!Watch out for application deadlines!(Some places have them, others do not)(Some places have them, others do not)
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STEP 2
What you will need:
1. Transcript from Dean’s Office
2. Letter of “Good Standing” from Dean or Vice Dean
3. Vaccination proof and/or Titers
4. Malpractice Proof
5. USMLE Step 1
6. Letter of Recommendation (s)
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STEP 2 - Transcripts
• Official transcripts with all completed Basic Sciences and Core Clinical Rotations.– PROBLEM !PROBLEM ! You are in the middle of you rotations– Solution – make sure Dean’s office puts down “pending”
for clinics which you are in or still have to do.• Internal Medicine/SurgeryInternal Medicine/Surgery
• PsychiatryPsychiatry
• Family MedicineFamily Medicine
Would get transcript as late as possible
Might have resubmit to the Elective institution a full completed transcript before starting
• Make sure that you have all grades and credits Make sure that you have all grades and credits from Basic Sciences!from Basic Sciences!
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STEP 2 – Letter
• Obtain letter of “Good Standing”– What is it?
• Nothing more than a letter that you have not killed anyone here, that you are up to date with all your work, and you are mentally stable
– Who writes it?• Dean or Vice Dean should write it
– What if they don’t have it?• You write one, have them read it, and they will sign it.
– How many?• Get enough copies with original signatures as you
have applications
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STEP 2 – Medical Proof
• You will be asked to provide proof of the following vaccination or exposures to:– PolioPolio– MMRMMR– DPT and last Tetanus boosterDPT and last Tetanus booster– Hepatitis BHepatitis B– Hepatitis CHepatitis C– VaricellaVaricella– TBTB– Pneumococcal VaccinationPneumococcal Vaccination
• You might have to provide Titers for someYou might have to provide Titers for some
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STEP 2 – Medical Records
• Do I need titers:Do I need titers:– YES…it is a definitive way of showing proof that
you have been immunized and that you are not infectious now
• Where to get it?Where to get it?– ASG website has the map posted with
directions how to get there
• How much is it?How much is it?– It will cost you about 300 zloty to get the
following:• Rubella Ig, Varicella Ig, HBV Ig, HBV Ag, HCV IgRubella Ig, Varicella Ig, HBV Ig, HBV Ag, HCV Ig
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STEP 2 – Medical Records
TB – you will have to be testedTB – you will have to be tested• Where?Where?
– You can do it at Pulmonology and the cost is 25 zloty
• When?When?
• What about BCG?What about BCG?– They do not care…you still need to be tested. – You will also need to have CXR and if you are lucky they
will even write the results in English
PPD given Result read
Monday Thursday
Tuesday Friday
Friday Monday
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STEP 2 - Malpractice
• Available at the Dean’s office at your request.
• If not there, email the New York Office and have them Fax over a copy with your name on it either to– Dean’s office– ASG office (+48-61) 869-4450
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STEP 2 – other material
• Other things they can request:– STEP 1 resultsSTEP 1 results – if you haven’t taken it,
but you are planning on it, then hold off with application until you can deliver the scores, but REMEMBER ABOUT DATESREMEMBER ABOUT DATES
– Letters of RecommendationLetters of Recommendation • Additional proof to the school that you are not
an absolute idiot • You should be also collecting them for your
ERAS/MATCH
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STEP 3 – Sending application
• Check and recheck your application• Attach application fee
– US currency (check/money order) or Canadian currency depending where you are doing your elective
– Money orders can be obtained on Fredry near the Okronglak (round building) at Western Union
– Send applications home and have your parents attach checks
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STEP 3 – Sending application
• Before sending application– Inquire if rotation is still open – Get in touch with institution and ask if
they can reserve the particular rotation that you are interested in
– Check deadlines to see when you can send it in.
• If everything is OK…SEND IT!If everything is OK…SEND IT!
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After sending Application
• Remember it takes a good week for mail to arrive to the US/Canada
• You should get a written response within a month. If you do not…EMAIL or CALL
• If they did not receive your application, ask if you can fax it to them and deliver official version at a later date.
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Arrival of Letter
• IF you are approvedIF you are approved…You are done. You now only have to worry about getting there.
• IF you are IF you are NOTNOT approved approved…Call them– Ask why– If rotation booked…your alternatives are:
• Change date (if possible)• Change to a different rotation• Try to pick up a rotation at the other
institution that you have applied to
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Time Line
• January• February• March • April• May• June• July• August• September
• STEP 1
• STEP 2
• STEP 3
• You should be in electives !
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Conclusion
• Start early and you should have no Start early and you should have no problems!problems!
• If you are planning on doing electives in the Spring the same deadlines may apply to you (check with the medical school)
• If you are the ”last minute” ”last minute” type, you too can get an elective.
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