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new2usmle
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12/22/06 - 10:37 PM

All of You have always been very helpful.
Please clarify one thing:

you told me on one of the psots that i can apply for cat IM macth after prelim Im.

2 questions:

does it put me in any good shoes for matching at University programs.

I have heard that 1st yr of training cant be repeated. Is that true for j1 visa only? (i m a US citizen).

thanking you in anticipation and looking forward to ur reply

Evemimi
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12/22/06 - 11:33 PM

Hi new2usmle,

Sorry I dont' understand why you want to repeat intern year after you finish prelim IM. Basicly prelim year equals to PGY-1 in cat IM. Why not apply for PGY2 directly since there are tons of positions available? Is this because of visa issue?

Evemimi
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12/26/06 - 03:31 PM

I think you definitely can if you have to. The intern experience will be a merit for your application. What programs don't like a person who already had one year IM experience in US?!

But I have to say again that PGY-2 positions in IM are a lot. I have seen many people transffered from a not-so-good program to a much better one starting PGY-2. It is good PGY-2 postions are not in a Match system. Honestly, do you want to go through the whole process of application and Match again?

Anyway, to be safe, you can also apply for PGY-1 Cat Im and PGY-2 at the same time, of course to different programs. Just be aware that PGY-2 positions are not so hard to get.

GL!

new2usmle
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12/26/06 - 09:32 PM

thanks !

jem23
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12/26/06 - 11:05 PM

how do we come to know abt pgy2 positions.is there any website for that??plz advice evemimi

Evemimi
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12/27/06 - 11:14 AM

As I know, there are some website (e.g. CareerMD.com) which may post some PGY2 postions here and there, but they are way outdated. I also remember there is an 1-800 nubmer to call, but sorry I don't rember.

The bottomline is most programs don't bother posting at all. So you need to ask around, just like we did for our residency application in the past fall. It is a lot of work, but it is well worth it.

dev
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12/27/06 - 01:10 PM

www.findaresident.com

dev
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12/27/06 - 01:25 PM

i guess i answered this question in one of ur posts

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12/27/06 - 01:26 PM

http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/46662

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