qszwdxefc Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 One of my close friends is getting married this fall and I really want to attend. Unfortunately it's on a Friday of one of my elective weeks. I already completed electives at the schools closest to her wedding and don't want to do any more there. I've combed through electives options and the ones I want to do will all require about an afternoon of travel to attend. Does anyone have thoughts/experiences about asking for an afternoon off so I could attend the wedding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralk Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 I ended up taking a full day off for a friend's wedding while on electives. Wasn't a problem and didn't impact my eval for the rotation (it ended up being a surprisingly strong one, actually). However, this was done during an elective in a specialty I wasn't applying for (a pure learning elective), and was done at my home school, both of which made things easier. I offered to help out with weekend rounding to make up for the lost day too (went in for a few hours only), which I think helped smooth things over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edict Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 20 hours ago, qszwdxefc said: One of my close friends is getting married this fall and I really want to attend. Unfortunately it's on a Friday of one of my elective weeks. I already completed electives at the schools closest to her wedding and don't want to do any more there. I've combed through electives options and the ones I want to do will all require about an afternoon of travel to attend. Does anyone have thoughts/experiences about asking for an afternoon off so I could attend the wedding? Which specialty is your elective in and are you interested in it as a specialty or interested in using a letter from that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qszwdxefc Posted March 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 48 minutes ago, Edict said: Which specialty is your elective in and are you interested in it as a specialty or interested in using a letter from that? Just applied so not sure of the specialty yet. Not in a specialty of interest (I want to do family) so most likely not using the letter unless I get along really well with the preceptor or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edict Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, qszwdxefc said: Just applied so not sure of the specialty yet. Not in a specialty of interest (I want to do family) so most likely not using the letter unless I get along really well with the preceptor or something. I see, in that case you can definitely take the afternoon off without any consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arztin Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Definitely take that day off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Histolytica Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Yes, not a big deal. Just tell them in advance you need the day off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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