International medical students/graduates planning to participate in the 2007 Match are strongly encouraged to apply for Step 2 CS and to schedule their testing appointment by July 1, 2006, according to a notice posted March 3, 2006 on the ECFMG’s official website (www.ecfmg.org). This recommendation stems from the need to have taken the Step 2CS [...]
Steven R. Daugherty, Ph.D. Director, Education and Testing Kaplan Medical Emotions are the motive force that guides our actions. What we feel has an awful lot to do with what we do. And in few places is this as true as when answering questions on the USMLE. For some people the looming exam evokes fear. [...]
Please read this before you book your PLAB 1!!!! Extra Investment and Increase In Home-Grown Medical Recruits Eases UK Reliance On Overseas DoctorsPublished: Tuesday 7 March 2006Reference number: 2006/0093 All doctors wishing to work in the UK from outside the European Union (EU) will be required to have a work permit from July 2006 Health [...]
I would like to acknowledge ent consultant and bravo for their efforts in pooling up the signs in a thread .BATTLE SIGN- Bruising behind ear at mastoid region, due to petrous temporal bone# (middle fossa #) BOCCA’S SIGN – Absence of post cricoid crackle(Muir’s crackle) in Ca post cricoid BROWN SIGN—blanching of redness on increasing [...]
Now in sitting pretty in third when I look back to my fresher days I sometimes can’t help imagining how foolish I was when it came to buying textbooks. But they say hindsight is always better than foresight. Therefore, I have decided to share my hindsight with you freshers. Let me share some tips from [...]
I would like to tell every new friend who is going to join this medical fraternity soon that being a doctor doesnt mean just being Dr. but it means much more…. ….By the time one gets over the euphoria of having cleared the school life and having secured a seat in one of the most [...]
Hi eveyrone. This article is for all those who are planning to apply for USMLE. Here are some basic instructions which I learnt the harder way (i.e. by experience). I hope that will be of use to all of you. 1. Don’t think of going for a paper application. Its very tedious and takes a [...]