Hi doctor, when selecting an elective location, what is best for a student ?Academic hospitals, district hospitals or clinics.Also which departments are fundamental for a student to rotate in during an elective of 4 weeks?
I think it depends on your personal interests. You can use it as an opportunity to explore fields we're hardly exposed to like Labs, forensic, neurosurgery, plastics, nuclear medicine etc. You can also use it as an opportunity to get alot of practical experience e.g. clinics and district hospitals (pop insertion, drips, contraceptives device insertions and removals etc) you can cover a lot of basics with primary Healthcare knowledge like paeds (immunization, Road to health stuff, drugs), contraceptives (obs stuff, sti guidelines, prenatal care) or hiv (guidelines, drugs etc.). I found primary health care so valuable personally 🤗
You have become my big sis❤❤❤thanks I think the worse thing with Pharm is coming from med school knowing lorazepam and getting to hospital were people call it Ativan and now ingathi yenye into ongayaziyo🥹😂but with time we get used to these things
