IM electives

[Doctor_Strangelove]

Hey guys just had a question regarding internal medicine.

 

I believe I'm a pretty competitive applicant with good clerkship evals and I've just decided I want to apply to internal medicine. I think I will have decent LORs too. However, so far I only have two internal subspecialty electives and I was wondering if anyone has matched at any of the large IM programs with only 2 subspecialty electives and no CTU/ICU exposure.

Thanks

[A-Stark]

It's probably okay. What other electives do you have?

[igeorgex]

You did your core CTU I assume? Then you should get a letter from your staff from there. I don't know of any med schools that don't have a core CTU rotation in Canada...

[Doctor_Strangelove]

Yep I obviously had a core CTU rotation and did quite well (also will have a good letter from staff there). As far as electives go, I've done 2 electives in the realm of immunology x4 wks each (e.g. allergy/immuno, and rheumatology).

[A-Stark]

Well if you got letters from both of those electives plus CTU, you'll definitely be fine. Do you have any more IM rotations coming up?

[The Journey Man]

Hey guys just had a question regarding internal medicine.

 

I believe I'm a pretty competitive applicant with good clerkship evals and I've just decided I want to apply to internal medicine. I think I will have decent LORs too. However, so far I only have two internal subspecialty electives and I was wondering if anyone has matched at any of the large IM programs with only 2 subspecialty electives and no CTU/ICU exposure.

Thanks

 

If those LoR have some influence in the core program, than that should be good. Try to get one more elective in CTU but if you can't then apply broadly. IM is getting more competitive so make sure you apply everywhere.