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What determines your medical residency?
Madden explains, programs determine whom to invite for residency interviews based on grades and performances on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK). Your final step is creating a rank order list of residency programs.
What are the three most important things you look for in a residency program?
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A RESIDENCY PROGRAM? Consider the Chair and the faculty. What kind of training do they have, where did they train, what fellowships did they do, when did they finish training, where else have they worked, and what are their clinical and research skills and interests?
What makes a good residency program?
Bontempo said it boils down to three elements: coordination, coordination, coordination. Good residency programs have a high degree of mentoring, not just instruction. “We offer a lot of mentorship to help them learn how to learn,” said David Burbulys, MD, the residency director at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
What do surgical residents look for?
We also have a section on preparing a personal statement and how to ace your interview. Finally, visit the section entitled “So, You Want to Be a Surgeon…a Medical Student’s Guide to Surgical Residencies,” an online database developed to help medical students find and match with the best possible surgical residency.
Can IMGs apply for residency positions?
Before IMGs can start applying for residency positions, they must meet a set of requirements. US medical schools have their own definition of international medical graduates. The location and accreditation of the medical school attended determines whether the graduate is an IMG, not the citizenship of the graduate.
How does the Residency Match process work for medical students?
How the residency match process works: the one-sentence version Medical students are matched into residency programs, according to the preferences of both the students and the programs, through a process operated by the Electronic Residency Service (ERAS) and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
How many IMG doctors are there in the United States?
One in four U.S. physicians is an international medical graduate (IMG), and every year around 12,000 IMGs apply for U.S. residency positions.
What is an international medical graduate (IMG)?
US medical schools have their own definition of international medical graduates. The location and accreditation of the medical school attended determines whether the graduate is an IMG, not the citizenship of the graduate. This means that American citizens who graduated from medical schools outside the United States and Canada are considered IMGs.