Student X Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Any suggestions for good anesthesia electives across the country? Anyone had good or not-so-good experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krgregg Posted December 29, 2010 Report Share Posted December 29, 2010 haven't really heard about a bad rotation. i had great ones at UBC, UofA and Calgary - come prepared, be keen, and you should have a great experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olecranon Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 any suggestions for 4th year electives after anesthesia? seems like everybody does ICU but the ICU elective at UBC isn't very good I hear. I'm guessing any CCU, respirology electives would be good...anything else? And i haven't had success in other threads but does anybody know what type of scenarios are asked during interviews? are they ethical or OR based or just totally random? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCmed09 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I actually had an awesome UBC ICU rotation as a 4th year med student. Tons of procedures, great teaching. No complaints at all really. As for anesthesia electives, I can also vouch for having a great experience at UBC and U of C (Foothills is great if you can get it). Respirology and CCU might be other electives to consider. Cheers, UBCmed09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olecranon Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 can i ask which site you did your ICU elective? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABMD Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I actually had an awesome UBC ICU rotation as a 4th year med student. Tons of procedures, great teaching. No complaints at all really. As for anesthesia electives, I can also vouch for having a great experience at UBC and U of C (Foothills is great if you can get it). Respirology and CCU might be other electives to consider. Cheers, UBCmed09 I'm wondering if during your U of C Foothills elective whether you were with a couple preceptors, or someone new everyday. If you get a new preceptor everyday is it hard to get letters for CaRMS? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCmed09 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Was at Royal Columbian Hospital for my UBC elective. At Foothills, generally with a new staff each day but scheduling was done by one of the senior residents and so just sent them an email if I was hoping to work another day with anyone in particular. I found 2 good days was sufficient to ask for a letter. Hope that helps, UBCmed09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olecranon Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 thanks ubcmed09! Are you an anesthesia resident now? If so how have you liked it so far? I really liked anesthesia as a clerk but i'm not sure if i can commit myself to a 5 year residency...looking for some insight! Also can you shed some light on whether all gas interviews are scenario based like ubc? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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