Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) have a different path to practicing medicine in the United States than those who were trained in-country. This path is different...
Foreign medical graduates (FMGs) sometimes struggle to get into residency programs, and U.S.-trained graduates are often chosen over these equal but foreign individuals. The reasons...
When looking at the rules of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), it can get pretty confusing. The commission sets educational and technical...
It takes time to pass the USMLE exams and get ECFMG certification. Even then, a residency candidate may not match into a program. If they...
The World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) is a program that creates the World Directory from which International Medical Graduate’s (IMG’s) schools must be listed...
If you are currently in the Match, you’re probably finished or about finished with your interviews with potential residency program directors, and it’s time to...
When you are interviewing for a residency slot, confidence is the key to success. This can be a huge challenge when stress and a perceived...
If you make a stellar impression during your residency interview, a thank you not is probably not the thing that is going to get a...
Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) typically enter the U.S. for medical training with a J-1 visa. This visa is intended to allow people from all over...
Step 2 of the USMLE exam has two components, clinical knowledge (CK) and clinical skills (CS), and language is an important part of CS. That...
There are two main reasons to focus on time management when you transition into your residency program. The first is to decrease your chance of...
Networking is communication among people in a similar profession or interest typically in an informal setting. It is networking that lets people become interesting because...
