Was your medical education/training extended or interrupted? Sick leave?

[atethesun]

I was put on sick leave for 1 month for health reason. Should I say that my training was interrupted?

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[st2205]

I was put on sick leave for 1 month for health reason. Should I say that my training was interrupted?

Not an authority, but what I take that to mean is if you won't graduate with the class you matriculated in.

 

[quepatho]

I was put on sick leave for 1 month for health reason. Should I say that my training was interrupted?

Actually, you raise a good point and one that I probably should have thought of before I submitted ERAS. I technically was on a one month LOA when I did research at another institution but I never thought for one second that it would count as my training being "interrupted".

Well, I didn't report mine. I vote you don't report yours...

 

[gutonc]

They want to know whether it took longer than the planned 4 years for you to graduate and, if so, why. Nothing more.

So if you took 6 years to graduate and it was because you did a couple of years of research...yes, your training was interrupted, and that's cool.

If it took you 6 years to graduate and it was because you were in prison for two years...yes, your training was interrupted, and that's going to be a bit of a problem for you.

 

[atethesun]

They want to know whether it took longer than the planned 4 years for you to graduate and, if so, why. Nothing more.

So if you took 6 years to graduate and it was because you did a couple of years of research...yes, your training was interrupted, and that's cool.

If it took you 6 years to graduate and it was because you were in prison for two years...yes, your training was interrupted, and that's going to be a bit of a problem for you.

What about residency training? I took a 1 month sick leave due to health reason and I am reapplying to a PGY1 position. Does that count as "interrupted"?

 

[Smurfette]

What about residency training? I took a 1 month sick leave due to health reason and I am reapplying to a PGY1 position. Does that count as "interrupted"?

Yes, that counts. Just say you took medical leave. Expect to be asked to explain (at least generically) at interviews

 

[greg1184]

They want to know whether it took longer than the planned 4 years for you to graduate and, if so, why. Nothing more.

So if you took 6 years to graduate and it was because you did a couple of years of research...yes, your training was interrupted, and that's cool.

If it took you 6 years to graduate and it was because you were in prison for two years...yes, your training was interrupted, and that's going to be a bit of a problem for you.

You could say jail gave yourself more "life experience" and as a result grew as a person.