lisamoreau (Student) The general advice is to request your strongest specialty's rotation at your most preferred site. For me that was internal medicine at a New York hospital I was seriously considering for residency.
mateoa (Student) to what lisamoreau (Student) said above. Talk to SGU upperclassmen about specific hospitals, not just cities. Hospital culture, teaching quality, and student treatment vary enormously even within the same city.
obis (Student) Don't overlook community hospitals. Some of the best clinical teaching I encountered was at a community hospital in New Jersey, not at the major academic centers everyone fights over.
aabubakar (Student) What obis (Student) said is pretty much where I landed too. Do your medicine and surgery rotations at sites with a strong residency presence. The residents teach you more day to day than attendings do.
jeremiah_ellis (Alumni) If you have a geographic preference for where you eventually want to practice, doing core rotations in that region helps in multiple ways. Local program directors start seeing your name before application season.
mwalker (Student) Building on what lisamoreau mentioned. Don't let the rotation scheduling process be passive. Reach out to the clinical office proactively, ask about availability at your preferred sites, and flag your interest early.
