Misdemeanor on residency app??

[ruraldr2b]

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I am currently a third-year and was wondering if there is any spot on the residency application where you have to include information about any misdemeanors. My state doesn't allow you to expunge/seal these so they stay on your record. I guess I'm a little nervous about it come time to apply for residency as I have one on my record.

 

[drewpydog]

Yes, there is. Good luck.

 

[souljah1]

There wasn't any thing on eras about misdemeanors. Only felonies.

 

[edinOH]

Hell, where I come from lack of a misdemeanor means you must not be much fun to hang out with!

I wouldn't worry about it. It's a felony that will screw you.

 

[ruraldr2b]

Hell, where I come from lack of a misdemeanor means you must not be much fun to hang out with!

I wouldn't worry about it. It's a felony that will screw you.

Thanks for the replies. Just got a little crazy after an exam first year of med school, no dui or anything though.

 

[mikecwru]

I am currently a third-year and was wondering if there is any spot on the residency application where you have to include information about any misdemeanors. My state doesn't allow you to expunge/seal these so they stay on your record. I guess I'm a little nervous about it come time to apply for residency as I have one on my record.

It won't screw you out of ERAS (see other replies) but for most states, when you get licensed, you'll have to explain everything over a traffic ticket. So, if you got something that was a downgrade from an alcohol offense or something that suggests something like that, it would potentially be a LOT of explaining.

mike

 

[Selznick]

It won't screw you out of ERAS (see other replies) but for most states, when you get licensed, you'll have to explain everything over a traffic ticket. So, if you got something that was a downgrade from an alcohol offense or something that suggests something like that, it would potentially be a LOT of explaining.

mike

Sort of a formality. 😉 A misdemeaner will be no problem.

 

[McGillGrad]

It is very important to remember that once you volunteer that information, it will follow you around for the rest of your career. Since you state is being a bastard about this, then you have to admit this whenever it is asked of you, otherwise it will become a huge deal down the road.

 

[DrNick2006]

You do not have to tell anyone about misdamenors EVER!!! You are only required by law to tell if you have had a felony. I wouldn't tell a soul.

 

[DrNick2006]

of course anyone can require a background check for employment, but I have not encountered a single question about misdemeanors anywhere in my residency search process, and I don't think that a program would not employ you after matching for something irrelevent to medical care.