Does med school drug test???
Started by medicalman123
Med school typically requires so much dedication and time commitment that you wont be able to finish it with a drug habit. Instead of worrying about when they test, try to end your habit.
FYI: 2 times: 1. start of med school (although rarely done, but those that do sometimes use hair) 2. Before clinical rotations at hospitals.
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Appreciate the advice
I only recently got drug tested (end of 3rd year) and it was for an away rotation.
.1% of this post is true
Most schools don't, although pretty much all will background check you.
You must be at Loma Linda
Your sarcasm organ might be broken
Seems highly school dependent. Ask a current student. We were drug tested last month for third year.
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mine does not but some of the hospitals will before rotations
We were told about the drug test a few months ahead of time. It was more or less a test of intelligence.
Ok thanks. I've heard what I needed to hear.
Lol, and will power
Yep prior to orientation.
Even one school I didnt end up going to made me do an alcohol test. Not sure why proving I can abstain for 24 hours from a legal beverage was required...but it was...
Even one school I didnt end up going to made me do an alcohol test. Not sure why proving I can abstain for 24 hours from a legal beverage was required...but it was...
We didn't get tested prior to matriculation. Ironically, however, a classmate wanted to do some kind of volunteering project with the hospital and had to be tested (as a volunteer). I imagine testing is fair game during the clinical years but highly unlikely during the pre-clinicals.
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Getting stoned for a few hours and risking your career isn't worth it.
Some programs/schools are moving to hair tests which can detect illicit drugs for months.
Legal substances are ok, obviously in moderation. Marijuana is not legal. You may not agree with it. But it is what it is.
Some programs/schools are moving to hair tests which can detect illicit drugs for months.
Legal substances are ok, obviously in moderation. Marijuana is not legal. You may not agree with it. But it is what it is.
That is true but I would have to say certain individuals I know may not have gotten as far as they have without it. 😉
Lol, was it Loma Linda?
And 3. Pretty much every residency and fellowship is going to test you within a couple of weeks before you start. Probably a good idea to stay clean if you want to take this path.
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Never been tested, though the hospital I'm doing rotations at is implementing a no-hire policy toward smokers (yes, they're urine-testing for cotinine). Our school, on the other hand, seems to care more about whether we've had our yearly PPDs/flu shots than if we've been getting drunk/high.
Drug tested once for a 4th yr away. Highly variable depending on school, where you do your clinical rotations and if/where you do 4th yr aways. Mount Sinai for example, compared to columbia, cornell, NSLIJ, AECOM, NYU, required a UTOX while the others didn't. In terms of prior to residency starting I'd probably abstain for several months just in case, although, I know many residency programs that don't drug test.
mine occasionally tested at random during basic sciences.
the vast majority do.
Which ones?
Almost all that I know of do. Mine just did a routine urine test, but my boyfriend's actually required a hair test. I didn't believe him, until he rolled up his shirt sleeve and showed me his shaved armpit, because the hair on his head wasn't long enough for a sample.
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I was under the impression that they often use pubic hair.
Where'd you go?
Dude this thread's 6 years old and that person hasn't posted in 4 years. I don't think you're gonna get a reply.
