Yay for your final project. :P I'm amused how there's so much out there about it.
Just my two cents on the last part: I personally would not do option 1. You're talking about taking two elective rotations, that are meant for you to gain experience as a doctor, and taking classes instead. Medicine is about experience far more than it is about classes- you won't learn anywhere near everything you need to know from your first 3 years of med school. The less experience you get in your fourth year, the less prepared you will be for residency and also less likely to -get- your top choice residency. Also, are rotations 2 months each? Because if you're talking about taking classes, you would need four months' worth, right? That is a -lot- of time to spend not working as a doctor. Also, if med school residencies are anything like pharmacy residencies, you can't defer them by half a year. They all start on the same day and they're year-long programs.
You mis-interpret. I'd be taking 2 elective rotations AND classes at UM SPH. My rotations would be clinical rotations at the UM hospital, and I'd be taking classes on top of that. So let's say, I do an elective endocrinology and elective oncology rotation at UM. While I'm doing that, I'm also taking SPH classes. So I'm not using my rotations to take classes. That'd be silly.
It appears that the elective rotations in the 4th year are 1 month each. And I also get 2 vacations (also 1 month each). So I'd need a total of 2 rotations and both vacations for this. I can also rearrange the elective rotations and the vacations into any order (theoretically).
Okay, that makes much more sense. I'm glad it's not what I thought it was! That would just be a crazy two months- classes -and- rotations. But I bet you could handle it. :P
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Just my two cents on the last part: I personally would not do option 1. You're talking about taking two elective rotations, that are meant for you to gain experience as a doctor, and taking classes instead. Medicine is about experience far more than it is about classes- you won't learn anywhere near everything you need to know from your first 3 years of med school. The less experience you get in your fourth year, the less prepared you will be for residency and also less likely to -get- your top choice residency. Also, are rotations 2 months each? Because if you're talking about taking classes, you would need four months' worth, right? That is a -lot- of time to spend not working as a doctor. Also, if med school residencies are anything like pharmacy residencies, you can't defer them by half a year. They all start on the same day and they're year-long programs.
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It appears that the elective rotations in the 4th year are 1 month each. And I also get 2 vacations (also 1 month each). So I'd need a total of 2 rotations and both vacations for this. I can also rearrange the elective rotations and the vacations into any order (theoretically).
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