Getting Personal – How To Write A Personal Statement for Residency Your personal statement will let residency committee members and program directors know your reasons and qualifications for pursuing a specialty. This is your chance to explain how you came to love pediatrics or surgery, and why you can’t live without it. You also want […]

Talk to me It’s time for interviews! Interview season each year generally runs from November thru February of the year the applicant is applying for the match. Try to schedule your interviews in a particular geographic region all at the same time, so you can minimize travel and expenses. If you are still waiting to […]

Strategies for the Experienced IMG I’m Already a Doctor! Some IMGs decide at a more mature age that they are going to move to the US and hope to practice in their specialty. These IMGs have a few advantages and disadvantages that they can try to emphasize or de-emphasize on their applications and essays. If […]

IMG Resources and Help ! You Can Do It Matching and becoming a licensed physician in the US is the goal of many medical students and physicians trained outside the US. While it may not seem easy, the process is fairly straightforward. Set goals on accomplishing each of these steps and you will be able […]

USMLE Info and Advice You Need to Score Big! If you are an IMG, and especially if you are from a non-Western country or a country that has many unrecognized (not very well known) medical schools (at least in terms of US applications) then you NEED to do really well on the USMLE. US program […]

Four key steps to begin practicing medicine in the U.S. Physicians who received their medical degree outside the U.S. or Canada must complete 4 steps to become fully licensed and practice in the US. ECFMG Certification Certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Through its program of certification, the ECFMG assesses the readiness […]