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4 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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IMG 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...
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Choosing 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...
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Choosing 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...
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Special 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?...
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6 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...
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The 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:...
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Residency 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...
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How 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...
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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...
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6 Questions IMGs Should Ask About USMLE Prep Programs
Follow these tips about how to find a quality USMLE prep program. As an international medical graduate (IMG), you may have questions about which programs can help you receive quality USMLE prep, so you...
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Coming to America for Residency: 5 Tips to Follow
When you come to the U.S. for residency, what should you know? If you’re ready to do your medical residency in America, you’ve probably done all the nitty gritty preparations of getting your paperwork...
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How to Prepare for the 2016 Match℠
Are you ready to submit your residency applications for the 2016 Match? Is it May already? For those of you planning to submit applications for the 2016 Match, there is no better time to start thinking...
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My Match Story
Hoo boy. Match Day. On Match Day, you actually get an email which is very obnoxiously titled “Did I Match?” Well, I DON’T KNOW, EMAIL. I HAVE BEEN ASKING MYSELF THAT SAME EXACT QUESTION FOR WEEKS NOW....
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Submit Your Rank Order List by February 26th
It’s almost that time of year. Match Day is coming. For participants in the 2014 Main Residency Match, don’t forget to submit your rank order list by 9pm ET on February 26th. This is also the deadline...
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Kaplan Medical Advisors – Meet the USMLE® Experts
When you are preparing for an extremely important exam such as the USMLE®, you want to be sure you are on the right track to success. Kaplan’s Medical Advisors are experts at helping you organize...
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Noon Lecture for Residents – A Daily Dose of Learning
Photo credit: by Xavier Snelgrove. Date: 2005-06-24 {{cc-by-sa-2.5}} (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons One of the core components of learning as a resident is through...
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Going ALL-In and We Don’t Mean in Poker!
Photo credit: Alex E. Proimos / Foter.com / CC BY There was once a time when you would apply for Match, get a few interviews and then have a small hope that perhaps you could get a pre-Match and be...
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Match 2014 FAQ
Photo credit: © Ruzzolo | Stock Free Images &Dreamstime Stock Photos Applying to residency in the U.S. is an involved and overwhelming process. Here is a FAQ that we hope will clarify the process...
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How to Find USCE (United States Clinical Experience)
What is USCE? Residency programs willing to consider internationally trained applicants like to know that they have some sense of how medicine is practiced here in the US, either through more formal...
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