Does California Medical License Need Psychiatry Rotation for Internist or Subspecialists?

[Questionsaboutmedicine]

Hey,

My co-resident, who is going to practice in CA, told me that if I want to get a CA license, I need to have a psych rotation in residency. I tried searching for it, but couldn't find any information on this. Does anyone with experience getting a CA license know about this?

This strikes me as very odd, since I would be practicing as an internist or a subspecialist, not as a psychiatrist or an addiction specialist. He mentioned that there is a CME course that I might be able to pay and to take in lieu of this requirement. Has anyone heard of this?

I tried searching the website but couldn't find anything. I need to schedule my last rotation, and I would rather rotate in the sub-specialty that I will be doing a fellowship in so that I can prepare for fellowship instead of doing a psyche rotation.

Thanks.

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[Redpancreas]

Hey,

My co-resident, who is going to practice in CA, told me that if I want to get a CA license, I need to have a psych rotation in residency. I tried searching for it, but couldn't find any information on this. Does anyone with experience getting a CA license know about this?

This strikes me as very odd, since I would be practicing as an internist or a subspecialist, not as a psychiatrist or an addiction specialist. He mentioned that there is a CME course that I might be able to pay and to take in lieu of this requirement. Has anyone heard of this?

I tried searching the website but couldn't find anything. I need to schedule my last rotation, and I would rather rotate in the sub-specialty that I will be doing a fellowship in so that I can prepare for fellowship instead of doing a psyche rotation.

Thanks.

Highly doubt it and I’ve never heard of that.

 

[Questionsaboutmedicine]

Highly doubt it and I’ve never heard of that.

I got a hold of them. Psyche is not a requirement. Perhaps my co-resident got the teaching license confused for the attending license?

I requested the sub-specialty that I will be doing for fellowship for my last rotation.

Thanks everyone.