Hematology

Location

Rush

# Weeks

4

Hours/week on site

31-40

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

1

Prerequisites

?

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

Very Flexible

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

no

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

no

Teaching hours/day

1-2

Teaching style

Patient rounds, Lecture given by resident or attending

Suggested reading/pocket contents

?

Structure of rotation

Team-based

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Long rounds but valuable teaching throughout.  Lots of downtime if you need to work on applications etc.

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

75-100%

# pts evaluated/day

0-2

Procedures

never

Typical day

10AM - 5PM.  Rounding depends on attending preference (morning or afternoon).  It is a consult service so you just take turns with the team seeing inpatient consults all day.  Daily afternoon attending lectures.  Pharm Rep lunch 1-2 times/wk.

Usefulness for any residency

4 of 5 stars

Usefulness for this residency

4 of 5 stars

Useful for other specialties

Medicine

Overall rating

4 of 5 stars

Recommended to other students

4 of 5 stars

Other comments

You get a lot of autonomy which is very satisfying.