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How to establish contact with residency programs
It is mostly an effortless process because they are basically doing there everyday activities as students. Some of the networking strategies an AMG will use while in school include:-
- They do their rotations and electives at programs and specialties they are interested in.
- They tell the professors of the specialty in their school of their intention
- Those professors encourage their interests
- They get solid references from doctors in that specialty to where they want to go to.
Most AMG match in their first, 2nd or third choices because of their sound education and the network they built just by doing what they are supposed to do. For IMG’s the story is different, they do not have the advantage of playing at home with the home crowd supporting him them, to use a sports terminology, and therefore will have to go out of their way, out of their comfort zone to make those contacts.
Most international graduate’s will say that they do not know anybody or know how to establish contact with a hospital, but in this age of email and old fashioned phone call you still can do it for cheap.
5 ways to make contact with a residency program
- Call on friends, colleagues and family members connected with a hospital. Find out what assistance they can provide. Do not be shy about it.
- Find out from friends and family who their primary care physicians are, and ask for an introduction. This will open up a communication channel for you
- Call the program directly, be nice and polite and ask for the programs requirement for application even though it is on their website. Try to use some emotional intelligence to develop a rapport.
- Check out private clinics in your area and try to open a communication channel with the physicians involved. Use common sense, do not be a nuisance.
- Network within any group you belong to, for example your church members, somebody will have an idea or introduce you to somebody that will point you in the right direction.
As trivial as these suggestions may sound, remember that people are what makes up a community. They interact with each other everyday and you never know who might be of assistance to you or vice versa.
Never be afraid to go though open doors. If an opportunity presents itself, take it or somebody else will. Do not be shy about.
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It is very important that you get in touch with programs you consider a potential place for your post graduate training early in the game. There are many different scenarios that prove that being familiar with the program could make a difference.
American medical students and graduates build very solid networks. When applying to a competitive program or specialty, first they must have the academic credentials to meet the requirements of the program, and then it is followed up by networking.
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