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Old 04-23-2008, 12:29 AM
Southerndoc Southerndoc is offline
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Arrow Where you CAN/CANNOT do residency/practice in the US

I recently went to a seminar held for Xavier and met with the directors on the board of admissions. This is what they clearly told me:

- You CANNOT do residency OR practice in California...ever.
- You CAN do residency AND practice in Texas, but you must be the 'creme of the crop' in the pool...meaning your USMLEs all need to at least be 90% or above.
- You CANNOT do residency or practice in Tennessee AND Nebraska because they have a "No medical student accepted unless the school they graduated from is 15 years or older" rule. Xavier still has a decade to go before that happens.
- You CAN only practice in New York IF you do 12 WEEKS of your rotations in the state. If you go over and do 13, you will not be allowed to practice, and if you don't complete all 12 weeks, you will also not be able to practice. This is a very WEIRD rule, but it's there. It is possible for you to transfer and do a 12 week rotation anywhere you want as long as you know someone or have a doctor who is willing to take care of you there. That's the only way transferring to NY for 3 months would be possible in this scenario.
-You CAN do residency AND practice in Florida, but it's pretty much like Texas in that it is almost impossible unless you have brilliant scores and stats.

3 states you cannot do residency or practice in AT ALL if you graduate from Xavier:
1) CALIFORNIA
2) NEBRASKA
3) TENNESSEE

3 states you CAN do residency and practice in if you graduate from Xavier and do amazingly well are, like FREAKISHLY AMAZINGLY WELL:
1) TEXAS
2) FLORIDA
3) NEW YORK

All other states are fair game and you can match for residency and practice there just like any other U.S. medical school would allow you to.

Anyone can add on to what I have up there or can correct me if I'm wrong about anything. This info. is straight from the horse's mouth though, so it can be trusted.

I'm most likely joining Aruba in the Fall, waiting on hearing back from the school now.
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