Source: KevinMD My father who was a junior doctor in Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) in the seventies would have been grateful for the match scheme, an algorithm that places medical students in residency programs in the U.S. The training in the NHS was unstructured. Physicians carved their own training by joining a patchwork of[…]
Source: ECFMG Most score reporting of Step 2 CK results occurs within four weeks of testing. Due to routine modifications to the Step 2 CK test item pool, there will be a delay in reporting for most examinees testing on or after July 31. The target date for reporting Step 2 CK scores for most[…]
Source: Skeptical Scalpel “Brian,” a medical student in Egypt, wrote me about obtaining a surgical residency in the US. Due to space limitations, I have edited the email. He will take USMLE Step 1 soon. He has no green card. He read a previous post of mine about a US citizen international medical graduate (IMG), but still[…]
Source: USMLE This announcement describes a change in the Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) examination minimum passing score that will affect examinees testing on or after July 1, 2014. As stated in the USMLE Bulletin of Information and as explained in a previous posting to the USMLE website, the minimum passing score for each USMLE Step examination is reviewed periodically[…]
Source: ECFMG Reporter To participate in the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) Main Residency MatchSM, international medical students/graduates must have passed all exams required for ECFMG Certification. If you plan to participate in the 2015 Match (in March 2015) and need to pass Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS), you must take Step 2 CS by December 31,[…]
Source: Troy Record A lack of doctors is putting New Yorkers at risk. Senator Charles Schumer is launching a campaign to pass legislation to address an increasing shortage of primary care physicians in upstate New York hospitals. Recent reports show that the majority of upstate hospitals do not have enough primary care physicians, and the[…]