Citizenship status. Your score is low. If you are a foreigner and need a visa, that further decreases your chances of matching. We can't say with any degree of certainty if you will or will not match but all else being equal your score is hurting your chances. I would not give up this far down the road. Make sure you do above average on STEP 2 and try to network as much as possible. Knowing the right people goes along way.
FM is not something that I would like doing, I was actually aiming for Neuro, IM. Do you think FM is a residency that you can do (as in be happy while doing it) if you don't like surgery and obs/gyn?
Yes
I did not train in FM so I am not sure about the training. However, most FM folks I know are not doing OB/GYN after graduation.
A US img is someone who is an American Citizen who went to a foreign school. A non US img is someone from another country who is attempting to get a residency in the US.
Hey, you're fine...you passed first attempt and are a US IMG. You just work on improving step 2 score, and building your CV. You can still apply to Neuro and IM. I have a friend who matched IM with a 195 (when I think 192 was passing.)
Step 2 is easier than step 1!
Probably not, if you are doing anything as a fall back you will not be happy. I hate neuro, if I was doing that instead of what I am doing I would not be happy....it is all a matter of perspective. However, if you were to ask is FM rewarding, challenging and fulfilling then the answer is undoubtedly yes.
So you are doing a family medicine residency in another country and are in your 2nds year. By the time you take your exams, apply and start you would be done with your residency in your country. Basically you would be an attending in your country and starting over in the USA. Most family medicine director would look at that favorably. You are a trained physician.
Yes I am currently already in my 2nd year as a resident in FM. But, actually I am already done with my step 1, and already took my Step 2 exams and just waiting for the results to be out around October
No I think your experience as a resident in family medicine, practicing family medicine, and getting letters from family medicine doctors that you are a good family medicine candidate is not going to help you. You should get letters from surgeons saying you are a good family physician. I know, why don't you get a letter from your accountant, grocery store manager and plummer as well.Yes I am currently already in my 2nd year as a resident in FM. But, actually I am already done with my step 1, and already took my Step 2 exams and just waiting for the results to be out around October
Not necessarily. I would be interested in other program directors' opinions, but for our program, we don't consider these applicants at all. We're in the business of training the next generation of family physicians, not in the business of helping foreign physicians enter the US physician workforce (and I'm not saying that in a mean way, all I'm saying is that if someone already finished their training then we don't consider them).
Anesthesio is different than IM and FM.
In my opinion that is a really poor reason not to consider a trained doctor from another country. You are prejudice and stereotyping those individuals.
No, he isn't. He explained very succinctly why his program doesn't rank that type of applicant. If they can rank more competitive people, they should.
Not at all. If you review ERAS applications carefully and pay attention during the interview, most times it's pretty easy to separate the applicants that are genuinely interested in FM from those that aren't.
If it's a trained doctor, how are the new residents more competitive. The trained doctor already knows all the crap that the resident is going to learn. They just have to learn the US system. An no, he did not explain it well at all. But here comes bluedog from the south to the rescue.
