How was MS4?

 MS4 is very different in the structure to MS3, because now you have a choice of what electives you would like to do. At RUSM, a student is required to complete 36 weeks (of which 12 are Internal Medicine electives). I chose to do 9 of the 4-week electives to make it easier for me to keep track. Below are the names of the electives and at location I completed them at.

1. Infectious Disease, St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens (N.Y.)

2. Cardiovascular Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, Illinois 

3. Sub-Internship in Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y.

4. Radiology, Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y.

5. Cardiology, University of Miami Gordon Center in Miami, Florida 

6. Anesthesia, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Jamaica, Queens (N.Y.)

7. Sub-Internship in Medicine, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Jamaica, Queens (N.Y.)

8. Sub-Internship in Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Flushing, Queens (N.Y.)

9. Cardiac Care Unit/Cardiology, Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Flushing, Queens (N.Y.)

I loved N.Y. so much that majority of my rotations were at affiliated hospitals in the state of N.Y., and especially N.Y.C. (5 boroughs - Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan).

Dress-code for all of these were business casual, except for Anesthesia. 

You have the option of applying for a non-affiliate spot. At the time, I did not want to pay a application fee and wait to be accepted, so I only completed rotations at affiliated hospitals. In retrospect, I do recommend that if you are looking to apply to a residency program that you really want to be matched in, you should definitely get your foot in through the door by completing an elective rotation at that hospital (if you can also do cores there, that would be great, but with Ross, we are most likely placed depending on ranking programs in IMF and several other factors).

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