Discrimination in granting residency interviews

[NeedToStudy]

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So I have a, lets just say its not a name you normally hear in the US. And I'm an img although a US citizen. Even if I do good on the usmle would it prevent me from getting a residency position? Especially since I'm planning on applying in areas which are basically all-white?

 

[el_duderino]

I would guess the IMG thing will work against you but not so much your skin color. Assuming you speak clear English I wouldn't worry about it.

Not really much you can do about it anyway. Worry about the factors you can control.

 

[NeedToStudy]

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[Raryn]

Doubt skin color is an issue 99% of the time... but English ability is for some people. Assuming you can speak fluently though, discrimination is unlikely to be an issue.

 

[IMPD]

IMGs are for sure discriminated against. Great quote I heard the other day "Fair is a place where they judge pigs".

Skin colour variance is actually a plus, depending if you are "under represented minority".

 

[Raryn]

IMGs are for sure discriminated against. Great quote I heard the other day "Fair is a place where they judge pigs".

Skin colour variance is actually a plus, depending if you are "under represented minority".

Didn't mean to imply that no one discriminated based on where you graduated from. Just meant that it's unlike his name would be a problem.

 

[colbgw02]

I'm not sure discrimination is the right word to describe preferring an AMG over an IMG, because that means something unjust is occurring. All other things being equal, the IMG is disadvantaged, to be sure, but I don't see anything prejudicial in residencies preferring AMGs.

 

[Law2Doc]

Agreed -- IMG/AMG is an issue of training -- residencies like the value of someone having the AAMC/LCME seal of approval. You could take two people with the same last name, same pigmentation and same country of origin and residencies would take the one from the US school every time. That's not discrimination. They are happy having someone of diverse origin coming from a US SCHOOL. So in short, it's the IMG thing that's the issue, not your name, color, religion or national origin at most US residencies (I'm sure there are exceptions, but those PDs usually get rooted out and fired).
Now if you are asking whether you'd be discriminated against vs a European origin person from your same program, the answer is, who knows -- both of you are a Longshot compared to the US grad so you are kind of splitting hairs.