5 Tips for Coming to America for Residency
When coming to America for residency, embracing the culture beyond the field of medicine will help with your success! If you’re coming to America for your medical residency, you’ve probably done all...
View ArticleHow to Choose Your USMLE Prep Materials
The best USMLE prep prepares you for success beyond the test. When it comes to the stressors associated with graduating medical school, number one among international medical graduates is fear of...
View ArticleResidency Bottleneck? What Every IMG Should Know
IMGs should be prepared for “residency bottleneck”—more doctors graduating every year than there are residency programs. While heartening recent statistics show that more doctors are graduating every...
View ArticleThe IMG’s Guide to Finding U.S. Clinical Experience
Your own IMG network can help you get the U.S. clinical experience you need. United States clinical experience (USCE) plays a key role in the IMG’s road to residency. Clinical experience may help you:...
View Article6 Questions IMGs Should Ask About USMLE Prep
How you prep for the USMLE will determine how you match in residency. As an international medical graduate (IMG), you likely have many questions about which programs can help you receive quality USMLE...
View ArticleSpecial Series: Choosing a Medical Specialty
Our new blog series on medical specialties will help IMGs discover specialties that may be right for them. Family medicine? Internal medicine? Neurology? Which medical specialty will you choose?...
View ArticleChoosing a Medical Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology
Doctors and surgeons need radiologists to help them accurately diagnose conditions and improve operative planning. Fifty-seven percent of non-U.S. IMGs matched into a diagnostic radiology residency...
View ArticleChoosing a Medical Specialty: Child Neurology
Child neurologists help children with neurological disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle. One reason to consider this career is that there is a shortage of child neurology...
View ArticleIMG Performance in the 2017 Match
The 2017 Match results are promising for non-U.S. citizen IMGs. If you’re an International Medical Graduate who just completed the Match or are hoping to Match in the future, the odds are in your...
View Article4 IMGs Share Their Match Success Stories
Nothing inspires your own success like the Match success stories of IMGs who came before. As medical students, we usually focus on all the work and effort needed to succeed in medical school, but...
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