Can you do a TRI and then start a path residency as a PGY2?

[TheSeanieB]

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For DO graduates to be licensed, we are generally supposed to do a TRI for our PGY1 year and 4 states require this. So my question is do path programs allow applicants to start after doing a PGY1 TRI to go directly into PGY2? From the program descriptions that I have read, it sounds like pathology residents are not really generalists?

 

[Sulfinator]

Nope. Still have to do PGY1.


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[jace's mom]

I'm a PGY-II in pathology and have had several conversations with the AOA about this. As it has been explained to me, pathologists don't have to do the TRI year. The first-year curriculum standards are basically very lenient for pathology because there is no DO pathology residency available. You will apply for approval under resolution 42, which includes:

1) Membership in good standing of the AOA
2) An application
3) A letter from the ACGME program where the PGY-1 year was completed, including training dates and the completed rotations. (This is what is usually compared to the osteopathic curriculum but is pretty much approved regardless for pathology because of the lack of a DO alternative. See http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-a...riculum-for-approved-ogme-1-training-year.pdf)
4) Provide proof of an osteopathic educational activity. This can include attending an AOA-sponsored conference where you can earn at least 8 category 1A CME hours, presenting an osteopathic clinical presentation to the current ACGME program, or attending osteopathic training modules through a regional Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution or AOA-approved residency-training program. I'm planning to do the conference/8 CME hours option.

You have to wait until your first year of residency is complete before you can apply, and that's pretty much it. No need for a TRI, just some paperwork and a few hoops to jump through, and you're good to go.

Hope this helps!

 

[TheSeanieB]

I'm a PGY-II in pathology and have had several conversations with the AOA about this. As it has been explained to me, pathologists don't have to do the TRI year. The first-year curriculum standards are basically very lenient for pathology because there is no DO pathology residency available. You will apply for approval under resolution 42, which includes:

1) Membership in good standing of the AOA
2) An application
3) A letter from the ACGME program where the PGY-1 year was completed, including training dates and the completed rotations. (This is what is usually compared to the osteopathic curriculum but is pretty much approved regardless for pathology because of the lack of a DO alternative. See http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-a...riculum-for-approved-ogme-1-training-year.pdf)
4) Provide proof of an osteopathic educational activity. This can include attending an AOA-sponsored conference where you can earn at least 8 category 1A CME hours, presenting an osteopathic clinical presentation to the current ACGME program, or attending osteopathic training modules through a regional Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution or AOA-approved residency-training program. I'm planning to do the conference/8 CME hours option.

You have to wait until your first year of residency is complete before you can apply, and that's pretty much it. No need for a TRI, just some paperwork and a few hoops to jump through, and you're good to go.

Hope this helps!

This is great info. Thanks! Just so I am understanding you correctly, a DO, for example in FL, would receive a medical license without any problem after fulfilling one year of a pathology residency and have the same practice rights as a generalist that did a TRI?

 

[Thrombus]

You are crazy to enter pathology now. We do not need nor want you. You are a competitor and not a colleague. I am doing you a favor by telling you to run from this exploitation scheme. You will be slowly cooked to accept peanuts and misery by our so called leaders.

 

[jace's mom]

This is great info. Thanks! Just so I am understanding you correctly, a DO, for example in FL, would receive a medical license without any problem after fulfilling one year of a pathology residency and have the same practice rights as a generalist that did a TRI?

I can't speak to your question about having the same rights as a generalist after one year; I'm working towards my resolution 42 waiver so that I can practice as a pathologist anywhere in the US, even the four states, after completing my pathology residency. I'm not sure what happens if you get approval for the waiver and then don't complete your pathology residency. I want to do forensics and don't want any geographic limitations to my job search. In fact, I like Florida, and it is the main reason I'm applying for the waiver.