Mandatory 1 yr residency to practice in NY

[Gurl21]

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Check this out:

http://www.nysdental.org/img/pdf_files/reidencylaw04.pdf

This may affect my desire to go to d-school in ny!! An extra mandatory year is a lot

 

[onetoothleft]

Check this out:

http://www.nysdental.org/img/pdf_files/reidencylaw04.pdf

This may affect my desire to go to d-school in ny!! An extra mandatory year is a lot

Sucks to be us. At least I am going to CU where i would probably need one anyway 🙂

 

[ISU_Steve]

Duly noted as Reason #16 why I have no desire to ever live in New York.

 

[Tzips]

Check this out:

http://www.nysdental.org/img/pdf_files/reidencylaw04.pdf

This may affect my desire to go to d-school in ny!! An extra mandatory year is a lot

This shouldn't really affect you decision where to go to school, only where you intend to practise. Yeah, d-school may be a good place to network, etc., but you can totally go to, say, NYU and then apply for licensure in CO, which AFAIK has no residency requirement.

 

[Tzips]

I've heard that CT is also considering making a residency mandatory - anyone know anything about that?

 

[Gurl21]

I've heard that CT is also considering making a residency mandatory - anyone know anything about that?

Wow I hope this doesnt start happening to a lot more states!

 

[ISU_Steve]

Oh, well....if you jump through all the hurdles to get into and through dental school, what's one more year? Besides some of us are hoping to get into specialties that will add far more time to our training, and besides look at what MD's have to do to start practicing. I don't think we really have any room to complain.

 

[organichemistry]

Oh, well....if you jump through all the hurdles to get into and through dental school, what's one more year? Besides some of us are hoping to get into specialties that will add far more time to our training, and besides look at what MD's have to do to start practicing. I don't think we really have any room to complain.

this is all true, but a residency shouldn't be the answer! see... we already have an optional residency of working for an already established clinic. the difference is that it is OPTIONAL and oh yeah, the pay is 6 figures or close to it, as opposed to 30something thousand like many MD residents make 👎

 

[ISU_Steve]

Personally if I am going to do a residency, it damn sure won't be for general dentistry if I can avoid it. I don't see the point in it either, I think it's redundant and stupid, but if we have to do it, then we have to do it. One more reason to keep your d-school grades up and shoot for a specialty.

 

[ItsGavinC]

This may affect my desire to go to d-school in ny!! An extra mandatory year is a lot

Not really, and a PGY-1 year can be extremely helpful in quickening your skills. You WON'T be ready to hit the pavement and practice dentistry upon completion of school.

You can either break in your skills and speed on your own dime or do a PGY-1 and break them in there.

 

[ItsGavinC]

Personally if I am going to do a residency, it damn sure won't be for general dentistry if I can avoid it. I don't see the point in it either, I think it's redundant and stupid, but if we have to do it, then we have to do it. One more reason to keep your d-school grades up and shoot for a specialty.

Well, a GPR (General Practice Residency) receives roations in: anesthesiology, general medicine, geriatrics, plastic surgery, and all of the dental specialties, to name a few things.

If you think that is redundant then I don't know where you're planning on going to school.

For many a GPR is the BEST thing they have ever done and allows them access to procedures they wouldn't even come close to in dental school. It is NOT redundant in the least.

 

[Tzips]

Well, a GPR (General Practice Residency) receives roations in: anesthesiology, general medicine, geriatrics, plastic surgery, and all of the dental specialties, to name a few things.

If you think that is redundant then I don't know where you're planning on going to school.

For many a GPR is the BEST thing they have ever done and allows them access to procedures they wouldn't even come close to in dental school. It is NOT redundant in the least.

Now you're getting me all excited to do a GPR (or an AEGD, which I'm assuming is the same thing) 😀 . Good thing i have 4 years of d-school to get through first, or I fear I'd jump straight in with both feet and likely drown. And here I was thinking that I'd want to specialise in pediatrics... I guess I'll decide that in two or three years from now, though.

 

[Pikeyman]

Check this out:

http://www.nysdental.org/img/pdf_files/reidencylaw04.pdf

This may affect my desire to go to d-school in ny!! An extra mandatory year is a lot

It won't kill you.

 

[Gurl21]

It won't kill you.

never said it would... just expressing an opinion if that's ok with you sir

 

[ISU_Steve]

Well, a GPR (General Practice Residency) receives roations in: anesthesiology, general medicine, geriatrics, plastic surgery, and all of the dental specialties, to name a few things.

If you think that is redundant then I don't know where you're planning on going to school.

For many a GPR is the BEST thing they have ever done and allows them access to procedures they wouldn't even come close to in dental school. It is NOT redundant in the least.

Just repeating what one of the OMFS's I knew had told me. I got an earful on "How they should have learned it the first time around." I can't say that I don't agree with his sentiment (if there are things you're not exposed to in dental school that you need to know then they do need to make a residency a requirement or make dental school five years long and add an extra clinical year), but I see your point as well Gavin (you're one of the few people on here who always has a point).

 

[onetoothleft]

Many other states have toyed around with this idea (mostly in the NE) because it makes a lot of sense. I think in the future many will adopt a similar rule. The goal is to have dentists that are trained well enough to treat a wider array of complicated medical cases that are arising along with the new technologies and procedures available. The profession is growing so rapidly that increased schooling is becoming necessary.

Even though we complain it is not like we are not going to get paid for it when we start practicing. Dentists make plenty of money and it is still much less than what MD's have to go through.