Matched program asks for proofs of activities since graduation

[deleted839398]

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I've matched into a residency program this march. Yesterday, I got an email from the PC requesting for proofs of all the activities I have been doing since graduation. She extracted info from my ERAS C.V. and specifically pointed all the things I did since graduation (April 2016) and requested me to produce documentation for those activities. Is it a routine/mandatory procedure of every program or Is it a cause for concern?

 

[mcl]

I've matched into a residency program this march. Yesterday, I got an email from the PC requesting for proofs of all the activities I have been doing since graduation. She extracted info from my ERAS C.V. and specifically pointed all the things I did since graduation (April 2016) and requested me to produce documentation for those activities. Is it a routine/mandatory procedure of every program or Is it a cause for concern?

Nothing to worry about. Many states require such a list for obtaining a training license (or a full one for that matter), and possibly the institution needs it for credentialing.

 

[deleted839398]

Thank you, sir. I am so relieved. Yes, the email does say credential verification. The hard part was none of the other incoming interns got it, except me. Maybe they started with me.

 

[BigRedBeta]

FYI this question will be asked on every licensing and credentialing form you fill from now until the end of your career. Any "gaps" even as short as 2 weeks from the time you graduate need to be "explained". Documentation may be a bit of a stretch but you'll have to give an explanation. If your fellow interns have yet to graduate medical school then there's nothing that your PD would need.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Even if you're the only one who got this request (which seems strange), you simply answer it. Assuming you've been truthful on your ERAS application, you have nothing to worry about.

 

[Raryn]

When I started fellowship, they requested a CV with every single activity I've done since the day I graduated undergrad... with dates.

That is, August 10, 20XX to May 20, 20XX Undergad. Then May 21 20XX to August 09 20XX "vacation and preparation for medical school". Then the same for medical school and the monthlong period of "vacation and preparation for residency". Not a single day could be uncovered by this CV.

It was among the most asinine pieces things they made me fill out, but I did it.

 

[xffan624]

When I started fellowship, they requested a CV with every single activity I've done since the day I graduated undergrad... with dates.

That is, August 10, 20XX to May 20, 20XX Undergad. Then May 21 20XX to August 09 20XX "vacation and preparation for medical school". Then the same for medical school and the monthlong period of "vacation and preparation for residency". Not a single day could be uncovered by this CV.

It was among the most asinine pieces things they made me fill out, but I did it.

That's absurd. Especially for a non-trad. Filling that out would require me to rehash literally 15 years of my life if it was for a fellowship.

 

[gutonc]

That's absurd. Especially for a non-trad. Filling that out would require me to rehash literally 15 years of my life if it was for a fellowship.

Start now, while you have time.

 

[deleted839398]

Today everybody else got the same emails asking for 'Proofs'. Now all of us together are screwed!!

 

[TraumaLlamaMD]

Not screwed, unless your answer for May 30-July 1 is "doing drugs and robbing banks." Just a minor annoyance!

 

[Raryn]

That's absurd. Especially for a non-trad. Filling that out would require me to rehash literally 15 years of my life if it was for a fellowship.

Not a single day could be uncounted for. Period. GME was crystal clear it was needed for our credentialing by the hospital, and I was a straight through trad (undergrad->med school->residency->fellowship).

Just put "travelling" or "studying" down in the dates between normal jobs. How could they check? It's more of a nuisance than anything.

 

[xffan624]

Not a single day could be uncounted for. Period. GME was crystal clear it was needed for our credentialing by the hospital, and I was a straight through trad (undergrad->med school->residency->fellowship).

Just put "travelling" or "studying" down in the dates between normal jobs. How could they check? It's more of a nuisance than anything.

That's why it's silly. Did they need addresses for everything like a security clearance or just what you were doing? It's not as hard as if it's just what you were doing as long as I don't have to put down all 6 states and 3 countries I did it in, lol.

 

[Raryn]

That's why it's silly. Did they need addresses for everything like a security clearance or just what you were doing? It's not as hard as if it's just what you were doing as long as I don't have to put down all 6 states and 3 countries I did it in, lol.

List of all jobs with exact dates and the city/state/zip code of the job if I remember right. In between just a statement of what you were doing. No list of places you lived.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

That's why it's silly. Did they need addresses for everything like a security clearance or just what you were doing? It's not as hard as if it's just what you were doing as long as I don't have to put down all 6 states and 3 countries I did it in, lol.

They do this because if they find out anytime in the future that you were, in fact, in jail, then they can terminate you immediately. If they don't, then you could argue "you never asked"

 

[littlejuan]

That's absurd. Especially for a non-trad. Filling that out would require me to rehash literally 15 years of my life if it was for a fellowship.

You will absolutely need it for your Medical License once you apply. Take the time to do it now, and correctly and that is a headache you do not have to worry about during residency.

 

[sazerac]

You will absolutely need it for your Medical License once you apply. Take the time to do it now, and correctly and that is a headache you do not have to worry about during residency.

I even had to do this for one of the medical school apps. I think it was for UW. Anyway I had to list where I lived, when I lived there, and also its population size at the time (I was applying for a rural track). I had spent several years prior cruising the world on a boat with my wife, so I just listed "20xx-20yy: Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, Population 2".

I did get an interview.

 

[colbgw02]

I've had to go through more licensing and privileging than I care to remember, and the most I've ever had to do was month/year on my CV. Accounting for every single day strikes me as unnecessary and draconian. Each hospital can set its own standards, so my guess is that the good idea fairy visited the in-house counsel or a similar drone in the adminisphere.