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residency
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08.19.08INTERVIEW TIPS FOR APPLICANTSMy friends, I am also new in this field of residency but I have personally met couple of people and asked them about the interview tips. Fair Interviews and chances: If you are invited for an interview without any contacts from that particular program, I mean a fair interview call, then you surely have a very good chance for that program. You can imagine that out of 1000-1200 applications for interview, why they have selected you?. I have seen people going to the interview without any preparations, which is wrong because the interview is your only way to express yourself and I ...
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08.18.08POINTS TO GET RESIDENCY"BEWARE OF FRAUD PEOPLE"..... DO NOT TAKE ANY HELP FROM THE COMMERCIAL/PROFESIONAL COMPANIES SAYING THAT THEY COULD PUT YOU IN RESIDENCY POSITIONS. THEY ARE ALL FRUAD AND MAKING MONEY. FAMOUS AMONG THEM ARE "COON AND ASSOC. NEWYORK, DR. PENDI GROUP, CALIFORNIA, DR. SAMI GROUP, etc.... There are lot of people who would take a lot of money and don't do anything, do not even think of any such services. You can always take help from some companies who help in writing resumes, personal/goal statement etc... but if a professional company tells you that they can put you in residency position (WHEN ...
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04.26.08Medical residency in the US - how tough is it?Lately, some people have been asking me about postgraduate residency programs in the US. Most of them are Nizhnians, but there is one from Volgograd as well :) Since I’ve wrote about postgraduate studies in Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, UK etc, might as well I write about the US. Please be reminded that whatever I write here can be wrong, so please verify everything yourself. 1. Some people think passing the qualifying medical examinations for practicing medicine in the US - USMLE or United States Medical Licensing Examination is already enough to get a residency. While USMLE is the core factor for ...
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04.21.08House Republicans Move To Increase H1B Visa QuotaLast Friday the House Republican Study Committee sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, the Speaker of the House and Majority Leader, respectively, requesting an increase in the current H1B visa quota of 65,000 per year to 115,000. They also request a 20% yearly increase in the cap every year, assuming the previous year’s quota was met. The letter is embedded below. The current H1B program, which allows companies to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the U.S. for up to three years. the source : techcrunch Read this doc on Scribd: RSC Letter to Leadership on High-Skilled Immigration--final with sigs
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04.16.082008 MATCH PERFORMANCE - NUMBER OF IMGS MATCHING INCREASESThe ECFMG(r) Reporter An E-Newsletter for International Medical Graduates Pursuing Graduate Medical Education in the United States Issue 128 - March 24, 2008 For the sixth consecutive year, the number of first-year (PGY-1) residency positions offered through the Match increased. A total of 22,240 first-year positions were offered in the 2008 Match, held earlier this month. This represents an increase of 395 positions compared to last year and an increase of 1,638 positions since 2002. The number of IMGs who matched to first-year positions increased by 122 compared to 2007. Of the 10,304 IMGs who participated in the 2008 Match, 4,649* (45.1%) matched. In the 2007 Match, 4,527 (46.7%) IMG participants were ...
