Now is the time that many third year medical students are starting their sub-internships. Here are some quick tips on how to succeed:
1. Read before starting your rotation. You don’t have to be ready for board-certification but knowing something about the field from the beginning will impress.
2. Be on time and eager.
3. Don’t be annoying. No one likes a gunner.
4. Consider teaming up with an attending to write a case report if you’re involved in an interesting case.
5. Don’t complain at the hospital. At home you can punch your pillow or cry to your significant other, but at the hospital be cheerful.
6. Attend optional events (if invited) – conferences, morbidity and mortality, luncheons, grand rounds.
7. Be nice to everyone a) because it’s the right thing to do and b) because you never know if you might run into someone again.
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