Assam government has decided to initiate legal action to recover Rs 20 lakh each from as many as 244 post graduate medical doctors. The doctors had obtained post-graduate medical degree in 2014 and had a commitment for serving at least 10 years under the state government. Chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi says, “Since the […]
A colonoscopy and a conversation that went wrong in Virginia Gastroenterologist performing a colonoscopy, the anesthesiologist and a medical assistant had a conversation which was accidentally recorded by the patient. Tiffany Ingham, the anesthesiologist commented on the sleeping patient “After five minutes of talking to you in pre-op, I wanted to punch you in the […]
These are not images of patients. They are images of the Doctors. Some of them who have spent decades in learning medicine and then sleepless nights to care for patients. Do you think they deserve this? Shame on you India! For this cruelty.THIS HAS TO STOP. Period. April 2015 A group of people barged into Life Line […]
MCI of late is seen to be becoming stricter at least in approving new medical colleges or increasing the number of seats in those colleges. New colleges fail to get nod Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Faridabad will not be able to start its maiden MBBS course this year. MCI has refused to grant […]
Delhi government on Tuesday imposed Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) Act on resident doctors on strike as they failed to resume work by 11am as ordered by the government.Around 2,000 doctors at 20 hospitals in the national capital on Monday launched an indefinite strike, demanding adequate life saving drugs, security at workplace and timely payment […]
What is the ideal USMLE step score? This is a very common question by the aspirants; what is the ideal USMLE step score? There is no right answer for that, there is no single thing that defines if you are going to get speciality and residency of your choice. Many factors determine that. There is […]
The ideal USMLE step 1 Strategy Preparation time 6-9 months (if you are not doing anything else) Material USMLE world, Kaplan, first aid, Goljan Rapid review, High yield neuroanatomy, 100 cases of Fischer for ethics. Pre USMLE world I prefer preparation to be divided into pre U World and post U world phase. The pre […]
This is the exciting and scary part for most of us. For me, it was the first plane experience, first trip outside of India and first trip without my family. There were many questions in my mind as well. As soon as you get your visa and tickets, you are ready to go to the […]
Seven Easy Steps to find clinical electives in USA Step by step approach to search for clinical electives 1. Make a list: Go to Freida.com (www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education-careers/graduate-medical-education/freida-online.page?) and search for all the residency programs in your speciality. 2. After that list, you can skip the programs of California (you need PTAL for match application) and Florida […]
I will be covering most of the questions that has been asked from me till now, by many other USMLE aspirants during my journey. By the end of this article, all of your doubts will be cleared about LORs hopefully. LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM HOME COUNTRY Most of us underestimate the LORs that we get […]