by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Apr 17, 2020 | Health and Medical Admissions, International Medical Graduate, Personal Statement, Residency Match, USMLE
Before February 2020, when the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) program announced that it will change Step 1 results reporting from a numeric score to a Pass/Fail one, most International Medical Graduates (IMGs) would speak in earnest about the...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Apr 10, 2020 | International Medical Graduate, Personal Development, Residency Match, Resume
Let’s jump straight into it, Ambitious IMG: You’re reading this because you want to match. So know that every time a program interacts with you, in any way, they must be 100% clear on why you must be selected ahead of the other applicants. It’s your...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Apr 3, 2020 | Application Essay, Health and Medical Admissions, International Medical Graduate, Interview Coaching, Personal Statement, Residency Match
Dear Ambitious IMG: So you’re sitting there, thinking that it’s time to get your ERAS application started. Or maybe you have already started but it’s gobbling up so much of your time, because you’ve spent three hours requesting letters of recommendation, ten hours...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Mar 28, 2020 | Health and Medical Admissions, International Medical Graduate, Personal Development, Personal Statement, Residency Match
Whether you’re just thinking about your ERAS application, recently started working on it, or are halfway through, if you don’t have a good idea of what the entire process will require of you, Ambitious IMG, and how to get from point A to Z, you’ll most likely come...
by Shawna-Kaye Lester | Mar 20, 2020 | Health and Medical Admissions, International Medical Graduate, Personal Development, Residency Match, Self-Care
Being successful in the residency match process as an International Medical Graduate will require you to use some key skills. Maybe you already have these skills or maybe you will have to develop them. These include the ability to: make a strategic plan build...
