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AshB
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12.02.07 (10 months ago)
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| dr_2k7 wrote: |
Thank U Ash B
But how can I email program coordinators etc?
How will I know them? |
Search the websites for information. I'll try to post more lists of programs that are known to offer such experience but it needs a lot of time which i dnt have right now. Still, i'll try.
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12.02.07 (10 months ago)
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Hi,
I have few Qs.Please give a response.
1, Can i do observership/ externship in one and try for another residency programme like doing observership/externship in internal medicine and applying for pediatrics.
2,I have heard like doing externship in teaching hospitals have more weightage than others, is it true?
3, How can we approach them? Are those mentioned high funded hospitals the teaching ones?
4, I hav heard like there r paid externship options? Is it true n how worth is it?
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12.02.07 (10 months ago)
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| lansfield wrote: |
Hi,
I have few Qs.Please give a response.
1, Can i do observership/ externship in one and try for another residency programme like doing observership/externship in internal medicine and applying for pediatrics.
2,I have heard like doing externship in teaching hospitals have more weightage than others, is it true?
3, How can we approach them? Are those mentioned high funded hospitals the teaching ones?
4, I hav heard like there r paid externship options? Is it true n how worth is it? |
1. Yes, its better if its in the same branch but not very important
2. Yes]
3, Read the thread.. its been mentiones
4. There are reports of them being very expensive and scam at times but i also know people who are satisfied with it. So i can't comment about it. Anybody with exprience with them, please comment.
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12.08.07 (10 months ago)
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Is malpractice insurance a must for externship?
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12.08.07 (10 months ago)
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| lansfield wrote: |
| Is malpractice insurance a must for externship? |
Ideally yes, for an 'Externship' but nor for an 'Observership'.
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12.09.07 (10 months ago)
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Thanks tinkerbell and ashB. That was good info.
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12.09.07 (10 months ago)
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Thanks AshB for ur prompt response.
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12.20.07 (10 months ago)
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if obvserverships are so hard to get, then externships must be worse..right?
does anyone know how exactly one should judge a particular paid externship program(to know if its a scam or real)
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12.21.07 (9 months ago)
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| itsjusnobody wrote: |
if obvserverships are so hard to get, then externships must be worse..right?
does anyone know how exactly one should judge a particular paid externship program(to know if its a scam or real) |
There is no way out.
Meet them personally in USA. DONOT pay them online.
@Ash B
I think we should start our own paid Externship Program and make money. I can assure you that we will earn more than what we would be earning after Residency.
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12.22.07 (9 months ago)
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| itsjusnobody wrote: |
if obvserverships are so hard to get, then externships must be worse..right?
does anyone know how exactly one should judge a particular paid externship program(to know if its a scam or real) |
There is no way out.
Meet them personally in USA. DONOT pay them online.
@Ash B
I think we should start our own paid Externship Program and make money. I can assure you that we will earn more than what we would be earning after Residency. |
Usually hospitals and Universities only provide Observerships to graduates. Externships are usually provided by private practitioners or these paid sites which charge anywhere from $350 to $500 per week plus more in the name of registration, insurance etc. If you have the dough, the paid ones are not difficult.
I have come across a few people who did such externships and there experiences have been less than pleasant. Some of the attendings are IMGs themselves and sometimes they don't treat us well. Sometimes they make you work like an ass. Sometimes the places where the attending practices is such terrain that its impossible to find housing there. My friend went to Texas for such a paid externship and discovered that either he had to stay in a hotel near the clinic for the whole month at $80 a night or stay at a cheaper place far away and rent a car (fortunately he had a Canadian license which is valid here) which again is very expensive. After a couple of days a nurse at the clinic, who stayed near his room, pitied him and offered to drive him everyday to and from work.
So best is to talk to somebody who has done such an externship, before going because you never know. Apart from this there is no way to determine the quality of such program.
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