jobs with only 6 mohths of residency

I'm afraid that there is no good news awaiting you.

1) to practice medicine, whether moonlighting, working in a rural setting, or any other environment, does not technically require completion of residency (except it appears in South Dakota);

2) however, to practice medicine in any environment requires that you be eligible for a medical license;

3) as you can see here http://www.fsmb.org/usmle_eliinitial.html all states require a minimum of 1 year of post graduate training (i.e., residency) for American medical school graduates to be eligible for a license and most require additional training (up to 3 years) for foreign grads

I am unclear as to whether your 6 months of training with a SPEX score would make you eligible in the US Virgin Islands.

There are many threads here on SDN about clinical opportunities for those who have not completed residency; the options are not great. Your best bet may be to find another position such as the one you held.

aProgDirector said:

To add to your troubles, it's not clear that hiring you as a "physician's assistant" was legal in the first place, so I don't see getting a similar job in another practice as likely.

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Although your best bet, legit or not, might be to talk to this retiring doctor and see if he has any friends who might be interested in hiring you as an assistant? Who is taking over this guys patients?

I would like to ask this question and wonder how it may be related to this threat.
define "physician re-entry into the workforce following an extended period of clinical inactivity"? define duration,

MD forever said:

I would like to ask this question and wonder how it may be related to this threat.
define "physician re-entry into the workforce following an extended period of clinical inactivity"? define duration,

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Your question has nothing to do with this threaD. The OP never completed enough residency to become licensed, so he never entered the workforce as a physician. Thus he cannot "reenter" something he has never entered, and without a license he can't be a physician. There are rules in terms of maintaining licensure and CME and re-certification, which vary from state to state that might be relevant to what you are asking, but not what the OP is asking. Best to ask your state licensing board if you intend to leave the workforce but want to maintain your license.