Source: Resident Cafe Previously we showed the USMLE scores of US IMGs in the 2013 Match. Please click on the link for definitions of US and non-US IMG. In 2013, 5100 US IMG and 7600 non-US IMG applied for residency. The following tables are for non-US IMGs in the 2013 Match. Specialty Matched Internal Medicine 1690 Family Medicine 293 Pediatrics 278[…]
Source: KevinMD via Skeptical Scalpel A year ago in a post about law school applications decreasing, I speculated about whether a similar phenomenon would occur with medical schools. In that post, I commented on the impending problem of too many medical school graduates and not enough residency training positions. I cited an article that appeared in the New[…]
See below, great reference map by Kaplan:
See below, great reference map by Kaplan:
Source: USMLE.org As medicine and medical education have changed over the years, so have USMLE examinations evolved since they were first administered in 1992. This is a brief summary of planned changes for the next few years. USMLE STEP 3 What WILL change? What WILL NOT change? Beginning November 3, 2014, examinees will: [list type=”check”][…]
Source: Health Affairs Blog By Edward Salsberg Each spring thousands of seniors at medical and osteopathic schools and other physicians apply for positions in graduate medical education (GME) training programs; simultaneously, thousands of training programs rank their preferred candidates. Based on the preferences of the medical student/physician applicants and the training programs, the two are[…]
Source: Forbes By John Squiers, Adam Harris and Adam Bennett — Messrs. Squiers, Harris, and Bennett are M.D. candidates in the Class of 2016 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Our colleague recently wrote about the National Resident Matching Program (more commonly known as “the Match”), the system by which United States medical school graduates and foreign-trained physicians are[…]
Source: The Scurlock Scene This past week was Match week, which for those of you readers unfamiliar with this term, it is the means by which MD graduates get “matched” into a residency placement. For many people, Match week is the highlight of your 4 years of medical school, when you finally have a job[…]
Source: Skeptical Scalpel On Twitter a while ago, a medical student asked me how surgical program directors select new residents. Then a discussion arose among some academic surgeons on the same topic. Someone suggested that medical school grades were the best way to tell whether an applicant would be a successful resident. The fact is[…]
Source: Primary Care Progress By Anoop Raman, M.D., M.B.A. Much of the news we hear about primary care is disheartening at best, frightening at worst. Most of us have heard that there is a shortage of primary doctors, and with over seven million new patients enrolled (and counting) through Obamacare health exchanges, that shortage is going to get[…]