cssbones OSRR Newbie Posts: 3 (2/18/02 12:25:45 pm) Reply radiology elective in 4th year? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm currently planning my 4th year clerkships and was wondering if anyone took a radiology elective. All I've been able to find offered is general diagnostic radiology and no special musculoskeletal radiology. Is it useful or do you spend all day looking at chest x-rays? thanks OrthoDoc Orthopedic Surgeon Posts: 91 (2/18/02 1:01:10 pm) Reply Community Supporter Re: radiology elective in 4th year? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are looking for a lifestyle factor, I would take it, but you won't gain much out of it unless you really try to push the musculoskeletal stuff. It may be a good rotation to take when you are on the interview trail b/c there won't be any responsibilities and no senior internal medicine residents peaved about you missing half the rotation. If they have a dedicated musculoskeletal doc, try to work with him most of the time. bonedoc2be OSRR Fellow Posts: 109 (2/18/02 4:06:33 pm) Reply it worked great for me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I took it in Jan when i had 10 interviews and at least at my school it is totally a rotaiton where you can take off time to interview since you dont actually have patients you are following. Musculoskeletal was a part of it, but i suppose general does not hurt and you might actually use it you intern year. ========================