Ok, so here’s a question:
My school has a ‘you can only miss 4 days per clerkship month’ policy
which makes scheduling interviews a pain. I’m currently scheduled
for an ICU month during the late Nov/early Dec timeframe (our months
don’t fall on calendar months) and still have 3 additional interviews to schedule with the other months being full.
My question: Should I keep the ICU month or cancel it and take
it as a vacation month to schedule the interviews? So far I’m
9 out of 10 for interviews/applications.
My thinking in scheduling the interview month was to lock Mr. Murphy
in a closet when he snuck up behind me and whispered in
my ear,“Ha, bonehead, your first month and first call night will
be ICU!!”…
Opinions?
I hate those policies!! Unfortunately, so that you have a chance to interview well, you will need the flexibility that the ICU rotation doesn’t give you. This is coming from someone who LOVES working in the ICU.