"Practice Pathway" Question

[Popoff Valve]

Hello all,
I'm starting my second year of Anesthesiology residency, and I am interested in Palliative care. My question is as follows : If I do a lot of "moonlighting" with a local Hospice/Palliative care team and some conferences/online courses over the next 3 years, do you think I can meet the "grandfather clause" and get board-certified in 2012? I will finish residency in July 2012 and that happens to be the last year of grandfathering.​

I posted the requirements below, but I was wondering if any of you thought that I might NOT be eligible since all of my palliative care experience will be during residency. Thanks for your input.​

"Requires that the Diplomate demonstrate having spent at least 800 hours clinical involvement in
subspecialty-level practice of hospice and palliative medicine during the last five years prior to application
for examination, including:​

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at least two years of sub-specialty level practice in hospice and palliative medicine

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at least 100 hours of participation with a hospice or palliative care team* and

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participation in the active care of at least 50 terminally ill patients or patients requiring palliative

care (only 25 required for pediatrics)"​

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[Aloha Kid]

Sorry,

I don't think you can grandfather in as a resident. You have to be an independent practicing licensed physician who is not in residency.

Even if you could, would your program director allow you to dedicate such a massive amount of time to this?