Nuclear Medicine

Location

Rush

# Weeks

2

Hours/week on site

less than 20, 21-30

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

1

Prerequisites

none

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

I took no days off but another student took a day to take step 2

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, 3-4

Teaching style

attending/residents talked through the imaging studies as they read them, Morning report/Case conference

Suggested reading/pocket contents

No extra reading required.

Structure of rotation

there were 2 students and 1 attending, Team-based

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Morning sessions were spent with the nuclear medicine attending and one fellow, the afternoons with cardiology residents and a cardiology attending.  Attendings taught as they went through studies.

Dr. Ali is a great teacher.  Discussion is geared towards resident teaching, but he encourages questions from medical students.

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

0-25%

# pts evaluated/day

0-2, >10

Procedures

never, Once a week

Typical day

2-3 hours in the morning - mainly observing and listening to attending and fellow read bone scans, thallium scans, etc.  2-3 hrs in the afternoon - cardiology attending and fellows read stress tests - depending on the attending, amount of teaching varied

Very light days. start time: 8:30 finish time: 4:30 3-4 hours off for lunch

The day consists of sitting in the reading room with Dr. Ali and the residents. Cases are reviewed and discussed. A good learning atmosphere.

Usefulness for any residency

2 of 5 stars, 5 of 5

Usefulness for this residency

4-5 of 5 stars

Useful for other specialties

radiology, cardiology, medicine

Overall rating

4-5 of 5 stars

Recommended to other students

4-5 of 5 stars

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