Licensure in Residency

[anxiousgpr]

If I choose to not take ADEX/CDCA and obtain licensure through an AEGD or GPR (The state I live in and not planning on ever leaving allows for this) would I be able to potentially participate in a specialty residency afterwards in a state that does not accept AEGD or GPR as a route to licensure? Haven't been able to find any information on this.

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[Boat on the Chesapeake]

Depends on the individual specialty residency. Most will want you to get licensure in their state. Some just need any active state license.

 

[unsatisfiedomfs]

Very few. Just get your license and be done with it. No need to cause stress later. Imagine you go into OMFS and have to do an MOD 4-6 years later.

 

[JustWisdom]

Very few. Just get your license and be done with it. No need to cause stress later. Imagine you go into OMFS and have to do an MOD 4-6 years later.

Most states allow you to obtain licensure through credentialing also (meaning you have had x amount of clinical years preceding the application of a state to obtain licensure). In most cases it’s 5 years.
So if you were to do a 4 year OMFS, just work a year in your state and apply to another one if you so wish. If you did OMFS 5+ years, you wouldn’t have to do an MOD to get licensure, just apply to the states that accept credentialing.

But I agree with you, obtaining licensure through boards would be the least stressful in short run.

Or go through licensure of residency and work x amount of years and switch if you wanted.

 

[unsatisfiedomfs]

Yeah you can obtain reciprocity but you’re banking on the idea you’ll absolutely never leave. I know above has said they don’t see themselves leaving but life is unpredictable so my recommendation would be to just take the boards now