PGY-2 resident

[pmgran]

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Hi, I'm currently a PGY-2 resident interested transferring to psychiatry at the PGY2 level. I am planning on filling out ERAS, but don't know if I'd be able to go to many interviews given my demanding schedule this yr. How damaging would it be to drop out of my current program to interview? Should I just stick it out, and try to scramble into a program. Any advice would help

thx

 

[Doc Samson]

Hi, I'm currently a PGY-2 resident interested transferring to psychiatry at the PGY2 level. I am planning on filling out ERAS, but don't know if I'd be able to go to many interviews given my demanding schedule this yr. How damaging would it be to drop out of my current program to interview? Should I just stick it out, and try to scramble into a program. Any advice would help

thx

Tremendously damaging. No one wants a resident that has a track record of screwing programs over. Pick your interviews wisely, i.e., programs where you'd really like to go and have a reasonable chance at getting an offer. You might even get an offer early in the game and not have to do more than a handful of interviews anyway.

If it helps, I know the University of Arizona/UPH consortium program in Tucson has been approved to expand its class size, so they're recruiting for additional PGY-2s for next year.

 

[atsai3]

How damaging would it be to drop out of my current program to interview?

Very bad idea. Screws over your co-residents and leaves everyone in the lurch.

Additionally, you need a "letter of good standing" from your current program director to accompany your application. Hard to see how you would be able to get that letter if you just dropped out of residency abruptly in order to go to interviews.

Better idea is to just tell your current program director about your wish to transfer out and then try to work out the scheduling with her (eg., maybe you could be placed on "research" elective for December, or perhaps swap your vacation block with another resident).

-AT.

 

[psychattending]

I would second what both Doc Samson and atsai3 said. People do not look favorably on somebody dropping out in the middle of the year. Every time you apply to a state medical board, the specialty boards, a hospital, or a insurance carrier, they verify with your training programs how you functioned there. It is not uncommon for a resident to transfer his training to another program. What you want to do is talk to your PD about your desire to transfer elsewhere and he/she should be willing to help you do that. You should be doing during the fall and early winter. I don't think most programs use ERAS for transferring residents.

 

[Wednesday]

You shouldn't have to interview at many programs for a PGY2 position and you likely won't have to go through the match at all as most PGY2 positions are filled outside the match. I interviewed at four programs during my week of vacation and knew the results within weeks. Definitely didn't need to interview at so many, but wanted to be sure of my choice in the end. I got lucky with the scheduling, but the programs might squeeze you in as well on non-PGY1 interview days. PGY2 is a different ball game than PGY1.

 

[psychdude]

Are there anymore pgy2 spots available now?