Ohio Heritage post graduation requirement

[Dr Dazzle]

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Hi

Do any of you guys have more info on this school, and their requirement to have graduates practice in Ohio post residency? Are there any ways to get around that for OOS applicants?

Thanks

 

[NurWollen]

Hi

Do any of you guys have more info on this school, and their requirement to have graduates practice in Ohio post residency? Are there any ways to get around that for OOS applicants?

Thanks

I've heard that if you do a primary care residency in Ohio (I think it has to be an AOA residency and one of theirs) then your residency counts towards payback and you're free once you finish residency. OUHCOM's residencies are probably some if the best AOA residencies too.

 

[coolingglasses]

Someone told me there's a way you can get a waiver out of that requirement.

 

[Dr Dazzle]

Do you have to do a primary care residency, or do others count? Depending on the AOA ones in Ohio.

 

[hallowmann]

Do you have to do a primary care residency, or do others count? Depending on the AOA ones in Ohio.

All this info is actually on their website, and I remember reviewing it all when I was applying. Basically, you have to do residency in their CORE designated AOA residency locations and then each year of residency can be applied as credit for the requirement. So if your residency is 3 years, then you'd have to spend 2 more attending years in Ohio.

That being said, most of those residencies are primary care residencies, and honestly there aren't a ton of them, and I think since they are all at big hospital systems you will be competing not only with all OOSers from OU-HCOM, but also Ohio resident DO graduates from there and from all over the country. In other words, don't bet on getting one of those spots, and expect to be spending 5 post-residency/post-fellowship years in Ohio.

As far as getting out of it, I don't believe there is any way of getting out of the contract.

 

[Dr Dazzle]

All this info is actually on their website, and I remember reviewing it all when I was applying. Basically, you have to do residency in their CORE designated AOA residency locations and then each year of residency can be applied as credit for the requirement. So if your residency is 3 years, then you'd have to spend 2 more attending years in Ohio.

That being said, most of those residencies are primary care residencies, and honestly there aren't a ton of them, and I think since they are all at big hospital systems you will be competing not only with all OOSers from OU-HCOM, but also Ohio resident DO graduates from there and from all over the country. In other words, don't bet on getting one of those spots, and expect to be spending 5 post-residency/post-fellowship years in Ohio.

As far as getting out of it, I don't believe there is any way of getting out of the contract.

Isn't that a pretty big risk? I guess you would have to do residency somewhere else if you don't match, and then come back to Ohio to finish up your total 5 years? Sounds like a big commitment to make this early on.

 

[hallowmann]

Isn't that a pretty big risk? I guess you would have to do residency somewhere else if you don't match, and then come back to Ohio to finish up your total 5 years? Sounds like a big commitment to make this early on.

Yeah, basically. I think that's the point.

You could always pay the extra $250k or so instead to break the contract.

 

[Dr Dazzle]

It costs $250k to break the contract?! In addition to the total tuition?

 

[hallowmann]

It costs $250k to break the contract?! In addition to the total tuition?

I'm not exactly sure, but you have to take into account inflation, etc. and it will be something around that much in addition to the crazy OOS tuition.

 

[Dr Dazzle]

I'm not exactly sure, but you have to take into account inflation, etc. and it will be something around that much in addition to the crazy OOS tuition.

Well, you can qualify for instate tuition after first year.

 

[coolingglasses]

All this info is actually on their website, and I remember reviewing it all when I was applying. Basically, you have to do residency in their CORE designated AOA residency locations and then each year of residency can be applied as credit for the requirement. So if your residency is 3 years, then you'd have to spend 2 more attending years in Ohio.

That being said, most of those residencies are primary care residencies, and honestly there aren't a ton of them, and I think since they are all at big hospital systems you will be competing not only with all OOSers from OU-HCOM, but also Ohio resident DO graduates from there and from all over the country. In other words, don't bet on getting one of those spots, and expect to be spending 5 post-residency/post-fellowship years in Ohio.

As far as getting out of it, I don't believe there is any way of getting out of the contract.

I assure you the waiver exists. But being that I didn't apply there, I don't know a whole lot about it or what the requirements are. Maybe someone else can chime in.

 

[hallowmann]

I assure you the waiver exists. But being that I didn't apply there, I don't know a whole lot about it or what the requirements are. Maybe someone else can chime in.

It exists, but I got the impression that it adversely affects your application if you apply for it based on their wording. You also have to apply for it when you submit your app. I don't think you can apply for the waiver after you sign the contract and submit it with your secondary, so its not really a way out of the contract after you submit it, but rather a way out of the signed contract requirement for completing the secondary.

 

[Mosonik]

I assure you the waiver exists. But being that I didn't apply there, I don't know a whole lot about it or what the requirements are. Maybe someone else can chime in.

Yes, OUHCOM recently created this, it is called the out of state scholars program (OSSP).
It basically allows the college to waive the out of state contract for especially qualified oos applicants ( who i would assume has above average stats and fits well with the schools mission and community). It is not guaranteed to any particular person though so I assume it is fairly competitive and not offered in abundance. Here's the link
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/pdfs/contract.pdf

As was stated, the website has all this info and more on OUHCOM so explore it some time... itd be worth your while.