Difficulty of landing hospitalist/outpatient jobs with suboptimal school performance?

[Lovestudying]

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Im currently in the middle of residency, my performance in medical school was mediocre (one board failure) and I failed my level 3 boards as well. I have a medical explanation that after discovering and treating I have improved substantially. Do you guys have any idea the difficulties of landing hospitalist or outpatient jobs?

My preference is in midsize cities (if I can even have a preference) such as the midwest- indianapolis, milwaukee, south- austin etc. Wondering how challenging it is to get jobs in a competitive market for a person like myself?

 

[jacksparrow82]

Absolutely no one, and I mean NO ONE, cares anything about what your performance in medical school was like. Nor do they care that you failed step 3. No one is going to even ask or look at that stuff. Hospitalists are in very high demand as are outpatient primary care physicians. As long as you have a degree, a DEA number, and a state license you will be able to easily get work anywhere in the country. Many groups/hospitals will want board certification as well (IM or FP), but you've got lots of time for that. Relax, forget about medical school and your licensure exams...they don't matter anymore. I'm serious. They really, truly don't matter.

 

[Gastrapathy]

Zero point zero

 

[Raryn]

No one except the licensing board will ever see your med school transcript once you're done with training.

As long as you got your diploma and you didn't have to repeat years for drug/alcohol abuse, not even the licensing board will care.

 

[rokshana]

unless, of course, you haven't passed step III...then getting a license will be difficult...

 

[Raryn]

unless, of course, you haven't passed step III...then getting a license will be difficult...

Well yes. Also, if you fail it three times or take more than 7 years from when you passed step I, you may be ineligible for a license.

 

[Siggy]

No one except the licensing board will ever see your med school transcript once you're done with training.

As long as you got your diploma and you didn't have to repeat years for drug/alcohol abuse, not even the licensing board will care.

As long as you're honest (because the Board will ask if you've ever been on probation... which means you send in the same letter every time you renew).

 

[DrMetal]

Many groups/hospitals will want board certification as well (IM or FP),.

Sidebar question: what if you obtained your initial BC, but refused to re-cert? Refuse to participate in MOC? Are you likely to get fired?




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[gutonc]

Sidebar question: what if you obtained your initial BC, but refused to re-cert? Refuse to participate in MOC? Are you likely to get fired?

Depends on your contract. Read it before you sign it.

 

[Raryn]

Sidebar question: what if you obtained your initial BC, but refused to re-cert? Refuse to participate in MOC? Are you likely to get fired?




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Variable from employer-to-employer and hospital-to-hospital.

Some will require ABMS MOC. Some will require you to just have some kind of "board" you can point to, so just paying the NBPS a fee will be sufficient. And some won't care at all.

 

[DrMetal]

Variable from employer-to-employer and hospital-to-hospital.

Some will require ABMS MOC. Some will require you to just have some kind of "board" you can point to, so just paying the NBPS a fee will be sufficient. And some won't care at all.

Interesting, thanks. Wow, the whole MOC thing seems so arbitrary and inconsistent......one place wants you to re-cert, another doesn't care, another accepts a NBPS cert....no wonder there's so much uproar about MOC.