Another residency

[vroomevo]

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Hello.
i want to finish my medicine residency and want to apply for the surgery residency.
is this possible? do i have better chance of getting into surgery program?

 

[Top Gun]

You want to do another five years of residency after already finishing three?
Damn! I thought one residency would be enough.
It is possible though. As I previously mentioned on this forum, I knew a surgical intern who had already done a PM&R residency and had been an attending in that field before she decided to go back and do a surgical residency. I guess she just really loved surgery.

 

[yaah]

Hello.
i want to finish my medicine residency and want to apply for the surgery residency.
is this possible? do i have better chance of getting into surgery program?

It is possible. The major question is why. This isn't a TV sitcom, you don't do both. Pick one.

 

[radonc]

It is possible. The major question is why. This isn't a TV sitcom, you don't do both. Pick one.

it doesnt really matter why he wants to do it...it just matters that he can show why he wants to be a surgeon.

go for it!

 

[vroomevo]

it doesnt really matter why he wants to do it...it just matters that he can show why he wants to be a surgeon.

go for it!

i knew this was coming. everyone around me is like...😱😱😱

but hey!! you got to at least try what you really wanna do. I still miss being in OR, scrubbed, miss the smell of bovies...
i don't miss being on call at all but...i really miss real surgical procedure, not like endoscope/chest tube/lines in some medicine subspecialties.

 

[jjbmsiv]

Please, get a real job. This smacks of the career college grad aquiring various bachelor's degrees with no job experience, except on a much higher (and puzzling) level. You have loans to pay off, right? And also, doesn't Medicaid/are have a cap on how many PGY years they will reimburse your residency program for training you, meaning you could spend your last few years without pay?

Time to leave the nest and fly, baby.

 

[Top Gun]

i knew this was coming. everyone around me is like...😱😱😱

but hey!! you got to at least try what you really wanna do. I still miss being in OR, scrubbed, miss the smell of bovies...
i don't miss being on call at all but...i really miss real surgical procedure, not like endoscope/chest tube/lines in some medicine subspecialties.

Just curious. If you really love the OR that much, why didn't you go for surgery the first time? Did the lifestyle of a surgeon turn you off? Was it the long period of training needed to become a surgeon?

 

[fever]

hey Op. I think you are free to do what ever the heck you want to do with your life as long as you are happy. have you ever though of doing one of the more surgical type subspecialties in medicine. There are many to choose from i'm sure. i'd say you have a stronger case going that route...

 

[exPCM]

Basically, Medicare typically does not fully reimburse a hospital for a resident doing a second residency. A hospital usually only gets 50% of the reimbursement for a second residency. This means that very very few hospitals will accept a resident for a second residency, especially when there is an almost endless supply of FMGs wanting to do a first residency for which the hospital will receive 100% reimbursement. The link below explains the situation in more detail.

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/16/repga99.doc

 

[vroomevo]

Basically, Medicare typically does not fully reimburse a hospital for a resident doing a second residency. A hospital usually only gets 50% of the reimbursement for a second residency. This means that very very few hospitals will accept a resident for a second residency, especially when there is an almost endless supply of FMGs wanting to do a first residency for which the hospital will receive 100% reimbursement. The link below explains the situation in more detail.

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/16/repga99.doc

ha...i c...
well, i don't have any school loan to pay off, hopefully my wife will make more when she is done with her residency to.
i guess it's all upto the program since they only get 50% of residency training funds.
maybe better change with bigger program?