Residency necessity

[bigdan]

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Folks-

I was breezing through the AMA website for information on some of the local docs in my area. One doc does ortho, but had his residency listed as "transitional or flexible year"....and nothing else.

Is this possible? He is practicing ortho. Does one NEED to do a residency? Or is the AMA site perhaps just not appropriately updated?

Thoughts?

dc

 

[MS05']

I've wondered about this too! In theory you could be licensed after your intern year pending passing Step 3. You could then "in theory" practice whatever the heck you want, of course you wouldn't be board certified...but I mean internists in the ED aren't boarded and I happen to know that in my local VA hospital (Buffalo) all you need is a license 🙂

Anyone else have a more informed opinion other than my random observations...?

 

[johnd]

I've wondered about this too! In theory you could be licensed after your intern year pending passing Step 3. You could then "in theory" practice whatever the heck you want, of course you wouldn't be board certified...but I mean internists in the ED aren't boarded and I happen to know that in my local VA hospital (Buffalo) all you need is a license 🙂

Anyone else have a more informed opinion other than my random observations...?

Most hospitals won't give you privileges to practice unless you are residency trained and board certified. Especially in surgical fields.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Folks-

I was breezing through the AMA website for information on some of the local docs in my area. One doc does ortho, but had his residency listed as "transitional or flexible year"....and nothing else.

Is this possible? He is practicing ortho. Does one NEED to do a residency? Or is the AMA site perhaps just not appropriately updated?

Thoughts?

dc

It is certainly possible that the AMA site is not appropriate updated or that it just listed his internship.

However, a residency is not required, especially for people going into private practice. That said, as mentioned by others, try getting hospital priviledges or even to get Medicare to pay for your treatment and you will soon see the necessity of doing a residency. if this practitioner is older, he may have trained at a time when the requirements were less stringent and has simply worked like that all these years.

 

[(nicedream)]

It is required to complete a residency in a given field in order to be board certified in that field, correct? I know a dermatologist who's card lists her as board certified in dermatology, internal medicine, and pathology. Does that mean she did all three of these residencies??

 

[Winged Scapula]

It is required to complete a residency in a given field in order to be board certified in that field, correct? I know a dermatologist who's card lists her as board certified in dermatology, internal medicine, and pathology. Does that mean she did all three of these residencies??

If one is being truthful, to be BC/BE in any field, you must have completed a recognized residency in that field *currently*. I

n the past when some fields (ie, FP) developed a Board, they "grandfathered" in physicians who had completed certain requirements and passed the boards in that field but who had not done a formal residency in that specialty.

Another possibility is that since Derm is so competitive perhaps your acquaintance did IM and Path while attempting to match into Derm and therefore, did complete all 3 along with passing their respective boards.

Final possibility is that he/she is not telling the truth, of course.