Pre-start physical/labs?

do yourself a favor:

gather all your titer/vacc records that have already been done, when you start work have the records transferred
it can avoid having to repeat certain tests later down the road, and we all want to steward resources right?
ones you are missing you can wait for occ med, but again, if you can get the records/get them drawn now with other bloodwork your PCP is doing you might avoid another blood draw later, and like people said it can be hard to know what is covered vs not (usually it is covered)

as far as the PPD thing, that varies so much by institution just be good with your med school and wait to see what the program wants, some are strict it has to be read by them

occ med usually has you see a nurse for a pre-employment physical closer to your start date, so seeing your PCP especially this far in advance isn't likely to do anything for you from a work standpoint, but kudos to you get that in before you lose good coverage

get an HIV test done now, and then repeat in 6 mos right before starting residency, or, have it done when you get your residency health coverage and again repeat
this can help exclude any claim of seroconversion having taken place in any timeframe before residency or at least in the first 6 mos if you have to go with the latter scenario
too many horror stories abound of needlesticks and worker's comp being dicks
(needlesticks are surprisingly common, at least 1/3 of residents by graduation report having had one according to some EM conference I went to, the rate of anything bad happening as a result is thankfully quite low)

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Pre-start physical/labs?