Plastic Surgery Observership: Children's Hosp. Boston |
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So how many of ya'll are aiming for Plastic Surgery residency/fellowships 
in the United States ? Even if you were not planning the US and were interested in pursuing plastic surgery in other countries, an observership in the United States would certainly hold a lot of juice - and that too in a place like the ultra-prestigious Childrens Hospital of Boston which was Ranked 2nd In the United States by 2007 US News report for pediatrics.
Details for the plastic surgery observership:
Visa: IMGs need to do their own visas - so a visitors visa would work - in fact any visa would work as long as you don't violate the visa status. IMGs on F1/OPT visas elsewhere could do this during their summer break - hence apply during the Winter (spring) semester
Duration: More than a Month Permitted (Limited to observing three physcians total)
Application Procedure: There are two parts - Online part and the Paper part - BOTH need to be completed. Click here to goto Application Instructions
Fees: Not Mentioned, possibly no fees, but the scary living costs in Boston sound like high-fees themselves :-D
The website also says:
"In addition to shadowing day to day practices, observers may also be invited to watch surgical procedures. Observers may also have the opportunity to attend different conferences; as well as utilize all of the resources found in Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Libraries."
I don't like the flavor of the 'may also be' part in the statement above - after all isn't WATCHING SURGICAL PROCEDURES the highlight of a surgery Observership ? ;-) Of course, you should clarify this with them before hand...after all, you don't wanna only observe how the surgeons walk, talk and wend coffees off the machines ...hehe
in the United States ? Even if you were not planning the US and were interested in pursuing plastic surgery in other countries, an observership in the United States would certainly hold a lot of juice - and that too in a place like the ultra-prestigious Childrens Hospital of Boston which was Ranked 2nd In the United States by 2007 US News report for pediatrics.Details for the plastic surgery observership:
Visa: IMGs need to do their own visas - so a visitors visa would work - in fact any visa would work as long as you don't violate the visa status. IMGs on F1/OPT visas elsewhere could do this during their summer break - hence apply during the Winter (spring) semester
Duration: More than a Month Permitted (Limited to observing three physcians total)
Application Procedure: There are two parts - Online part and the Paper part - BOTH need to be completed. Click here to goto Application Instructions
Fees: Not Mentioned, possibly no fees, but the scary living costs in Boston sound like high-fees themselves :-D
The website also says:
"In addition to shadowing day to day practices, observers may also be invited to watch surgical procedures. Observers may also have the opportunity to attend different conferences; as well as utilize all of the resources found in Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Libraries."
I don't like the flavor of the 'may also be' part in the statement above - after all isn't WATCHING SURGICAL PROCEDURES the highlight of a surgery Observership ? ;-) Of course, you should clarify this with them before hand...after all, you don't wanna only observe how the surgeons walk, talk and wend coffees off the machines ...hehe
Labels: Observerships, Plastic Surgery
posted by Digitaldoc, MD at
2:25 PM
2 Comments:
btw.. only 5% non u.s medical grads acquired a plasic sx match in 2007.. according to nrmp data
Yup - big money and a great lifestyle is always competitive :)
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