We all know how difficult and nerve racking the process for any kind of application can be. ERAS is not an exception. It is very important to be done on time, to include all the necessary documents, and to be done correctly, otherwise the candidate will miss the match, or will not get the right amount of interviews.

That’s why it is of great importantce if you haven’t subscribed yet, to do so, in order to get the USMLE-ERAS news for all the steps and the match on time.

ECFMG-ERAS News is a free e-mail newsletter designed to provide international medical students/graduates using ERAS with important, updated information as it becomes available. To subscribe, enter your e-mail address and click “Join the list” below. You should receive an e-mail message within a few hours asking you to confirm your request. If you do not receive e-mail confirmation within a few hours of your request, check your e-mail address and try joining the list again. If you are currently on the list and no longer wish to receive ECFMG-ERAS News, enter your e-mail address and click “Leave the list.”

via ECFMG | ECFMG ERAS: ECFMG-ERAS News.

The number of talented and motivated applicants for integrated vascular training programs far outweighs available positions according to a new, four-year study by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.

Between 2006 and 2009 traditional fellowship applications five years of general surgery followed by two years of vascular surgery and the corresponding number of positions remained stable–increasing only slightly from 112 to 116, for an average of 1.2 applicants for each position.

“In contrast, the number of available integrated residency positions five years of combined general surgery and vascular surgery increased from 0 to 19 in the last four-year period with a total of 152 applicants in 2009 seeking these limited number of positions,” said Andres Schanzer, MD, assistant professor in the division of vascular and endovascular surgery. “The average ratio of demand to supply for the integrated residents over the last two years for which complete data was available is 9.4 applicants to every one available position.”

via Newswise Medical News | Demand for Integrated Vascular Residency Training Outweighs Positions.

In their first big test toward becoming physicians, second-year medical students at UC Davis outpaced students from other schools in the United States and Canada in their initial medical licensing examination. In results released earlier this month, UC Davis School of Medicine students scored above the national average in all sections of the Step 1 U.S. Medical Licensing Examination, which more than 19,000 students took last year.

Throughout medical school training, students are tested in three phases, or steps. Students must pass each step to become licensed physicians. Ninety-nine percent of the UC Davis students taking this initial exam received a passing score. Among all medical students taking the test, 93 percent passed.

via UC Davis medical students shine in national testing -Roseville California News including Rocklin and Placer County.

Tas Drake, a recent graduate of Boulder High School, applied to a swath of colleges, including private schools in the Pacific Northwest.

But in the fall he’ll stay local, enrolling at the University of Colorado, where he says he’s interested in the environmental studies program.

Even with scholarship offers to out-of-state schools, “CU was drastically cheaper than anywhere else,” Drake said. His parents will pay his tuition, and the economy weighed heavily on his college selection.

via Economy leaves students passing over dream schools : Schools : Boulder Daily Camera.

New for ERAS 2010

International medical students/graduates and Fifth Pathway participants planning to participate in ERAS 2010 must read these important announcements. ERAS 2010 Tokens can be obtained via ECFMG’s OASIS beginning on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. You can register using your Token at MyERAS beginning on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

via ECFMG | ECFMG ERAS: New for ERAS 2010.

I discovered this free video lectures thanks to @grgdhiraj. Nicely done and well organized website w/ FREE medical and other subjects video lectures that can be used as an addition to the main USMLE materials. Medically related categories are: anatomy, physiology, health sciences, medicine, and psychology.

Vision:
Every body from every nook and corner of the world should be able to access the best Knowledge Resources available.

Mission
To make everyone aware of the Knowledge Resources here. To connect every Knowledge Seeker to the all Knowledge Providers.

freevideolectures

I used this tutorial for Step 2 CK exam. It helped me big time.

Aims

On completion of this tour and quizzes the learner will be able to recognise most of the features of diabetic retinopathy.

This package does NOT aim to replace clinical experience using an ophthalmoscope.

Audience

This package is suitable for

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undergraduate medical students
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qualified doctors studying for postgraduate examinations
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qualified doctors in need of a refresher course

Diabetic Retinopathy Tutorial.

Nice visual way to present medical conditions and drugs.

Visual Medical Dictionary | CureHunter.

Another flash card web application. I didn’t give it a try yet, but I will do so soon.

Cobocards is a free, web-based flash card application with an emphasis on collaboration, so you can create and study a set of flash cards alongside your friends or fellow students.

Cobocards via Lifehacker – Cobocards Is an Impressive, Collaborative Flash Card Webapp – Flash Cards.

Thousands of physicians, medical students, and other medical professionals use Facebook. Now NEJM is on Facebook too, with three new Facebook Applications to help you stay in touch with the Most Recent NEJM Articles, the Most Popular NEJM Articles, and the latest Interviews and Audio Summary Podcasts.

NEJM beta: Facebook Applications.