IMG friendly residencies?

[2sweet4this]

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Hi there,

Does anyone know any sites where you can find img friendly hospitals for residencies...especially teaching hospitals? I have been reading about residencies and am finding that some hospitals don't accept u.s. citizens who have graduated from foreign medical schools. So I was wondering if there may be a site out there that actually lists the hospitals that do accept these grads for their residency programs. Any info would be great.

Thank you.

 

[pitman]

Not sure about programs not accepting US students from foreign med schools, the bigger requirement seems to be US clinical rotations.

Try:
http://usmle.net/match/messages2003a/132893.html

..Although members of this board have found some errors in the data.

-Pitman

 

[Winged Scapula]

Originally posted by 2sweet4this
Hi there,

Does anyone know any sites where you can find img friendly hospitals for residencies...especially teaching hospitals? I have been reading about residencies and am finding that some hospitals don't accept u.s. citizens who have graduated from foreign medical schools. So I was wondering if there may be a site out there that actually lists the hospitals that do accept these grads for their residency programs. Any info would be great.

Thank you.

Many New York and New Jersey programs, just to name a couple of places, are well-known to be IMG friendly.

 

[Skip Intro]

Many (if not most) IMGs will ultimately practice in the state they do their training. With that in mind, this list should give you a good idea which are the "most friendly" places for IMGs to land...

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10274.html

The Top 20 States Ranked by Total Number of IMGs (% of IMG population):

1. New York 27,035 (40.1%)
2. California 19,825 (22.1%)
3. Florida 14,661 (33.2%)
4. Illinois 10,761 (33.3%)
5. New Jersey 10,733 (40.1%)
6. Texas 9,703 (22.1%)
7. Pennsylvania 7,927 (20.6%)
8. Ohio 7,304 (28.5%)
9. Michigan 6,752 (26.9%)
10. Maryland 5,646 (27.3%)
11. Massachusetts 5,324 (28.6%)
12. Virginia 3,794 (13.0%)
13. Connecticut 3,061 (21.6%)
14. Georgia 2,981 (15.3%)
15. Missouri 2,551 (18.6%)
16. Indiana 2,435 (27.5%)
17. North Carolina 2,238 (19.1%)
18. Wisconsin 2,076 (11.6%)
19. Tennessee 2,024 (22.5%)
20. Arizona 1,874 (15.5%)

TOP 20 STATES RANKED BY % of IMGs

1. New York 40.1% (67,383)
2. New Jersey 40.1% (26,799)
3. Illinois 33.3% (32,278)
4. Florida 33.2% (44,209)
5. Massachusetts 28.6% (18,600)
6. Ohio 28.5% (25,585)
7. Indiana 27.5% (8,857)
8. Maryland 27.3% (20,657)
9. Michigan 26.9% (25,145)
10. Tennessee 22.5% (9,010)
11. California 22.1% (89,712)
12. Texas 22.1% (43,963)
13. Connecticut 21.6% (14,141)
14. Pennsylvania 20.6% (38,494)
15. North Carolina 19.1% (11,698)
16. Missouri 18.6% (13,737)
17. Arizona 15.5% (12,068)
18. Georgia 15.3% (19,423)
19. Kentucky 13.3% (13,181)
20. Virginia 13.0% (29,211)

 

[BellKicker]

Originally posted by Skip Intro
Many (if not most) IMGs will ultimately practice in the state they do their training.

How do you figure that, Skip Intro? I was under the impression that once you were done with residency you could quite easily move to another state.

 

[pitman]

...he's saying that's just what tends to happen... human "nature", and via social and professional connections/ties made then.

 

[Apollyon]

Originally posted by BellKicker
How do you figure that, Skip Intro? I was under the impression that once you were done with residency you could quite easily move to another state.

That's true, but it just doesn't happen.

By law, in each state that has a state-sponsored medical school, they give preference to residents of those states for admission; the idea is that, educated there, you'll stay in that state.

I am itching to do a study, because I think that this is NOT the case - people may go to med school in a certain state, but reasons are legion why they don't stay.

Why they stay in the state of residency, I don't know. One theory is that, now, the doctor is older, has been working in a 'real job' (instead of being a student), has made connections, may be married, and may have a house - all reasons to 'stay put' (unless there is something extenuating elsewhere - the spouse is from another state, possibly where the med school was, a job offer you can't deny, or simple preference - even though you couldn't get a residency there, you can now move there as an attending).

Just my 0.13 Kroner.

 

[BellKicker]

Ok, I guess I see your point.

And yes, I'm impressed by the kroner remark. 🙂