Dui

[GibbsDuhem]

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I was wondering if anyone here has been convicted of a DUI. In 1996 I was watching a football game at my friend's house, which was less than a mile from my house, 3 blocks away from my home and I thought I was sober enough to drive home. Any who, I drove to my house after the game and I didnt come to a complete stop at the stop sign on my street. Needless to say a police officer was there wating. I was less than a block from my house and the legal blood alcohol limit is .8 and I got exactally a .81. Yeah it completlly sucked big time. But I can not change that. If anyone here has a DUI and has interviewed I would like to know how that came up in the process. Later and god bless

 

[DrInW8ing]

GibbsDuhem,

You just need to be honest about what happened. Do not spend too much time explaining or apologizing for your mistake. Just admit that it was a stupid mistake and move on to the better aspects of why you will make an exceptional medical student.

The question never came up in my interviews.

Good Luck to you!

 

[cluelessdoc]

It was a long time ago, so I think you'll be fine. Don't focus on it too much or they will too. Don't bring it up at all in interviews. If they question it, simple explain yourself briefly (long time ago, stupid, grown since then, whatever) and move on. I haven't had any DUIs (knock on wood) but a few reckless. But these weren't ever mentioned. So good luck man.

 

[Popoy]

All of the application has some sort of space for you to explain what had happened. I agree with DrInW8ing .... be honest and more likely they will not bring it up because you've adequately explained yourself.

We're only humans and we make mistakes from time to time....

A simple DUI, such as in your situation, shouldn't stop you from going to medical school....

Good luck 😎

 

[Wrigleyville]

Was it a felony or a misdemeanor? At any rate, don't worry too much about it. Just give your explanation and move on. It's always better to play up your strengths to the admissions commitee than to spend time explaining the weaknesses.

Wrigley

 

[lattimer13]

Originally posted by GibbsDuhem
I was wondering if anyone here has been convicted of a DUI. In 1996 I was watching a football game at my friend's house, which was less than a mile from my house, 3 blocks away from my home and I thought I was sober enough to drive home. Any who, I drove to my house after the game and I didnt come to a complete stop at the stop sign on my street. Needless to say a police officer was there wating. I was less than a block from my house and the legal blood alcohol limit is .8 and I got exactally a .81. Yeah it completlly sucked big time. But I can not change that. If anyone here has a DUI and has interviewed I would like to know how that came up in the process. Later and god bless

WOW!😱 your state's legal limit is 0.8? holy schnikies! you alabama boys must be able to really handle your liquor!

on a side note, i did get cited and plead guilty to consumption of EtOH in public and got into school even after reporting it to schools that asked about criminal convictions.

 

[paramed2premed]

You can still be president! Arrested for drunk driving, but explained it away as a "youthful indiscretion." He was over thirty years old, I believe.

Careful how you explain this situation. Many people in medicine have experience working with the trauma wraught by the misuse of ethanol. They have heard the explanations ("I was only a block from my home,""I was just at the legal limit,""The cop had a hair across his butt.") many times before. Drunken drivers kill more Americans in a few months than Al-Queda ever will, and doctors know this very well.

I am not commenting on your character or moral fitness. I am saying, however, that you should be very careful in how you describe the event. If an ED physician is part of the adcomm, they will view your description with a jaded eye.

 

[jkhamlin]

Originally posted by GibbsDuhem
... I got exactally a .81...

You have to mean .08. If it was .81, you would be DEAD. The ROH content of your blood would be close to rivaling the saline content.

 

[DrMom]

Originally posted by jkhamlin
You have to mean .08. If it was .81, you would be DEAD. The ROH content of your blood would be close to rivaling the saline content.

 

[DrInW8ing]

Didn't catch the .8 the first time I read through this!!


🙂

 

[GibbsDuhem]

Yeah .8 and I would be under 6 feet of dirt! I think you meant ER not ED lol. Yeah I know exactlly what would run through an ER doctors mind lol paramed2premed, considering I have over 200 hours of volunteer time in the ER. Yeah the legal limit in BAMA is more than most states. We tend to be partial to trailor parks and liquor stores lol. Our blood "ethonal" limit is 10 times what most states have. Why is that? you may ask yourself. Because our gonads are so huge here it compensates for the "ethanol". We actually need more "ethonal" to aquire a lizard brain rather than the regular typical "drunk" brain. I am glad that I could teach something here. Oh yeah it is ER doctor ,not ED lol,, did I correct that yet?

 

[Doctor Peloncito]

Originally posted by GibbsDuhem
Yeah .8 and I would be under 6 feet of dirt! I think you meant ER not ED lol. Yeah I know exactlly what would run through an ER doctors mind lol paramed2premed, considering I have over 200 hours of volunteer time in the ER. Yeah the legal limit in BAMA is more than most states. We tend to be partial to trailor parks and liquor stores lol. Our blood "ethonal" limit is 10 times what most states have. Why is that? you may ask yourself. Because our gonads are so huge here it compensates for the "ethanol". We actually need more "ethonal" to aquire a lizard brain rather than the regular typical "drunk" brain. I am glad that I could teach something here. Oh yeah it is ER doctor ,not ED lol,, did I correct that yet?

ER=Emergency Room=ED=Emergency Department.

 

[Doctor Peloncito]

Dude, GibbsDuhem has some serious insecurity issues. He PM'd me with the following:

are you stupid or were you raised that way?

I guess he had a problem with me pointing out the obvious.

Gibbs, were you born an a$$ or have you worked at it all your life?

 

[paramed2premed]

WannabeDO is correct about ED/ER.

There is a distinction. If you want to sound like you are "in the know," you call it an ED. If you just watch the show, you call it an ER. Sorta like the distinction between EMTs and "ambulance drivers."

 

[sunsquash]

I'm wondering if there would be any problems w/ liscensure...would it come up and be a problem??

 

[DrZippy2b]

So would it be correct to say EM (emergency medicine) physician?

 

[paramed2premed]

Yeah, that would be right. Choose an EM residency, so you can be EM-boarded, and work in the ED.

I still haven't figured out why surgeons don't work in the OD, however...