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4 weeks of psychiatry?

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r753_2000
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04/29/05 - 07:12 PM

For a International Medicine Graduate and US citizen, do you really need 4 weeks of psychiatry doing your clerkship to be able to do a residency in the states? The curriculum in my school only had 2 weeks of psychiatry. Is this true?

retroviridae
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05/14/05 - 10:51 PM

yes you need it to get ECFMG certified. You can do a psych elective in the US, or if you are Indian, do a psych rotation during your housemanship

nonstopdoc1
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05/15/05 - 01:22 AM

I think it varies from state to state. e.g. Illinois definitly requires 4 weeks of psych training for residency.

Please note that they require 4 weeks of psych training and not 4 weeks of psych intership. So in case you had 2 weeks of rotation during your intership and another 2 weeks during you 3rd or 4th year than you'll be safe. But remember you need it documented on your medical school transcript.

Good Luck.

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noelle
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05/29/05 - 09:54 AM

california needs 4 weks of psychiatry rotation for california letter n stuff.

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retroviridae
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05/31/05 - 08:17 AM

nonstopdoc1 wrote:
I think it varies from state to state. e.g. Illinois definitly requires 4 weeks of psych training for residency.

Please note that they require 4 weeks of psych training and not 4 weeks of psych intership. So in case you had 2 weeks of rotation during your intership and another 2 weeks during you 3rd or 4th year than you'll be safe. But remember you need it documented on your medical school transcript.

Good Luck.

reason I said Indians could do psych during internship is that in the US it counts as if you are stilla student. you will need some documentation to that effect though.

drpawan
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03/13/07 - 01:09 AM

hi friends i dont have any psychiatry posting in my internship , how i could manage that is ter any alternative pls kindly reply scared of it . thanks in advance.

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