Mid-June 2006 : ERAS 2007 applicant manuals available for PDF download on ERAS website Late June 2006 : Schools/ECFMG begin to distribute MyERAS tokens to applicants July 1, 2006 : MyERAS website opens to applicants to begin work on applications July 15, 2006 : Osteopathic applicants may begin selecting/applying to Osteopathic programs ONLY September 1, [...]
Steven R. Daugherty, Ph.D. Director, Education and Testing Kaplan Medical What we find in life depends on what we are looking for. What we are looking for determines what will grab our attention. Nowhere is this more true than when taking the USMLE. Many of those who have trouble with the USMLE are obsessed with [...]
Normal score reporting for Step 1 usually occurs in 3-4 weeks. However, because of necessary modifications to the test item pool as well as the processing load caused by a heavy volume of test takers, there will be a delay in score reporting for most Step 1 examinations administered in late May and June. The [...]
There are a series of steps involved in getting a residency in the US and three different organizations involved in the process. Let’s start by listing the typical steps an IMG applicant will move through during this complicated, often expensive, and always anxiety-raising process. The steps include: Pick your desired specialty (internal medicine, surgery, radiology [...]
Steven R. Daugherty, Ph.D. Director, Education and Testing Kaplan Medical In the face of uncertainty we do not want to make decisions. Our rational side wants to postpone the decision until we know more. Our emotional side wants to avoid the decision altogether to escape the anxiety that uncertainty inevitably brings. Decision-making on the USMLE [...]
Nearly one hundred thousand patient deaths per year are attributed to provider error, according to a November 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Overwork and exhaustion are sources of such errors. And among all doctors, the most overworked are medical residents–medical school graduates employed by teaching hospitals ostensibly to receive [...]
Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America and leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. It is filled by a resident physician who has received a medical degree (M.D. or D.O.) and is comprised almost entirely of the care of hospitalized or clinic patients, mostly [...]