Opening for IM PGY1??

[LisaY]

Hi,

I recently moved here from Australia and was hoping to find an opening for IM (prelim preferably, or categorical) to start this year. Please let me know if you know of any, esp in the NY/NJ area, I will be eternally grateful!

Lisa

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[Winged Scapula]

Moving to the IM forum...

Do you have your ECFMG certificate? You're cutting it close because it usually takes several weeks to get a in-training license (or whatever the hospital uses for its residents) so might have to start after July 1, 2005. But here are some links which might help:

http://www.careermd.com

http://stoppagingme.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=index&c=15

http://www.acponline.org/residency/

http://www.ama-assn.org/vapp/freida/srch/

http://www.aamc.org/students/findaresident/start.htm

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6920.html

 

[LisaY]

Sorry to sound like an idiot, but what is that and how do I go about getting one, esp if I don't have an internship yet, or know where I will be working?

 

[AJM]

An in-training license is a limited medical license that the state that you're practicing in gives you. It lets you practice medicine in that state while you are training in your residency program. You can't get an in-training license until you know where you will be doing internship/residency, and you have a program that will be hiring you. Not all states necessarily require a training license -- it depends on the state.

If you are hoping to start this July, you really are too late. Usually all the paperwork for licensure and credentialing has to be done about 3 months before the start date in order to get processed. Even if you get accepted to a program, your state license application will have to be submitted and processed, which takes time. You might be able to convince a program to hire you with a later start date, though (like September or January).