No. What I am saying is that you can only do 12 weeks of YOUR clinicals/rotations without approval, and YOU'RE not elgible for residency.

I went back to the site for the laws and rules and it said nothing about that at all ( I know about the 12 wk rule it was there plain as day)? Where is it in the rule and laws? Posting you can't doesn't cut it. Please tell me where it says that so I can have the proof.

Thanks!

Very Interesting!

without NY state approval you CANNOT do residency in NY state..that is 100 percent..you CAN however PRACTICE in NY state after completing residency outside of NY state if you are at an unapproved school..this is 100 percent for sure..if you want proof..the best thing is to call up NY state authority yourself but i am POSITIVE of this fact..if you ask any residency program director they will tell you the same..most schools are approved by NY except for some carib schools..most schools of countries outside of the US foreign language programs are automatically approved which does not mean they are approved for over 12 weeks of clinical rotations, however, they ARE approved for residency and licensure..but if your school is NOT approved, there is absolutely NO WAY of doing residency in NY state..that is a fact..

There is nothing on the new york state board website about requiring the school to be approved in order to do residency there. I also called the state board a few times and have gotten vague responses. Some say that it is required and some say that it is up to the hospital. You do not need ny licensure in order to start residency in ny , so the board doesn't have anything to do with you. I think the only risk that you run into is applying for licensure after residency (if residency is done in ny, and school unapproved). Also there are many residents that are currently in ny from non approved schools. Below is a link of the residents in Stonybrook family med NY and one of the second yr residents is from st. james school of med which is NOT approved by ny state.

http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/som/fa..._residents.cfm

About three years ago, when I first came to a carib med school I got in touch with the NYS board. I spoke to someone from the Dept of Comparitive Education. I was told that if I wanted to apply for residency I would have to complete all core rotations in the country where the school is chartered. However, I would be allowed to complete my elective rotations at the hospitals of my own choosing.

I am currently close to finishing my cores in the country of charter and am planning on doing my electives in the states.

I tried getting back in touch with NYS board to confirm what I was told so long ago - but it seems as though no one has the time anymore to answer questions there.

I am still following the rules I was told of earlier. And will update ppl as to what happens once I have either been rejected/accepted by NYS.

If anyone finds out any relevant information in the meanwhile please do take a moment to PM or email me.



Isn't everything just a bit too confusing??

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