Archive for November, 2007

International Medical Graduates Face Unique Challenges in Applying for Residency

International Medical Graduates Face Unique Challenges in Applying for Residency

Matching to a residency program through the NRMP® (National Resident Matching Program) is a competitive endeavor, especially for International Medical Graduates (IMGs), formerly called “Foreign Medical Graduates”. These applicants, who graduate from medical schools outside of the United States, face difficult odds. In 2009 only 47.8% of United States citizen IMGs obtained first year positions through the Match. Of those IMGs who were not U.S. c (more…)

Job Description: What Medical Assistants Do On A Daily Basis

Job Description: What Medical Assistants Do On A Daily Basis

Medical assistants perform clerical and clinical duties in order to maintain efficiency in offices of physicians, chiropractors, podiatrists, and others, according to Career and Job Search Resources. Medical assistants are different than physicians’ assistants. A physician assistant’s job requires examining, diagnosing, and treating patients under the direction of a physician.

State laws cause medical assistants to have differing clinica (more…)

The Medical School Interview: Quick Tips

The Medical School Interview: Quick Tips

Once your AMCAS and secondary essays have been submitted, getting into medical school kicks into high gear with the interview season. Because medical school admissions have become so competitive of late – especially in this weaker economy –

the medical school interview has become critical.

Here are a few quick tips – medical school interview advice – that I offer my clients:

  1. Your primary goal is to distinguish (more…)