Matching as an IMG?

[bochaw]

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Hi I'm a final year non US - international medical student , and am planning to get residency in US. One of my favourite specialty is PMR. Is it very hard to match PMR ? Any IMG matched these years?

 

[bochaw]

anyone???

 

[j4pac]

PM&R is becoming more competitive. Review Charting Outcomes for more details. http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Charting-Outcomes-2014-Final.pdf. I interviewed two years ago and believe that I had less than five IMGs on all of my ten interviews combined. You are probably going to need 14+ ranked programs in PM&R to have a good shot of match. You should plan on applying to every PM&R program under the sun...and also having a good plan B specialty that is less competitive.

Good luck.

 

[as526]

anyone???

I matched this year having gone to an international school along with 4 other classmates of mine who also matched PM&R so while competitive there are certainly ways to make yourself attractive to programs. PM me if you'd like to ask any questions.

 

[bochaw]

Ya I have read it. But it seems that there are only a few IMG applied to PMR, so i don't know whether it is hard to match or not