Residency and full license

[Dr Muhammad Usman]

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Hi
In few states like Florida, Texas after two years of FM residency we are able to get full license, My question is, if someone has full license in 3rd year of residency , does he is allowed to open his own clinic, urgent care, practice or not? Or work as telemedicine ? My program allow to do moonlight

 

[NotAProgDirector]

If your program allows moonlighting, then you can theoretically do anything you want. But:

1. You can't work on your private stuff during residency hours. If you're caught calling patients, rviewing results, etc, you could be in huge trouble. So whatever you do needs to be compartmentalized in time so you only do it during your off time.
2. You're completely on your own, and completely responsible for whatever happens.
3. You can't "steal" patients from your employer. If your urgent care competes in any way with theirs, you could have huge problems.
4. If something "bad" happens, you could lose your training spot. "Bad" could be anything from an action against your license, a complaint to the board, or even just "bad press". If someone writes an article with the headline "Incompletely trained doc from XYZ hospital opens urgent care clinic", even though it's legal, your program might decide the bad press is a problem and you could be in trouble.

So, bottom line, you want whatever you do to be completely separate and best if it's "low profile". If you make a splash, make sure it's a positive one

 

[Dr Muhammad Usman]

If your program allows moonlighting, then you can theoretically do anything you want. But:

1. You can't work on your private stuff during residency hours. If you're caught calling patients, rviewing results, etc, you could be in huge trouble. So whatever you do needs to be compartmentalized in time so you only do it during your off time.
2. You're completely on your own, and completely responsible for whatever happens.
3. You can't "steal" patients from your employer. If your urgent care competes in any way with theirs, you could have huge problems.
4. If something "bad" happens, you could lose your training spot. "Bad" could be anything from an action against your license, a complaint to the board, or even just "bad press". If someone writes an article with the headline "Incompletely trained doc from XYZ hospital opens urgent care clinic", even though it's legal, your program might decide the bad press is a problem and you could be in trouble.

So, bottom line, you want whatever you do to be completely separate and best if it's "low profile". If you make a splash, make sure it's a positive one

Make sense, thank you so much

 

[Mass Effect]

If your program allows moonlighting, then you can theoretically do anything you want. But:

1. You can't work on your private stuff during residency hours. If you're caught calling patients, rviewing results, etc, you could be in huge trouble. So whatever you do needs to be compartmentalized in time so you only do it during your off time.
2. You're completely on your own, and completely responsible for whatever happens.
3. You can't "steal" patients from your employer. If your urgent care competes in any way with theirs, you could have huge problems.
4. If something "bad" happens, you could lose your training spot. "Bad" could be anything from an action against your license, a complaint to the board, or even just "bad press". If someone writes an article with the headline "Incompletely trained doc from XYZ hospital opens urgent care clinic", even though it's legal, your program might decide the bad press is a problem and you could be in trouble.

So, bottom line, you want whatever you do to be completely separate and best if it's "low profile". If you make a splash, make sure it's a positive one

Your moonlighting hours also count toward the 80 hour work week.

And given your previous post about if the medical board sees your scripts, I would urge you again not to do anything sketchy. Don't open a suboxone clinic, don't open an ADHD clinic, don't prescribe controlled substances.

 

[mistafab]

Many programs require PD blessing for moonlighting. Review your contract but also just talk with your PD. They may have to bless each individual moonlighting opportunity per your contract anyway. You want your PD to support your moonlighting, they control if you graduate or not so don't piss them off or do things they haven't approved

. Sometimes it's better to ask for permission than for forgiveness.