Resigning residency

[edema9]

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Hello everyone,

I am thinking to resign my residency and apply to a civilian deferral in the same speciality after a GMO tour, do you think it is a bad idea. Thank you

 

[backrow]

At first I read it as resign, do time, get out...and my answer was yes it's a bad idea.

Now I see you want the same people who you will screw by leaving early to grant you a deferral and my answer is it's an even worse idea then you can probably imagine.

 

[pgg]

Why do you want to do this?

 

[psychbender]

OP, do you also want to get dressed, putting your pants on your head this morning?

What do you think the benefit would be to you completing residency in the civilian world (if they'd even take you, given you already quit residency training in the same specialty once)? Now, how the hell would the military benefit from you abandoning training, only to finally get trained by an outside institution?

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[j4pac]

Hello everyone,

I am thinking to resign my residency and apply to a civilian deferral in the same speciality after a GMO tour, do you think it is a bad idea. Thank you

Are you an intern? If you are...no big deal. Tons of people get out after internship and GMO tour. If you are in post-grad-year 2 and beyond...this will likely haunt you. You have a real chance of not matching civilian after quitting a prior program. Why would the next program want to risk it? If you wanted to switch specialties at least I could see the argument.

 

[Gastrapathy]

If you are on a straight-through contract and quit, you should expect that the .mil will never allow you to train again in the same residency and that they will write bad letters when you want to apply civilian. Finish!

 

[deleted480308]

ride it out

 

[jabreal00]

People resign all the time because they don't like the specialty they chose, they are a bad fit for the program, though still like the specialty, family issues etc. However if you think you can quit your residency, do a year or two of GMO and then reapply for a civilian deferred slot you are mistaken. Your specialty leader will not approve you for the deferred slot especially if that specialty is offered. What you probably should do is quit, finish your obligation as a GMO and then apply as a civilian (this I've seen).