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Physician ID:

246

Hours:

Monday 1 to 4 PM; Tuesday 8:30 AM to 3 PM; Wednesday 9 AM to Noon; Thursday 8:30 AM to 3 PM; Friday 9 AM to Noon

Hours have been provided by the preceptor. Hours are subject to change at the preceptor’s discretion, but the minimum total hours will remain approximately the same.

Location: Houston

This inpatient and outpatient US clinical experience will take place 15 miles apart. There are two locations - one 10 minutes west of downtown and the other 20 minutes east of downtown Houston. Rotators will be responsible for their own transportation between the locations.

Inpatient/Outpatient US Clinical Experience in Radiology in Houston

Specialties: Radiology

Location: Houston

Price:

Hospital Letterhead: Yes

Faculty Appointment: No

Information about this clinical experience:

This is a combined inpatient and outpatient experience during which you will be under the supervision of a board-certified radiologist. The preceptor holds staff appointments at River Oaks Hospital, Advanced Diagnostics East Hospital, Cornerstone Hospital, and Nexus Hospital. Sixty percent of the time will be spent in the care of patients undergoing procedures. The remaining time will be spent seeing patients in the interventional radiology clinic.

During your experience, you will learn the following U.S. medical practices under the preceptor’s supervision:

Taking patient histories.
Performing physical exams under the physician's supervision.
Presenting patients.
Entering progress notes
Have opportunities to research the literature to answer clinical questions at the point of care.
Being involved in patient education.
Giving talks about topics to the team.
Spending time with other healthcare professionals to understand their roles and responsibilities.

The activities above will mostly take place in the outpatient setting. As a result of hospital policies, inpatient activities will be more observational.

Please note that some of your time may be spent with a nurse practitioner specialized in performing radiologic procedures.

Who should consider this rotation:

International medical graduates (IMGs) and students seeking US clinical experience in Radiology.

How to obtain a letter of recommendation:

The rotator should ask the preceptor for a LOR near the conclusion of the rotation. Dr. Desai has provided the physician with guidelines about best practices in letter writing that meet residency program requirements. In some cases, the preceptor may ask the rotator to write a letter of recommendation draft.

During the rotation:

Testimonials

My key learning during the rotation with Dr. X was that the most important thing in becoming successful as a doctor is not necessarily choosing a “prestigious” or “high income” medical field but to be open and truly passionate about what you do, which will ultimately lead to good doctor patient relationships and patients that actually take your medical advice serious. Honestly nephrology was not my most liked rotation during medical school but the doctor made it look so easy and actually very interesting by challenging me regularly with good questions and subjects to look up which we encountered during clinic or in the hospitals...This rotation also gave me a lot of hands on experience outpatient but inpatient as well! Seeing patients everyday in the hospital by myself, checking notes from other consultants and writing the progress notes has given me more confidence in managing tasks that I will be doing during residency and of course later as an attending. Dr. X gives students a lot of autonomy and trust and is also very approachable as a person which makes the working climate very pleasant.