Leslie Kahl, MD, assistant dean of student affairs at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, said students will be less likely to come forward with personal problems. Another FSMB proposal would require residents to complete three years of postgraduate training before receiving an unrestricted license. T he proposal also could wipe out moonlighting, said Andrew Mulvey, MD, a member of the Emergency Medicine Residents' Assn. Rebecca Minter, MD, chair of the Assn. of American Medical College's organization of resident representatives, said Tennessee has an effective moonlighting regulation. Annual reports on residents and fellows is another FSMB recommendation.
Most problems are minor and are corrected.
Dr. Fleming said the FSMB's intention is to require passage of the first two steps before entry into a residency program, but not before Match Day. However, Henry Schultz, MD, program director at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minn., said students who have not passed the second step before Match Day could be at a disadvantage under FSMB rules. If step-one scores are marginal, the student will have a hard time matching. All Rights Reserved.