vallia
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hi guys,
please take a few minutes to answer these questions for me, it was disscused before but i didn't quite understand.
I have 2 years left to finish residency in clinical pathology in my home country. I was wondering if I finish residency and after I 'll be board certified I can enter maybe second or third year of residency(in the same speciality) ( if there is a speciality exam to skip a period of US residency).
any information in this problem would help me. Thanks
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| Sabine
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Hi vallia,
as far as I know this is NOT possible. I myself have three years of Clinical Pathology residency finished in my home country. I interrupted my residency there to come here.
When I came over I had to take the USMLE exams to get the ECFMG certificate, I applied for a Pathology residency this year and I am pretty sure that you can't skip years of the Pathology residency even if you're board certified in your country.
But it will certainly help for getting decent interviews.
I don't think that there's a specialty exam to skip part of the US residency...
Good luck,
Sabine
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| vallia
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thanks Sabine, I was meaning when I am board certified in America. So you'll enter Pgy1, with no credential verified and accepted?
Thanks for answer
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| Sabine
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Hi again vallia,
I don't understand your last answer....what exactly is your question?????????
And what do you mean by "you'll enter PGY1 with no credential verified and accepted?"
Sabine
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| bbb
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When you enter residency in the USA, you automatically start at a first year level. In some cases, after your performance is studied, and you show that you are an exceptional resident (could teach staff physicians, etc.) you can apply to different US Boards and request an exception from some of the training. There is no guarantee, no promises, etc. I've seen it done once since I started working in residency (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth).
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| Sabine
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Guten Tag bbb,
I didn't know that myself! Thanks for clarifying!
But it sounds like this is the very exception of the exception.
Have a nice day,
Sabine
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