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    International Medical Student USCE requirements for Neurology

    Hi, I’m an international medical student about to start my last year. Currently I’ve not made my STEP 1 and I’ve read about the importance of USCE. I know my options are limited, but from what I’ve read, clinical electives available for me are 3000-5000 each month. Honestly that’s a lot of money...
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    Does a clinical elective in a US institution based abroad reflect positively on residency applications?

    Hello everyone, Would anyone know whether doing a clinical elective in a US-institution based internationally would reflect positively on US residency applications? For example, Cleveland Clinic London, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Cleveland Clinic Canada We're told that US Clinical...
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    Surgery Clinical Rotation IMG

    Hello everybody , I'm a Med student (last year of Med school) from Italy, I'd like to do a surgery rotation in the US this summer (august 2019). Any advice? I'm checking on the internet, but feel a little bit lost
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    Pathology - observership vs clinical elective

    When it comes to internal medicine or surgery, I understand that there is a big difference between an observership (no one-on-one interaction with patient, no procedures) and a clinical elective (students take history and do procedures). Obviously, clinical elective is a more valuable...
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    Clinical hours

    I am interviewing for a job as a patient care tech at a lice removal clinic. I would be assessing people for lice infestation and removing and killing lice. I am wondering if any medical schools would consider this clinical experience and if it would be worth me mentioning this on secondary...
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    Suggestion for Clinical electives in US [IMG]

    Greetings Everyone ! I am expecting my graduation around Jan 2018 and I am planning to do clinical electives in US before step1. I heard that when you do electives in a very competitive place, it is very difficult to obtain an LOR and also we get only a generic LOR unless we perform...