BUYING Our #BOOK from iBookStore & lulu.com . #HERE'S THE ANSWER!!

BUYING Our #BOOK from iBookStore & lulu.com . #HERE'S THE ANSWER!! 

Lately We have been receiving this message a lot many times from You guys that You are unable to Buy our Books from these Sites due to unavailability of a CREDIT CARD. Seriously , we are also Pissed at it but Unfortunately all International book selling Platforms including #Lulu, #Amazon, #iBookStore &#barnesnNoble accept only n only a CREDIT card & do not accept a DEBIT Card. This is Really troublesome for our Fellow FINAL YEAR Doctors specially in the Eastern Countries INCLUDING INdia where a DEBIT Card is more prevalent. Any-case We will soon launch our Website from where you will be able to Directly buy all the Books with all the Payment option including but not limited to DEBIT CARDS. Till then Please follow one of these 2 methods to Purchase the Books if you do not have access to a CREDIT Card.
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Why do an Elective?? Is it necessary? What is the Benefit? & What if i cannot get one!!!

Why do an Elective?? Is it necessary? What is the Benefit? & What if i cannot get one!!! 

Well this is the Most frequently asked question to me by my 4th & 5th year followers all over the World. Many in this Group are Apprehensive as to what is the Significance of these 'things' & How to Get one & What to do if We End up not getting Any!!!

So here we are in this Post to Discuss about these Questions from you guys ;)

So Let's Begin,,,

• What Exactly is a Clerkship and what is an Elective?

Basically Clerk-ships are Clinical Rotations in Wards as a Part of the Clinical Learning Procedure which We all do at our Respective Medical Schools in 3rd, 4th or 5th years as the Case may be. All Students undergo clerk-ships at their Med Schools in Medicine Ward, Surgery Ward, Obs & Gynae Wards, Peds & so on. On the other Hand an ELECTIVE is a Clinical Rotation of OUR OWN CHOICE that we participate in with our will to get Some Clinical Experience in some Specialty of our Interest at a Foreign Institution. So You Guys will have to apply for Electives to get USCE (United States Clinical Experience) & not CLERK-SHIPS.
BUT, Yes but!!, 

Many Hospitals in US now use these terms interchangeably. SO We hereby giving full Respect to this fact will Do the same & Use them interchangeably for ELECTIVES.  

• Why Do an Elective/Clerkship?

The Bottom-line Purpose of Having a USCE to most International Medical Students is to Show it in Your "RESUME" for your Residency Interviews & Get Some Good LoRs. But Seriously, You Get to know the functioning of a US based Hospitals. You Learn to Interact with Patients, how to talk to them, How to take histories, How to Create a Rapport with Both the Patient & the Medical team including Nurses & Other Doctors & Hospital Staff. You do all that a US 4rth (final) Year Student will do in Medical School during his Rotation in that Particular Department. For Example in an IM(Internal Medicine) Elective you will Participate in 'Ward Rounds', Present Cases to the Attending & Residents, Take Histories, Do Physical Examinations & Do Almost Everything what an American Med Student will be Doing during his IM Hospital Rotation in his final year of MBBS. So You Learn as Well as Perform All Duties at Par of an American MBBS Student. In Addition you can participate in Seminars, Presentations & all other Activities the Department offers at your own will. Not to mention the most important thing is the CONTACTS you will be making, not only with the Attending & Residents but many many others at the institution who may be of Use in one way or the other. If an Attending who holds a Good Position in that School is impressed by your performance he can not only write you a Great LoR but also Personally Recommend you to a program at the same or Different Institution. Plus you may as well Get Chances to do some Publications too in the Same Institutions e.g. at Harvard & other Reputed Places. Besides that The Interactive & Communicative Skills you will be developing are of course rewarding. 

BOTTOMLINE while putting you in a Rank order list, The Program Director knows US hospitals are not totally ‘alien’ to you. So it is always good to have SOME kind of an USCE (Unites States Clinical experience) in any form. But as we are focusing here on Clerkships so let’s just focus on them.

• What if i Do Electives in UK or Canada or Any other Country??

---Continued in our Book.

These were some of the Questions from the Second Chapter named 'FAQs' from our Book. If you want to get answers to more questions regarding electives, Check out our Book on Electives. The ost Comprehensive text on Electives.View the full index here.

P.S- Still i would love to answer a question here for you guys for free & that is 

• What if i do not get one????

Well friends, no need to Panic. It's completely okay. Majority of IMGs Submit a USCE of Observerships & if lucky enough an Externship or a Research (too good). So Do Not think that your chances are Drastically down. Nothing like that. As these experiences also make you aware fo the Health care system Functioning in the US and hold good Value contrary to the myth that 'observerships' are useless. NO THEY ARE NOT. They are a Great Asset in your Resume & You Must go for them. I Can Write an Endless List of IMGs geting Matched who had Only Observerships as USCE. But Still , because Elective is a 'HANDS ON EXPERIENCE' It Seriously is a Big Deal. So DO NOT Miss an Opportunity while in your Final Year. Apply, Try & If you get one, You are Seriously Blessed. But do not get demotivated if you do not get it. Remember, Your Duty is only to try your Best. Leave the Rest on God. I Hope this Topic was useful for you.

If you have any more Queries or Doubts, Do not hesitate to Contact me or ask me on my facebook Page & You can also Inbox me if you want a One to One Consultation Only.

Anyways, In order to Know more About electives Get a Plethora of Information about Electives. Check out our Book 'US Clinical Electives A to Z'  on lulu.com. You can also buy the Book from iBookstore now. Install the iBooks app from istore & you can get the Book from there.

Okay friends, Hope to See you Soon with a New topic of Interest on my Blog. Keep Believing!!
All the Best!! (y)
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NO MORE 2 Digit Score in the USMLE. USMLE/NBME Completely Remove both Evaluation & Reporting of a 2-Digit Score on USMLE Transcripts Starting April 1, 2013

There will be No Evaluation & Reporting of 2-Digit Scores. Even Transcripts of Score Reports Issued for Steps , even those taken Before April 1, 2013 will not Display any 2-Digit Score in future. ERAS had already Stopped Sending it to Programs. Only a 3-Digit Score will be Available & used for  Evaluation Purposes.

Read More in the Article Below. :)

Issue 203 - March 22, 2013

Changes to USMLE^® Procedures for Reporting Scores: Elimination of the 2-digit Score on or about April 1, 2013As previously reported in 2011, the USMLE program began the process of eliminating the reporting of results on the 2-digit score scale to parties other than the examinee and any state licensing authority to which the examinee sends results. This process began on July 1, 2011 with elimination of 2-digit scores from USMLE transcripts reported through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS^®).The USMLE program will extend this change in reporting to include all score recipients (e.g., examinees, state medical boards). This means that scores on the 2-digit scale will no longer be calculated or reported. The USMLE Program expects to eliminate the 2-digit score on or about April 1, 2013. This change pertains to the Step 1, Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK), and Step 3 examinations only; Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) will continue to be reported as pass or fail with no numeric score.The full announcement is available on the USMLE website.More about the 2-digit Score and Its EliminationThe following may be helpful in understanding the change in USMLE procedures for reporting scores, described above.Why is the USMLE Program eliminating the 2-digit score?The 2-digit score can be subject to misinterpretation. Some have interpreted it as a percentile (an indication of how an examinee’s performance compares to the performance of other examinees who took the same exam administration). Others have interpreted it as a percentage (an indication of how many questions an examinee answered correctly during an exam administration). The 2-digit score is neither of these things.Additionally, unlike the 3-digit score, the 2-digit score does not allow reasonable comparisons over time. This may create challenges for score users that attempt to compare 2-digit scores that span several years. To eliminate the misuse of and confusion surrounding the 2-digit scale, the USMLE Composite Committee, the body that governs USMLE, decided that it should no longer be calculated or reported. Additional information about the relationship between the 2-digit and 3-digit score scales is available on the USMLE website.Does this change apply to all USMLE examinations?This change applies to Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 3 only, since numeric scores are reported for these exams. It does not apply to Step 2 CS. Performance on Step 2 CS will continue to be reported as pass or fail with no numeric score.Once this change takes effect, who will have access to 2-digit scores?No one will have access to 2-digit scores. Beginning on the effective date of this change:

• The USMLE Program will no longer report 2-digit scores to examinees on their exam score reports.

• Two-digit scores will not be reported to any third parties via USMLE transcripts. This means that recipients of USMLE transcripts, including graduate medical education programs and state medical boards in the United States, will not receive 2-digit scores. This is true for all USMLE exam administrations, regardless of when the exam administration took place and regardless of whether a 2-digit score was reported previously.

• Two-digit scores will no longer be calculated. As a result, the National Board of Medical Examiners^® (NBME^®), the entity responsible for scoring USMLE exams, will not be able to provide 2-digit scores. The entities responsible for registering examinees for USMLE and reporting their scores, including ECFMG and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), will not be able to provide 2-digit scores.

Why does the USMLE transcript I requested in April 2013 look different from the transcript I requested in December 2012, when it includes results for the same exam administration(s)?

Effective on or about April 1, 2013, the USMLE Program will stop calculating and reporting 2-digit scores. Two-digit scores reported before the effective date of this change will no longer be reported. As a result, a transcript issued prior to the effective date will include 2-digit scores for administrations of Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3, while a transcript issued after the effective date will include only 3-digit scores for the same exam administrations.Understanding the 3-digit ScoreThe elimination of the 2-digit score does not change the reporting or interpretation of results on the 3-digit scale. While the following information is not new, it may be helpful in understanding the 3-digit score.

What is the 3-digit score?

Since its beginning in the 1990s, the USMLE Program has reported scores for Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3 on a 3-digit scale. When an examinee tests, the number of items the examinee answers correctly is converted to a score on the 3-digit scale. The 3-digit scale is considered the primary score reporting scale for USMLE exams.

What are the minimum passing scores for the exams?

The USMLE Program recommends a minimum passing level of proficiency for each exam. For Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3, the USMLE Program sets a minimum passing score on the 3-digit scale. For the current minimum passing scores, visit Scores & Transcripts on the USMLE website.The USMLE Program reviews the minimum passing level for each exam every three to four years. Since this process may result in changes, the minimum passing score for a given exam, expressed on the 3-digit scale, may change over time. The recommended minimum passing level in place on the day an examinee sits for an examination will be the level used for scoring purposes. Monitor the USMLE website for information on review of and changes to the minimum passing scores for USMLE exams.

How can I tell how well I did on the examination? How much better than passing did I do?

Your score report will include the 3-digit minimum passing score that applies to the exam administration.On the 3-digit scale, most scores on Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3 fall between 140 and 260. The mean score for first-time examinees from accredited medical school programs in the United States is in the range of 215 to 235, and the standard deviation is approximately 20. If your score is in the range of 215 to 235, your performance is on par with the average first-time examinee from an accredited medical school program in the United States. Your score report will include the mean and standard deviation for recent administrations of the examination.Your score report will also include graphical performance profiles that summarize relative areas of strength and weakness to aid in self-assessment. The profiles are accompanied by further information on what they mean and how to interpret them.More information on scores and score interpretation is available on the Scores FAQs page of the USMLE website at http://www.usmle.org/frequently-asked-questions/#scores.

How will U.S. GME programs be able to evaluate my 3-digit score?

The 3-digit score scale is the primary score reporting scale and has been used since the USMLE Program was established in the early 1990s. Unlike the 2-digit score, the 3-digit score is calculated using statistical procedures that ensure that scores from different years are on a common scale and have the same meaning. This means that GME programs can use the 3-digit score to make reasonable comparisons of examinees who tested at different times. Information on the meaning and interpretation of the three-digit score is included with USMLE transcripts, is available on the USMLE website, and is provided in the USMLE Bulletin of Information.

Click the link Below to Read the Same Article on the ECFMG Website.

http://www.ecfmg.org/news/2013/03/22/changes-to-usmle-procedures-for-reporting-scores/#sthash.VbUweNH5.dpbs

HIGHER NUMBER of IMGs Match this Year Compared to 2012. A Welcome News :)

ECFMG REPORTER

Issue 202 - March 21, 2013

IMG Performance in the 2013 Match

For the eleventh consecutive year, the number of first-year (PGY-1) residency positions offered through the National Resident Matching Program^® (NRMP^®) Main Residency Match^® increased. A total of 26,392 first-year positions were offered in the 2013 Match. This represents an increase of 2,358 positions compared to last year and an increase of nearly 5,800 positions since 2002.

The number of IMGs who matched to first-year positions increased by 1,425 compared to 2012. Of the 12,683 IMGs who participated in the 2013 Match, 6,311 (49.8%) matched. In the 2012 Match, 4,886 (43.9%) IMGs were matched to first-year positions. (These data include a small number of Fifth Pathway applicants who participated in the 2013 and 2012 Matches.)

Of the 7,568 IMG participants who were not U.S. citizens, 3,601 (47.6%) obtained first-year positions. The number of non-U.S. citizen IMGs who obtained positions in 2013 increased for the second year in a row, this year by 826.

Of the 5,095 U.S. citizen IMG participants, 2,706 (53.1%) were matched to first-year positions, an increase of 604 over last year. This is the tenth consecutive year that there has been an increase in the number of U.S. citizen IMGs matching to first-year positions.

The total number of IMGs who will fill PGY-1 positions for the 2013-2014 academic year may be higher than the number obtaining positions through the 2013 Match. Although the majority of PGY-1 positions in the United States are filled through the Match, in past years a significant number of IMG applicants obtained positions outside of the Match. For example, while 4,626 IMGs obtained PGY-1 positions through the 2011 Match, 6,754 IMGs entered PGY-1 for the 2011-2012 academic year.

For the 2013 Match, the NRMP introduced an “All-In” policy. This policy requires that, to participate in the Match, programs must register and attempt to fill all of their residency positions through the Main Residency Match, or through another national matching plan. Programs must place all positions in the Match or no positions in the Match. This policy is a factor in the higher numbers, compared to last year, of both positions offered through the 2013 Match (up 2,358 or 9.8%) and the number of IMGs participating in the 2013 Match (up 1,549 or 13.9%). It also, presumably, reduced the number of positions available outside of the 2013 Match. For more on the NRMP’s new All-In policy, visit the NRMP websiteand Ask the Experts: The NRMP’s New “All-In” Policy, a resource of the ECFMG Certificate Holders Office (ECHO).

About the Match

The annual NRMP Match is the system by which applicants are matched with available residency positions in U.S. graduate medical education (GME) programs. Participants submit to the NRMP a list of residency programs, in order of preference. Ranked lists of preferred residency candidates are likewise submitted by U.S. GME programs with available positions. The matching of applicants to available positions is performed by computer algorithm. The Match results announced in March of each year are for GME programs that typically begin the following July.

Additional Resources on the Match and Match Results

The preceding data are taken from the Advance Data Tables for the 2013 Main Residency Match compiled by the NRMP. These tables provide detailed information on the positions offered and filled by the Match in 2013 and prior years. To access these tables, or to obtain further information on the NRMP, visit www.nrmp.org.

The June issue of Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, usually offers an analysis of Match results from the preceding March. For more information, visit your medical school’s library or www.academicmedicine.org.

Late each year, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association traditionally publishes an in-depth analysis of graduate medical education in the United States. This analysis includes the number of IMGs entering and continuing in U.S. GME programs and a breakdown of IMG resident physicians by specialty and subspecialty. Visit your medical school’s library or http://jama.ama-assn.org.

CLICK BELOW TO VIEW THE SAME ARTICLE ON THE ECFMG WEBSITE.

http://www.ecfmg.org/news/2013/03/21/img-performance-in-the-2013-match/#sthash.rT17ni59.dpbs

USMLE to Residency - From this Beginning to the Next

Electives in USA, Index of our e-book on Clinical Electives/Clerkships in the United States

Here's the Index of our e-book on Clinical Electives/Clerkships in the United States called 'US Clinical Electives A to Z'

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2
FAQs

CHAPTER 3
REQUIREMENTS

CHAPTER 4
MEDICAL SCHOOLS YOU CAN APPLY TO "(Contains a List of Colleges You can Apply to with All the Links, Contacts & other useful information) "

CHAPTER 5
LORs

CHAPTER 6
CV

CHAPTER 7
WRITING A PERSONAL STATEMENT

CHAPTER 8
TOEFL

CHAPTER 9
HEALTH INSURNACE

CHAPTER 10
MALPRACTICE INSURANCE

CHAPTER 11
STEP SCORES

CHAPTER 12
HIPAA

CHAPTER 13
MEDICAL SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT

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