U of Iowa had me fill out the background check release form when I turned in my secondary! I'm sure there are many out schools that will do the same thing once a student is enrolled!LizzyM said:
I've been screened so many times for that.....I recently filled out an app that said to list all the other times I'd been previously screened. I didn't even know where to begin.TheDarkSide said:
TheProwler said:
what were you applying for (if you don't mind me asking)? That is a weird question.
They made me fill it out when I volunteered in a hospital. I think it was just a general "volunteer" application and not for any particular position.mshheaddoc said:
Additonally, I never had a background check (to my knowledge) for volunteering and I've been to 3 different hospitals in 3 different states.
Unless it was in the app and I overlooked it, I know for at least one I didn't fill out anything. But the other I did a whole formal application. This was also over a year ago so I'd have to check. Usually there is a consent form for that, and I don't remember signing one but hey, maybe I did.desiredusername said:
Here's a partial list - being a counselor for a junior high camp, volunteering at a hospice, applying for a job as an ER tech (maybe more than one background check there), applying to get sponsored as an EMT, and then at all three places that I applied for an EMT job. So, that's at least seven different times.mshheaddoc said:
Additonally, I never had a background check (to my knowledge) for volunteering and I've been to 3 different hospitals in 3 different states.
I think that student criminal record checks are probably more effective than you think. The specific example you gave is likely an older physician, who didn't have legal problems until after he became licensed. I'm guessing it would be harder to take a license away from a physician who has been out practicing for a while. It's easy to tell a med student or pre-med applicant to get lost.Learfan said:Background checks are just a resource wasting piece of "feel good" that costs the student resources while failing to achieve anything.
I personally know of a physician practicing in a major metro area who physically assaulted and then shot at his pregnant wife. They are, of course, now divorced. He was tried and convicted for multiple felonies. In addition, this individual has a serious problem with alcohol yet in spite of all of these issues, he still has a license to practice medicine.
Background checks are the answer. Sure.
If you believe that, I have the Brooklyn Bridge for sale cheap.
Additionally, I'm sure that if you searched that particular state's licensing board, this was addressed at some point in time. Just because someone commits a felony doesn't mean they will have their license taken away (which is often the case in the way of doctors - some blame the "politics" and honestly from what I've heard in the news, I can believe it).rosenblum said:
Hmmm, peculiar. I had to get fingerprinted by some state agency at my own cost ($10! That's what I get for living in an impoverished state) at an office off-site and then they went through my record - I'm glad they found out I beat that pesky bed-wetting problem at a young age. I've got a freaky foreign name so it's easy to tell I'm evil, but everyone had to get it done: it's state law.mshheaddoc said:
i thought this was cool, even though it was a pain in the ass. having to download that program off the internet, seeing the department of defense seal on everything and the words "top secret clearance" haha.. makes you feel like a CIA agent or somethingMoosePilot said:
Are you joking?! Acquitted means you're completely off the hook. Doesn't even matter that your record is sealed, you're fine.brodaiga said:
Boy, my situation would sure make you feel good about yourself. I was recently arrested for DUI, and in addition, was charged with assaulting a police officer. Don't get me wrong though, i'm shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to make sure these convictions don't come thru. Well, my parents are... i know a guy with 2 felonies on his record who is a 3rd year now at a decent u.s. allopathic school... doing well too.rosenblum said:Are you joking?! Acquitted means you're completely off the hook. Doesn't even matter that your record is sealed, you're fine.
I've received a lot of great advice on SDN and I really appreciate it, but i feel there is a tendency for people to say that once you get a conviction you're screwed and that it's hopeless. It's not true. I've been talking with a lot of people about this, and i've learned that people with full-out convictions get accepted to medical school all the time. Recently, and to top schools. (In all cases though, it's only been 1 conviction). I think that there's just a lot of straight-edge people on SDN who've never known anybody that's gotten into trouble; they hear the word conviction and it just sounds absolutely foreign to them. No offense!
Thanks for the info. I read your previous post about your situation. My friend got a DUI in rural city with tough as nails judges, he got it completely cleared. I was the passenger when it happened, i bailed him out and testified for him. PM if you want to talk.rosenblum said:Are you joking?! Acquitted means you're completely off the hook. Doesn't even matter that your record is sealed, you're fine.
I've received a lot of great advice on SDN and I really appreciate it, but i feel there is a tendency for people to say that once you get a conviction you're screwed and that it's hopeless. It's not true. I've been talking with a lot of people about this, and i've learned that people with full-out convictions get accepted to medical school all the time. Recently, and to top schools. (In all cases though, it's only been 1 conviction). I think that there's just a lot of straight-edge people on SDN who've never known anybody that's gotten into trouble; they hear the word conviction and it just sounds absolutely foreign to them. No offense!
