Are there any jobs for physicians whose Board eligibility has expired/ are nolonger BE?

[Subihabi]

Looking for advice. I failed my IM Board exams three times because I didn't study enough because I am a mother of 4 and was working as a hospitalist to support my family ( my husband is a stay at home Dad). My board eligibility expired and now I am completing fellowship but cant sit my Nephrology boards because i haven't passed my IM boards. Not many jobs will hire a non board certified physician. ABIM states I have to re- do a year of IM residency inorder to re-establish my board eligibility. I thought my current fellowship training in an ACGME accredited institution would make me BE but ABIM says it has to be training in Internal Medicine. I am defeated. I can't imagine re-doing a year in residency.

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[rokshana]

Looking for advice. I failed my IM Board exams three times because I didn't study enough because I am a mother of 4 and was working as a hospitalist to support my family ( my husband is a stay at home Dad). My board eligibility expired and now I am completing fellowship but cant sit my Nephrology boards because i haven't passed my IM boards. Not many jobs will hire a non board certified physician. ABIM states I have to re- do a year of IM residency inorder to re-establish my board eligibility. I thought my current fellowship training in an ACGME accredited institution would make me BE but ABIM says it has to be training in Internal Medicine. I am defeated. I can't imagine re-doing a year in residency.

There isn’t much wiggle room on this...the only other thing would be to move to a state like Oklahoma, where board certification is not allowed to be considered for hospital privileges.

If you are still in fellowship, maybe you can see if the IM program there will let you do a year of residency...or see if there is a chief year opening somewhere.

and you will need to make passing your board THE priority... if you failed 3 times, would had to wait a year to take again, but that still should have left you 3 years of eligibility.

 

[DrMetal]

There isn’t much wiggle room on this...the only other thing would be to move to a state like Oklahoma, where board certification is not allowed to be considered for hospital privileges.

Is that true? What other states? Amen. More states should do that.

 

[rokshana]

Is that true? What other states? Amen. More states should do that.

So actually MOC, so not sure about initial certification.

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[chessknt]

Looking for advice. I failed my IM Board exams three times because I didn't study enough because I am a mother of 4 and was working as a hospitalist to support my family ( my husband is a stay at home Dad). My board eligibility expired and now I am completing fellowship but cant sit my Nephrology boards because i haven't passed my IM boards. Not many jobs will hire a non board certified physician. ABIM states I have to re- do a year of IM residency inorder to re-establish my board eligibility. I thought my current fellowship training in an ACGME accredited institution would make me BE but ABIM says it has to be training in Internal Medicine. I am defeated. I can't imagine re-doing a year in residency.

As above there is no other pathway. There is a remote possibility of an appeal but you would need the support of your old PD and your reason is not really that compelling. I would prioritize finding a job that will hire you in order to keep the income up and start putting feelers out to do that extra year to reset the clock so you can actually have a real career instead of scurrying from place to place desperate enough to hire you. You made it this far you should just get the extra year done.

 

[bobow98]

I think a chief year at a hospital with external chiefs would be a great idea. Metropolitan in NYC for example has one of those. Ask around.

 

[rokshana]

And do awesome review...a couple of times...

 

[DrMetal]

Looking for advice. I failed my IM Board exams three times because I didn't study enough because I am a mother of 4 and was working as a hospitalist to support my family ( my husband is a stay at home Dad). My board eligibility expired and now I am completing fellowship but cant sit my Nephrology boards because i haven't passed my IM boards. Not many jobs will hire a non board certified physician. ABIM states I have to re- do a year of IM residency inorder to re-establish my board eligibility. I thought my current fellowship training in an ACGME accredited institution would make me BE but ABIM says it has to be training in Internal Medicine. I am defeated. I can't imagine re-doing a year in residency.

A practicing physician should be able to sit down and pass this test without cracking a book. If she can't, there's something wrong with the test, not her! I'm sorry you're in this position. You can thank your physician colleagues who somehow greased the political game and made BC---once just an option---now a requirement for employment (because having spent 15 years in higher education and training wasn't enough).

Unfortunately everything said above is true, you don't have much options.

Worry not about your hospital system though; should you fail to BC, they'll have no heartache in replacing you with a freshly minted NP.

up and start putting feelers out to do that extra year to reset the clock so you can

Is this really a thing? Are people actually seeking (and getting) a year residency to regain their BE? And how does it reset the clock, does it buy you another 7 years of eligibility? Insanity.

 

[chessknt]

A practicing physician should be able to sit down and pass this test without cracking a book. If she can't, there's something wrong with the test, not her! I'm sorry you're in this position. You can thank your physician colleagues who somehow greased the political game and made BC---once just an option---now a requirement for employment (because having spent 15 years in higher education and training wasn't enough).

Unfortunately everything said above is true, you don't have much options.

Worry not about your hospital system though; should you fail to BC, they'll have no heartache in replacing you with a freshly minted NP.



Is this really a thing? Are people actually seeking (and getting) a year residency to regain their BE? And how does it reset the clock, does it buy you another 7 years of eligibility? Insanity.

Not to disparage op in any way but 90%+ pass abim first try so it isn’t like this test is designed to flunk people in to extra residency…

yes it only requires a year of training to reset the timer because the assumption (which I agree is wrong) is that you need a remedial year to make up your deficiencies as detected by the test. The external chief year sounds like the best option by far and in the long run will make her career much better than existing as a shadow provider always trying to sneak past the notice of Med staff and having to defend herself from termination at a moments notice.

 

[Splenda88]

There should be some...

Indian Medical Center is hiring hospitalist/nocturnist in Arizona.


My name is Victoria and I work with the Indian Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. We are seeking Hospitalists and Nocturnists to cover various shifts for a 1-year contract. We do offer generous compensation and malpractice coverage.


If you are interested in this opportunity please respond back with a current CV and best time to reach you.


Best Regards,
Victoria Beltowski
One Stop Recruiting
480-542-8773
[email protected]


Plenty of job opportunities for IHS:

Job Opportunities | Physicians

The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized Tribes grew out of the special...

www.ihs.gov

 

[rokshana]

There should be some...

Indian Medical Center is hiring hospitalist/nocturnist in Arizona.


My name is Victoria and I work with the Indian Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. We are seeking Hospitalists and Nocturnists to cover various shifts for a 1-year contract. We do offer generous compensation and malpractice coverage.


If you are interested in this opportunity please respond back with a current CV and best time to reach you.


Best Regards,
Victoria Beltowski
One Stop Recruiting
480-542-8773
[email protected]


Plenty of job opportunities for IHS:

Job Opportunities | Physicians

The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized Tribes grew out of the special...

www.ihs.gov

The OP is a nephrology fellow… doubt she is looking to do hospitalist work unless she can help it.
The problem is that without BC in the core specialty, you can’t sit for Boards for the specialty (at least for initial certification) which will make it difficult to get a position as a nephrologist, since she is not BE either.

 

[Splenda88]

The OP is a nephrology fellow… doubt she is looking to do hospitalist work unless she can help it.
The problem is that without BC in the core specialty, you can’t sit for Boards for the specialty (at least for initial certification) which will make it difficult to get a position as a nephrologist, since she is not BE either.

I see... Sorry I thought OP was only an IM doc.

 

[Renal_Prometheus]

The OP is a nephrology fellow… doubt she is looking to do hospitalist work unless she can help it.
The problem is that without BC in the core specialty, you can’t sit for Boards for the specialty (at least for initial certification) which will make it difficult to get a position as a nephrologist, since she is not BE either.

It would depend if OPs original intention was to do neph fellowship in order to be re-instated to be BE, so that she can continue to practice hospitalist medicine; or she was actually planning to practice nephrology, with all the risks that come with that.