DO allopathic residency--internship year?

[treadmillrunner]

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i was told today--by another student--that to be accredited in PA, a DO must complete an internship year prior to an allopathic EM residency. i have not heard of this before and i cannot find any information regarding this on the internet. is this true?

 

[tkim]

i was told today--by another student--that to be accredited in PA, a DO must complete an internship year prior to an allopathic EM residency. i have not heard of this before and i cannot find any information regarding this on the internet. is this true?

In order to have a PA medical license, you must complete a DO TRI or get a Rez 42 waiver. Or, you could just go through a PA allo residency and after graduation, move away from one of the Four States, without going through the PA licensing application.

 

[Tiger10]

i was told today--by another student--that to be accredited in PA, a DO must complete an internship year prior to an allopathic EM residency. i have not heard of this before and i cannot find any information regarding this on the internet. is this true?

If you're talking about being able to do a residency in those states without doing an internship, I *think* you can get a training license that does not require a TRI first. Then you either don't practice there when you're done or you get the waiver.

 

[peppy]

This is such a confusing situation that your best bet would probably be to ask the state medical licensing board and/or the residencies that you are interested in to see what they say about it.
One reason it's worth asking the residencies directly is because in some cases the residencies themselves in these states won't take DOs even if they technically can because they don't want to deal with the confusion and uncertainty of this extra hoop. I found this to be a problem with a few residencies in Michigan back when I was applying (even though I had received assurances from my school and the licensing folks that I could do an ACGME residency without a TRI, the residencies themselves were gun shy about it).

 

[fergustsi]

In order to have a PA medical license, you must complete a DO TRI or get a Rez 42 waiver. Or, you could just go through a PA allo residency and after graduation, move away from one of the Four States, without going through the PA licensing application.

So if youre in one of the four states at an allo residency, you would need a rez 42 waiver before getting your license after intern year if you wanted to moonlight years 2+?

 

[tkim]

So if youre in one of the four states at an allo residency, you would need a rez 42 waiver before getting your license after intern year if you wanted to moonlight years 2+?

Depends if your moonlighting opportunity is part of your residency and will use your institutional license, or it requires the full, unrestricted license.

 

[samnite]

http://www.do-online.org/index.cfm?PageID=sir_postdocabtres42

Straight from the AOA

It is becoming easier to meet the resolution 42 requirement each year and more programs are learning how to do it. However, make sure to ask them about it at your interview (as well as any DO residents currently in the program).

My program is having me go to the ACOEP Scientific Assembly (National Osteopathic EM conference) where I can get at least 8 credit hours to meet the "attend a conference" requirement. I am also going to be incorporating some DO stuff into my required resident lecture and will submit it to the AOA. Both of these are not required but my program is having me do both just in case and so far they have had 2 residents in the past 2 years get approval for resolution 42.

Make sure the programs understand that the first year curriculum might have to be adjusted a bit to meet the AOA guidelines (I had to have more internal medicine months and an extra ED month compared to the other MD residents in order to meet the requirements).

It actually doesn't really change your residency experience or work too much and I see it more as a way for the AOA to get money from you as it really does not serve any other meaningful purpose (must renew membership with AOA as resident and pay $60 something dollars).