How can we graduate early from neurology residency?
Where can I find the requirements for early graduation?
Where can I find the requirements for early graduation?
How can we graduate early from neurology residency?
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If you just add on an extra class each semester and do summer school, you can do it. Wait, what?
In theory, IN THEORY, you could remove all of your elective time every year, start your PGY3 and PGY4 responsibilities early off-cycle, and finish several months early having completed all of your residency requirements. Never seen that happen. Not sure why anyone would want to do that, or why anyone would want to do the horrendous amount of work to facilitate you doing that.
What you could do is convince all of your PGY4 classmates to let you stack up your year, such that you'd have a few extra months in a row of elective time at the end of PGY4, provided that you go to a very frontloaded program that fulfilled all of your other requirements earlier on. I've seen that happen for a couple of people with R25 projects or those who wanted to start their K08/K23 a bit early.
Are you thinking that there is some sort of analogue to early IM residency completion for those pursuing fellowships? Nope.
It's the only training you're going to get, and you'll still feel unprepared at the end. Savor it. Trying to rush it seems like a bad sign.
In theory, IN THEORY, you could remove all of your elective time every year, start your PGY3 and PGY4 responsibilities early off-cycle, and finish several months early having completed all of your residency requirements. Never seen that happen. Not sure why anyone would want to do that, or why anyone would want to do the horrendous amount of work to facilitate you doing that.
What you could do is convince all of your PGY4 classmates to let you stack up your year, such that you'd have a few extra months in a row of elective time at the end of PGY4, provided that you go to a very frontloaded program that fulfilled all of your other requirements earlier on. I've seen that happen for a couple of people with R25 projects or those who wanted to start their K08/K23 a bit early.
Are you thinking that there is some sort of analogue to early IM residency completion for those pursuing fellowships? Nope.
It's the only training you're going to get, and you'll still feel unprepared at the end. Savor it. Trying to rush it seems like a bad sign.
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I should note that you won't be able to sit for the boards any earlier in the situation where you complete your required rotations early. You still formally graduate with your class. See: http://www.abpn.com/faqs/
You're specifically forbidden from using vacation or leave time to shorten the duration of training.
ACGME neurology residency requirements: http://www.acgme.org/portals/0/pfassets/programrequirements/180_neurology_2016.pdf
You're specifically forbidden from using vacation or leave time to shorten the duration of training.
ACGME neurology residency requirements: http://www.acgme.org/portals/0/pfassets/programrequirements/180_neurology_2016.pdf
Thanks for your help! By the way:
1. Do the six months of inpatient have to be general neurology or can other inpatient rotations (such as stroke and video EEG) count towards this requirement?
2. For the six months of outpatient experience in clinical adult neurology, does it have to be general neurology clinic or can rotations in outpatient subspecialities of neurology count?
3. If we use an elective to take a requirement, such as clinic or psychiatry, can we use that towards both our psych and elective requirement?
1. Do the six months of inpatient have to be general neurology or can other inpatient rotations (such as stroke and video EEG) count towards this requirement?
2. For the six months of outpatient experience in clinical adult neurology, does it have to be general neurology clinic or can rotations in outpatient subspecialities of neurology count?
3. If we use an elective to take a requirement, such as clinic or psychiatry, can we use that towards both our psych and elective requirement?
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