Cheesehead Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 Hi Everybody! I've generally heard that for competitive residency programs, doing an elective at a given school increases your chances of being accepted. I was just wondering how rural electives, such as electives organized through ROMP, would be viewed for the purposes of CaRMS. As much as I would love to do a rural elective, I don't want to spend a valuable block of time if it does not actually increase my CaRMS competitiveness at any school... Any advice? -Cheesehead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 It's useful to think of *why* a local elective helps for competitive residency. Usually this is because they have a chance to gather more information about you in person than is possible through the CaRMS paper application + brief interview. You may be able to make some connections/get a letter from someone known to the program. It also allows you to demonstrate sincere interest in a program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerroger Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 I did a ROMP elective back in the day. It solidified my desire to never go rural. It was useless for CaRMS with the exception of giving me expirences to talk about for staying in urban locations. So maybe some unexpected and limited usefulness for some specialities and locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F508 Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Why did you hate rural so much Rogerroger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 On October 17, 2017 at 11:40 PM, peede said: Why did you hate rural so much Rogerroger? I'm a rural surgical specialist. Very rural by Ontario standards. I don't mind it but it can be busy with there only being a small number in my group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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