my son in law passed are required tests for medical residency in us hospital but he did not get match although his scores are not that bad, if any guppy could guide us now what we should do? thanks:confused:
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Contact your local medical school/college and they should guide you regarding the options available for him.
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^ which speciality did he try for ? IM and surgery were hard as hell this yr
I got a spot in FM this year but I think I will reapply next yr
If he is a US national/green card holder do some observerships or externships
if he knows any doctors doing research he could join them for a few months and get a LOR
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may be i can help u...
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thanks, my son in law really need help or guidance in this regard so shireen if u could contact us at [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected] best regards
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Halwa, high scores aren't the only thing that determine your matching or not. High scores only get you the interviews. over 90% of the decision making is done based on the interview. In fact, at my wife's program, after all the interviews are over, all the attendings and current residents get together and go through each applicant's profile and rate them based upon personality, interview, and least the scores. There are even comments like "i didn't like that girl, she was weird". So yeah, scores really don't mean much.
Did your son in law not match at all or did he match somewhere he doesn't want to go? Or did he scramble?
Also, is he a US med school grad or a foreign med school grad? Foreign med school grads usually take a back seat to US med school grads during the ranking process.
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Apply for post match, if the date hasn't passed.
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Yeah, apply for post match.
And if he doesn't get it, do some externships and try getting some nice LORs. He should have something to show in his CV next year if he doesn't get a post-match.
A couple of my seniors didn't match this year though their scores were pretty impressive. Interview does matter alot.
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[QUOTE] Halwa, high scores aren't the only thing that determine your matching or not. High scores only get you the interviews. over 90% of the decision making is done based on the interview
For IMGs high scores are THE most important thing only thing that can compensate for that are LoRs for hands-on clinical experiance i.e 4th yr clinical electives (not observerships or externships).
This is true for most specialities and offcourse Green card or citizenship trumps all !
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I recently came across this site which shares A LOT of very good information on how to approch the whole residency process, and even has answers on some immigration issues. Best of all, it's by fellow Pakistanis who've gone thru the process so it kinda touches home.
www.ypprc.com - Young Pakistani Physicians Resource Center
I think I've seen a few people across this board who are taking their steps and will eventually apply for residency. Hope its helpful.
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Thanks ~Sehar~ for sharing
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Getting into a residency program for any IMG is very tough nowadays. My suggestion is to not only having USMLE part I & II under your belt one also needs to have CSA and ideally part III also cleared before one can be considered for any positon ( clearing part III is good for consideration but not necessary ). Besides doing any observership/ externship/ clerkship, if one gets research experience then your chances are better. Make sure when you are doing this make yourself visible academically not only with whom you are attached but also with the residency program director, it's very important. Try to focus on one or two fields only, stay away from highly competitive ones such as: Surgery, ENT, Ortho etc., these are for US grads only rarely one sees an IMG in these programes. Situation for residencies are better now then they were few years back but still you have to prove yourself. Also your status in US counts alot esp. for an IMG and specifically if you are from Pakistan, you know why.
Good luck.