Internship

[M.Furfur]

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[Toohotinvegas33]

I just want to make sure I didn't get this part right. Every DO graduate has to do a 1 year internship in primary care after graduation? So all DO residencies are one year longer than ACGME residencies?

No, because the internship is just 1st year of residency. So a FM in the DO system is 1 year intern and 2 yeats FM residency. But most are turning to where the internship is aready built in or linked to the residency. The only specialty when it seems like an extra year is EM because all are 4 years when in the MD world they have 3 mostly and some 4 years.

 

[M.Furfur]

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[Toohotinvegas33]

We have a couple Canucks at DMU, so somehow the visa thing works out.

 

[bravotwozero]

There is still one thing I need to know and I don't even know who should I ask, is there and PG AOA accredited programs that are ready to sponsor someone on a H1B visa?
Also let's say I am a family physician who just finished an AOA accredited residency and currently applying for a job, will I be facing clinics that might say no just because they don't like the program I come from?
Pls try to understand my fears as I am taking a huge risk just for the fact that I am Canadian.

If you plan on going back as a DO to Canada, I would suggest that you only consider either ACGME or dual ACGME/AOA accredited residency programs. AOA - acredited only residency training is currently not recognized in Canada. The visa thing will be tricky, and can put you in a potentially frustrating catch-22 situation. You may not be able to get a visa easily when applying for a residency, and should you try to match at a residency in Canada, it is not going to be easy, since competition is fierce, spots are few, and preference is given to Canadian med school grads. Currently, DO's can only apply for family medicine residencies in Ontario, even though they could complete an ACGME residency in the US in any specialty, and be able to come back and practice in that particular specialty.

 

[RockfordWF]

I just want to make sure I didn't get this part right. Every DO graduate has to do a 1 year internship in primary care after graduation? So all DO residencies are one year longer than ACGME residencies?

Wrong. First of all, DO's do not have to enter DO residencies---they can enter ACGME residencies.

Some DO residencies are an extra year and some are not. The only reason you would have to do that extra year is if you wanted to be licensed to practice in the 5 states that require AOA licensure. Otherwise, it is not required. Even so, there are ways of getting around doing that extra year to practice in those states.