hey can anyone share their experience at fiu??even the accomodation details if possible??i am an img.i have been accepted for a cardiology elective for month of april.
hey can anyone share their experience at fiu??even the accomodation details if possible??i am an img.i have been accepted for a cardiology elective for month of april.
can you please tell me before how many months did you apply there ?
i want to apply for July-august period so can i apply now ?
Please reply ASAP. Thank you.
Hi, I am an IMG and I will have internal medicine electives in Herbert wertheim college in May and June. Can anyone tell me how the program is like and Is anybody)) there in May and June? Maybe we can share accommodation together.
Hey everyone, I've seen a few posts about FIU electives and people searching for housing and such, but no one ever returns to share their experiences! Please, if you have the time share a brief summary about electives at FIU HWCM.
Hi! I will be applying for electives at HWCOM for Jan-March 2017.
I need help with the documents that need to be submitted. I tried emailing their office several times but ....
Their guidelines state that they need only your CV, Application form, Transcript, application fee receipt and a rotation agreement form.
Then their application form states that we need to attach our immunization records, malpractice insurance and health insurance proof and a security check. SO should I send all of that together?
Anyone who has rotated there, please help me with this....I'd realllyyy appreciate it.
Also how hard is it to get in? It's one of the veeeery few places that don't need step1 and I want to know my chances :/
Hi
Please share your experiences at FIU electives because there's one thread on this forum that says that the rotations are okay and not that good. I'd really appreciate if someone had feedback regarding HWCOM's electives....
Good luck everyone applying for electives/observerships
A quick question.. what if I apply to multiple hospitals and I get accepted for more than one? is it easy to choose one and cancel the other, is it usual to happen, or is it going to be a bad thing to do??
I feel it's better to apply at multiple to increase your chances, cuz you never know. But it's a costly affair since the application fees are really steep. If you have a killer CV and are sure you'll get in, maybe you can apply at just one place. But I think the timing would matter too, right? SInce they probably have like hundreds of students applying.....
Got selected at FIU for Cardiology and Emergency Medicine in the months of February and March 2017. Anyone else there during that period?
Also, has anyone cancelled their elective in the past? If so, how much of the tuition fee was returned?
I have also been selected for elective at HWCOM in Radiology in the month of March 2017. Could someone please tell about the amount of partial refunds they give? Also, if anyone wants to share accommodation?
They've mentioned that if the candidate cancels with more than two months to spare they'll refund more than 80 percent. I am guessing it would be closer to 90 percent. If it is within two months from the date of the elective they'll refund 80 percent.
As far as accommodation goes, I am looking for people to share it with. although I am still waiting to hear from Cornell and Sinai.
What other universities have you applied to? And how many months are you planning to go there for? Just one?
I'm waiting to hear from Cornell, Yale and UMass. But I know Cornell replies barely 2 months before your elective, and getting in is really difficult and UMass rarely accepts international students, so I might end up going to Miami after all. I only applied for 1 month (March). It's all I could afford. )
Please do inform me if you need to share accommodation in March.
Hi, I'm on the same boat here, I'll make sure to leave feedback here if i end up going there. I'm applying for Harvard as well (which in past years has accepted almost everyone it seems, but this could change this year) + Yale + Cleveland (I may be a little late for this one, since my step 1 results will only come it in the 24th of August) + UNC, so maybe I won't go.
I know what you mean. I was concerned about it as well. But many students have been there and done an elective, so I guess it isn't a problem. However, I don't think they give residencies there.
I got accepted at Yale as well for Radiation Oncology in No-Dec 2016. Should I accept it? The fees is staggering! (3500$) Also, I hear they don't give LORs. Could anyone answer my question - Yale or FIU?
Definitely Yale! No question about it. One of my friend did an elective at Yale, and he got Letters of Recommendation as well. Not a problem. If it is a monetary issues,then that is something that you will have to decide. But between Yale and FIU, go for Yale.
BTW you should really check with FIU whether or not they give LORs. I think they offer only assessments, that's what I've heard. But also since they don't have residents, the interns get to do a lot more, so I think you'd be able to learn so much. However if i had to decide between FIU and Yale, it'd be Yale, no doubt. Even though everyone knows it's paid, it looks better on your resume doesn't it? :/
You don't categorise Yale as "Paid" do you? Like yeah ofcourse you have to shell out money, and a lot of it but, with "Paid" we usually mean those private companies that work as a middle man and mediate your placement in a private setup.
Anyways Congrats for your acceptance. Just give it your best shot.
These LOR's are something that you need to earn. The university/the doctor for whom you work is not obligated to provide you with an LOR (there is an exception eg. UAB) instead you need to ask for it probably in the last week of your elective especially when you are sure that you have built up a healthy and a good relationship with the doctor.
Exactly. When we refer to "paid" experience we are referring to private companies that offer some clinical work with private doctors. The fees are quite high and the only IMGs who should consider this route are those that graduated without completing any electives through a University program. You have a chance of receiving a LOR from anywhere, you just need to work and prove yourself to the doctor who is in charge of you. Towards the end of the elective, just ask the doctor for a LOR.
Btw, Yale University has some strange rule that only IMGs who are NOT U.S. citizens can apply. That was the only thing stopping me from applying, unfortunately. Keep in mind that Yale is quite competitive, though. Also, although to most of you Yale "looks better," it isn't entirely correct to think that way. Here's why... The experience you achieve at your rotation is based on many factors. Some community hospital programs allow you to do more and at the end of the day, you need a LOR that stands out and shows how you worked and that you were excellent. I don't mean to say Yale isn't excellent, I just want everyone to understand that all these places (Alabama, Harvard, Yale, FIU, + many many more) charge thousands of dollars a month and it is up to you to make the most out of your elective experience. At the end of the day, does it really matter that you did an elective at "HARVARD?" (I truly believe their ridiculous tuition fee is because of their "name" and history)Your application will not be stating that you were a student of Harvard at any time, you are just rotating at one the affiliated hospitals. If you did a great job there and the doctor wrote you a personal LOR, excellent! You can get the same thing from any other place you decide to go to. We need to stop spreading false information to help each other out here. Thank you.
*By the way, I didn't mean to bash any program at all. Harvard was one of my options to apply to as well, but since I received an acceptance at FIU I decided to stick with that since I applied super early. If I wanted to apply to Harvard, I would need to cancel FIU a few days before the official acceptance at Harvard and lose way too much money. Always plan out your deadlines/cancellations to avoid this.
You can cancel around 60 days prior to starting, accept FIU if you did not receive any other acceptance. If you are waiting on others, that is your call and your decision. Good luck.
Hey guys this is about FIU, I would like to know where the drug screen and criminal background check is done. and do we have to send it after acceptance or before acceptance?
After you get accepted they send you an email containing the link to the background check website. But the drug screen, you're supposed to do it on your own. At least that is what I think. I did get accepted, but I still have to complete these formalities - the background check, drug screen and malpractice insurance.
Makes no point doing all of this along with your application it self. So, if you haven't received an acceptance from them, don't do it just yet. You probably will get accepted and you can do it after that.
After acceptance, you should probably contact them before sending an application, as the email they sent me had quite different instructions from the website. By the way, I won't be completing the elective there anymore, so sadly I will not be able to provide feedback.
you won't be completing!? okay I better call them up and ask regarding the forms.
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