22/12/2020
Congress is on the cusp of funding new residency positions at teaching hospitals and promoting physician-focused partnerships between rural and urban hospitals. GNYHA thanks Congress for taking these major steps to address the worsening
Thanks to the AAMC physician shortage report future legislation to be in favor of IMGs. Those applying for match just need to be patient and wait until change of regime completes by January for more legislation to be announce and existing ones repealed which are against physician shortage in USA and hampers the demand curve of IMGs , which are backbone of American Healthacare system.
Greater New York Hospital Association on Twitter
“Congress is on the cusp of funding new residency positions at teaching hospitals and promoting physician-focused partnerships between rural and urban hospitals. GNYHA thanks Congress for taking these major steps to address the worsening .”
02/04/2019
Students need to do extensive research, speak to current students, alumni as Undergraduate Medical Degree is a serious decision and has severe financial implications as well !
The ugly truth about Caribbean medical schools | Pamela Wible MD
Discover what really goes on behind the scenes at Caribbean med schools before making a huge mistake. Pros & cons from a student who knows what it's like.
16/03/2019
2019 Match Key Takeaways for IMG
√ The number of available first-year (PGY-1) positions rose to 32,194, an increase of 1,962 (6.5%) over 2018
√In 2019, 6,869 IMGs submitted program choices and 4,028 IMGs (58.6%) matched to first-year positions the highest match rate since 1990.
√The percentage of Internal Medicine categorical positions filled by U.S. allopathic seniors has declined every year since 2015 means more IMG matching.
√The percentage of U.S. allopathic seniors matching to Pediatrics has declined every year since 2015 means more IMGs matching.
√Since 2015, the number of Emergency Medicine positions has increased by 667, or 36.6 percent.
√Since 2015, the number of Psychiatry positions has increased by 387, or 28.6 percent.
√Other specialties with at least 30 PGY-1 positions and increasing by more than 50 first-year positions over 2018 were Anesthesiology (84 more positions, a 6.7 percent increase), Obstetrics-Gynecology (59 more positions, a 4.4 percent increase), and Neurology (65 more positions, a 11.8 percent increase) The number of General Surgery (categorical) positions has increased by 208 since 2015 (17.0%), 113 of those added this year.
Source :N**P
12/03/2019
Witan Education congratulates all the 2019 Residency Match Students
07/03/2019
Future of Career in Radiology !
Though the idea of artificial intelligence displacing radiologists worries more than half of surveyed medical students interested in an imaging career, radiology programs have seen a spike in applications in recent years.
Medical students interested in radiology are worried about AI—but they’re still applying
Though the idea of artificial intelligence displacing radiologists worries more than half of surveyed medical students interested in an imaging career, radiology programs have seen a spike in applications in recent years, according to work published in Academic Radiology.
27/02/2019
Are you preparing for USMLE? Have you completed Uworld Qbank ? Have you started with NBME Exams ?Have you ever wondered any performance correlation of your NBME Exams and USMLE Exams or How much scores to expect on Step 2 CK based on Step 1 Performance ? If you want to understand analyse your performance kindly refer to Research paper on performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 and Step 2 Clinical Knowledge using results from previous examinations by Humberto M Guiot,1,2 Hilton Franqui-Rivera1,3 the detailed report can be found at https://bit.ly/2SthLqH
25/02/2019
Must read for students preparing for PG in USA and Clerkships
4 medical specialties among the friendliest for IMG PGY-1 matches
Looking to make the Match work as an international medical graduate? Consider these four specialties.
16/02/2019
Fresh spots of clinical rotation electives open now!
Months : April - May- June- July 2019
Location:Washington, Illinois, Lousiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Virginia.
Speciality : Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Surgery, Neurology
Type of Rotation Site: Only ACGME Accredited hospitals No private Clinics
Application Fees : 0
Tuition Fees:
$3200 per 4 weeks. Minimum electives offered for 8 weeks maximum 12 weeks.
Eligibility: CV and Interview
no Step 1 Exam and no Toefl
If interested share your cv at [email protected]
25/11/2016
It is high time the nexus of the "so called" corporate universities and their agent networks in countries like India China Vietnam Nigeria etc should be busted to save students from getting prey to commercial for profit intentions which is least in interest of students and their career growth !
Jenny Weight says Australian universities had become money-making corporatised entities that shop for students in a competitive way.
http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/punjabi/en/article/2016/11/24/university-teacher-quits-over-treatment-international-students-australia .
University teacher quits over treatment of international students in Australian universities
Jenny Weight says Australian universities had become money-making corporatised entities that shop for students in a competitive way.
22/10/2016
13 Highest Paid Medical Residency Programs in US http://ow.ly/ptv6305e2kP