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Instructions for Rotation Change

Policy for Rotation Change Requests

Rationale: Off-service rotations go through a lot of work to ensure that there are the right number and mix of residents from different training programs that will support the requirements of patient care. A switch impacts this arrangement greatly and it is extremely difficult to secure additional core training rotations.
Core Selectives are treated the same as core rotations because:

They occur in the same places where core rotations are done and the same rationale in the above applies

Includes family medicine electives (urban and rural) and electives
Elective rotations cannot replace core rotations (e.g. a PGY1 resident does a ER elective and wants it to count towards core rotation of ER)
Residents will be bound by the choices that they rank as their electives. I.e., if a resident ranks obstetrics as their 8th choice on their elective list and they are matched to this 8th choice, this choice will not be changed by our office; the resident, however, can change this rotation through the usual procedures in place (see last bullet point)
Allow residents to rank a "resident choice” elective rotation. This means that the resident will assume full responsibility in organizing the elective. If the resident fails to organize the elective and has no rotation scheduled for the selective/elective month, he/she will have to take a no-pay leave for the month and make up the month at the end of the residency. This, of course, will affect end dates of residency program and licensure.
Residents do not need permission from Postgraduate Director to make elective rotation changes but they must follow proper procedures in making that change:

Rotations CANNOT be changed within 4 weeks of their start date
Fill out rotation change request form (available from our Postgraduate Program Coordinator)
Get release from scheduled rotation supervisor, get acceptance from desired rotation supervisor, and notifying our Postgraduate Program Coordinator of the change)