Do residencies care about prior work history?

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This is definitely a neurotic incoming MS1 post but bear with me. I found out today that I’ve been fired from one of my part time job (PRN position I usually work once a month). My old supervisor left and the new one never really communicated with me well. In fact, I haven’t worked a shift there since February. I was planning to give notice as I leave for school, but they beat me to the punch today with a termination letter today. Is there anyway this would matter for ERAS/residency apps in 3 years? I know getting fired generally doesn’t look good on work history and the job is a somewhat clinically relevant one. I was wondering if this is something that will matter at all down the road?
 
This is definitely a neurotic incoming MS1 post but bear with me. I found out today that I’ve been fired from one of my part time job (PRN position I usually work once a month). My old supervisor left and the new one never really communicated with me well. In fact, I haven’t worked a shift there since February. I was planning to give notice as I leave for school, but they beat me to the punch today with a termination letter today. Is there anyway this would matter for ERAS/residency apps in 3 years? I know getting fired generally doesn’t look good on work history and the job is a somewhat clinically relevant one. I was wondering if this is something that will matter at all down the road?
Why would you list a job you got fired from on a residency app?
 
It wasn’t “job performance” per se. I just had an understanding with my old supervisor about working very rarely. The new supervisor called me once to touch base and never followed up with work dates. Then I got the termination notice a few months later because I didn’t work my required 1 shift a month. I only worked there like once amonth but was there for 2 years. I always had a main job during my entire time there so there would be no gaps in employment if I left it out. I just wanted to see how thoroughly they check employment history. Doesn’t sound like they check very thoroughly.
 
As someone above said, I am not aware of any rules that mandate you to list every job you have ever had. There are multiple jobs that I worked during undergrad like being a information desk worker that I will not put on my ERAS because it was done purely for money. All I did was sit at the desk because college rules required someone to be there at all times.
 
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This is definitely a neurotic incoming MS1 post but bear with me. I found out today that I’ve been fired from one of my part time job (PRN position I usually work once a month). My old supervisor left and the new one never really communicated with me well. In fact, I haven’t worked a shift there since February. I was planning to give notice as I leave for school, but they beat me to the punch today with a termination letter today. Is there anyway this would matter for ERAS/residency apps in 3 years? I know getting fired generally doesn’t look good on work history and the job is a somewhat clinically relevant one. I was wondering if this is something that will matter at all down the road?

This is how I left my job for med school. In fact, it's the only way of quitting a job like a boss.

 
this is next level neurotic.

Trust me, I know haha. It's just this was a hospital job (albeit non clinical) and the hospital is part of a pretty decent sized corporation that owns many hospitals. I didn't know if getting fired here would affect me down the road. It's extremely minor but neuroticism gets the best of at times!
 
This is definitely a neurotic incoming MS1 post but bear with me. I found out today that I’ve been fired from one of my part time job (PRN position I usually work once a month). My old supervisor left and the new one never really communicated with me well. In fact, I haven’t worked a shift there since February. I was planning to give notice as I leave for school, but they beat me to the punch today with a termination letter today. Is there anyway this would matter for ERAS/residency apps in 3 years? I know getting fired generally doesn’t look good on work history and the job is a somewhat clinically relevant one. I was wondering if this is something that will matter at all down the road?
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