Caution: New York States 12-Week Clerkship Rule |
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New York State has a rather curious rule regarding clerkships done during medical school !
This rule states that if a medical student spends more than 12 weeks doing clerkship / elective rotations outside the country of the Medical school, then that student is barred from residency / fellowship training within the state of New York.
Now, IMGs and IMGs-to-be must take special note of this rule, since Residencies in New York state happen to be one of the most IMG-friendly states - I mean you would not want to lose eligibility in that state. Anyways, I don't imagine many IMGs actually getting outside clerkship permissions for more than 12 weeks.
I first read about this on the Internal Medicine Residency website of Albany Medical Center , which piqued my curiosity and made me dig more on the Internet about it.
This rule states that if a medical student spends more than 12 weeks doing clerkship / elective rotations outside the country of the Medical school, then that student is barred from residency / fellowship training within the state of New York.
Now, IMGs and IMGs-to-be must take special note of this rule, since Residencies in New York state happen to be one of the most IMG-friendly states - I mean you would not want to lose eligibility in that state. Anyways, I don't imagine many IMGs actually getting outside clerkship permissions for more than 12 weeks.
I first read about this on the Internal Medicine Residency website of Albany Medical Center , which piqued my curiosity and made me dig more on the Internet about it.
posted by Digitaldoc, MD at
3:22 PM
7 Comments:
Shruthi said...
hi yes thats true.....but just to reconfirm theres no problem in doing exactly 12 weeks right ?
Digitaldoc, MD said...
I guess not :-)
i have done 4 months of clerkships in USA, am i ineligible to apply for residency in New York State...and these electives are not considered by university...the official clerkship certificate will never show this....so can you advice me regading this...?
Do those clerkships appear on your Medical School Transcript ? - coz 'clerkships' in their formal definition are done during medical school and would appear on the transcript. If not, then probably it would not matter. If they do appear, I am not sure at what point they do the check-up - but you would probably wanna call up the NY medical board to get confirmation on that one
hi there!
now thats quite ambiguous!! even though you have created an amazing website for helping residency aspirants...;)
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these electives you mention are not to be of >12 weeks if they are done "PRIOR TO RECEIVING YOUR MEDICAL DEGREE!!!!!.
after you get your degree you can do TONS of electives if you want to!!
just a simple clarification..
keep up the good work.
Thank you for the comment :-)
Now the crux of the situation is once you get your med. school degree and graduate, you are no longer eligible for electives - since electives would need a current 3 or 4th year medical school status
Though After graduation - Observerships & externships are possible
i really cannot understand the reason for this rule... first they require USCE so you can be better elegible for a residency, now they say more than 12 weeks is too much...
Absurdities is another aspect of "Life"...lol
But on a more serious note, its different policy-making bodies at play...
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