costar Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Hey Guys, I just heard from some residents that people do fail rotations and need to do extra make up work. So my question for the Rads PGY1-5s is: 1) how often do people fail rotations? 2) what are some tough rotations that people fail? 3) how much make up time is usually required? 4) I just went to a graduation and everyone finished on time, how are people finishing if the have to do make up time? 5) what are the consequences? ie fail two and get held back a year? fail two and get kicked out? Did you guys get a syllabus when you started on expectations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 I think this question is quite program- and resident- dependent. Generally people who match successfully are already bright and motivated - combined with the excellent teaching, feedback, and supports in our program, this makes rotation failure extremely rare here. Policies will be program- and school- dependent to some extent as well - you would have to complete the failed rotation successfully to proceed. Although people do write exams and graduate on time, they may stay a few months into the fall to make up the time - that may be what happened, although a certain amount of time may be forgiven as well (I have heard of this in cases of parental/personal leave, not failure). All programs have rotation objectives as per Royal College accreditation requirements. All schools also have guidelines for remediation and failure, but hopefully you will never need to become familiar with them. If you're not getting adequate feedback, you must seek it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeowsoft Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 At our program I heard that we started having anatomy exams for the 2nd years. There is more of a move these days towards standardized testing in every year. What are your guys' experiences? Hey Lactic Folly, does your program require standardized testing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Pre-call exam for PGY-2s - I think most programs across Canada participate in this. ACR In-Training Exam - again, most, if not all, programs will have their residents write this. Those are the main ones I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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