transferring as an intern

[fergustsi]

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I was approached by an intern at another program about wanting to transfer to my program ASAP. they asked if i could talk to our pd on their behalf.
I responded saying I dont think interns can transfer as going through the match obliges you to do your intern year at the matched institution.
They said in their research they hadnt heard anything like that.
I searched but couldnt find any specific information on the topic.

Anyone have any info on this topic?

 

[colbgw02]

My understanding is that the match obligates you to show up for your first day of work.

 

[Winged Scapula]

The match only obligates you to show up for the job, not finishing the year.

Your colleague can only transfer to your program if there is an open position (i.e., someone has already left, died, fired, or the position never filled) and he/she has the approval of both PDs.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

To be fair, the match requires that you start work and stay in the program in good faith for 45 days. From the match agreement:

The listing of an applicant by a program on its certified rank order list or of a program by an applicant on the applicant's certified rank order list establishes a binding commitment to offer or to accept an appointment if a match results and to start training in good faith (i.e., with the intent to complete the program) on the date specified in the appointment contract. The same binding commitment is established during the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) if a program offers a position by listing an applicant on its preference list and the applicant accepts that offer. The binding commitment may be released only through the waiver procedures set forth in Sections 2.5 and 3.4 of this Agreement. Each such appointment is subject to the official policies of the appointing institution in effect on the date the program submits its rank order list or its preference list and is contingent upon the matching applicant meeting all eligibility requirements imposed by those policies. Those requirements must be communicated to applicants in writing prior to the rank order list certification deadline or at the time the program interviews the applicant during SOAP. It is recommended that each program obtain a signed acknowledgement of such communication from each applicant.

Failure to honor this commitment by either party will be a breach of this Agreement and may result in penalties to the breaching program or applicant, as described in Section 8.0. An applicant who terminates or resigns a position within 45 days of the start date specified in the appointment contract shall be presumed to have breached this Agreement unless evidence is submitted to the NRMP sufficient to show that the applicant entered into the program in good faith and the applicant has a reasonable basis to be released from his commitment to the program.

As we're beyond the 45 day mark, your friend can certainly look into transferring, but don't unserestimate the complexity of the process.

 

[Winged Scapula]

aPD is the "45 day rule" relatively new?

I don't recall seeing that before (although admittedly it has been some time since I looked at the source documentation).

 

[deleted103644]

aPD is the "45 day rule" relatively new?

I don't recall seeing that before (although admittedly it has been some time since I looked at the source documentation).

Think it's been around awhile, but it is used rarely enough that it wasn't common knowledge.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

I think it's new in the last 1-2 years. Or I never noticed it before.

 

[deleted103644]

I think it's new in the last 1-2 years. Or I never noticed it before.

It was definitely there last year.

Didn't check before, but would have thought it would have been announced if something big like that had just been changed.

 

[Winged Scapula]

I think it's new in the last 1-2 years. Or I never noticed it before.

Well that would make two of us with an appalling lack of observation. I'd bet it wasn't there before a couple of years ago.