USMLE

Scheduling your Exam Date

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:04:32 +0000

By : Rasheed For all the exams you have to schedule your exam date ahead by going to Prometric Website or Calling Prometric in the case of Step 1, Step 2 CK. In the case of Step 2 CS you should be logging to this page in the NBME website (for US students) or this page in the [...] Related posts:

My Step 1 Journey

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:56:31 +0000

by Ammar Salman This is, in short, my little journey with USMLE step 1. First of all, let me tell you about myself a bit briefly, I was an average student in the College of Medicine, University of Baghdad. I was not one of those studious people, however, I was not one of those really at [...] Related posts:

USMLE Prometric Practice Test

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:52:03 +0000

Is Prometric Practice Test Useful? Well, yes it’s useful in that it puts you in exactly the same testing environment of your real test day and so for example you get yourself acquainted with the test center and see how long it takes from your place of residence to the test center and other logistics that [...] Related posts:

Moonlighting in residency

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:49:22 +0000

What is Moonlighting? Moonlighting refers to the process by which one physician covers for another physician and get paid for that. In other words you do your friend’s duty and you get his/her hourly payments. It’s called moonlighting because it’s usually done at night shifts. Moonlighting is not available in all programs and even some states ban it. J1 visa [...] Related posts:

IMG Matching Difficulty Fluctuations!

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:46:12 +0000

According to the NRMP data released for the Match results 2009 here’s the figures In the eighties of the last century the percent of non-US IMGs matched was around 25% From 1990 to 1995 it peaked at 65% From 1995 to 2000 there was another nadir in the graph almost reaching down to 30% From 2000 to 2005 it increased [...] Related posts:

How to find your IMG friendly residency programs list?

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:44:33 +0000

This must be the most common question that eligible residents are asking at the time they start their match application journey. I know there are commercial services out there that can help you such as www.matcharesident.com and www.imgresidency.com and www.residency-match.com and some others. And I know there are free IMG friendly lists But I think the most [...] Related posts:

How USMLE Scores are calculated?

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:38:40 +0000

This seems to be the question on every student’s mouth since decades! And ironically the answer is still UNKNOWN! OK, now if you don’t have time to read this rather lengthy post. Let me give you the final answer now; Nobody knows! Yes, there are many theories about it and all kinds of speculations. But up to the [...] Related posts:

ECFMG Registration Steps

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:32:36 +0000

Here are the steps that you have to follow when registering for the first time with ECFMG in order to apply for USMLE. First of all check if your medical school is listed in IMED, if it’s not you should inform your medical school immediately. To check the IMED list go here https://imed.faimer.org/ Before applying it’s recommended [...] Related posts:

USMLE World versus Kaplan Qbank

USMLE Guider — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:25:36 +0000

I was compelled to write about this as I’ve seen thousands of medical students are being fooled by the USMLE World mania! Most students are shocked when they see their scores drop down significantly when they switch from Kaplan Qbank to USMLE World and they then deduce that USMLE World is a better and more intelligent [...] Related posts:

Immigration Law and International Medical Graduates

USMLE Guider — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:59:00 +0000

Reaz H. Jafri, Esq. Jafri & Jafri, LLP 581 Middle Neck Road Great Neck, N.Y. 11023 E-mail: reaz@msn.com 516-487-4592(tel) 516-487-9044 (fax) THE CONTENTS OF THE ARTICLE HEREIN IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED OR OFFERED AS LEGAL ADVICE, FOR WHICH AN ATTORNEY PRACTICING IN THE AREA OF IMMIGRATION LAW SHOULD BE CONSULTED. Introduction At the risk of leaving out much pertinent [...] Related posts: