Hey guys, so I've been talking with some of the FM residents at my institution, and they've told me that more than half of them have employment contracts already. Ok, that's cool, but some of them said they signed them as 3rd and 4th year medical students! Has anyone else heard of this happening? I can't find any information on this through google, so I'm not sure if it's unique to my corner of the country or if this is normal.
Anyway, it sounds like a pretty sweet gig, they're getting a stipend and their loans paid off all through residency, with a 3-4 year commitment afterwards. It's not through the NHSC, it's through individual hospitals that apparently they just cold-called or emailed and expressed their interest for. Is this normal?? Have any of you done this or know of people who have?
Anyway, it sounds like a pretty sweet gig, they're getting a stipend and their loans paid off all through residency, with a 3-4 year commitment afterwards. It's not through the NHSC, it's through individual hospitals that apparently they just cold-called or emailed and expressed their interest for. Is this normal?? Have any of you done this or know of people who have?