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As an IMG, matching successfully into the residency position of your dreams is truly a momentous occasion! In this our 100th episode, we celebrate the victories of the students of our latest cohort of the IMG Roadmap Course. Keep listening to find out more about their stories!
Here are the highlights of what some of our students shared:
Dr. Stacy outlined her path as follows:

the last time she applied for the match, she did not have her step results.
during her gap year, she worked as a scribe for neurologist at Yale.
enrolled in the IMG Roadmap course along with the other free courses available on drninalum.com/courses and considers them life changing.
she matched into Pediatrics at Texas Tech University in El Paso.

Similarly, 12 years post-grad Dr. Ronke had her fair share of challenges. She:

underwent surgery, which caused her to postpone her taking of the CK exam.
followed the IMG Roadmap Course from her hospital bed and was inspired to continue pursuing her dream.
applied to ten programs, four of which promised interviews as soon as she got her CK results.
wrote customized personal statements for each program.
completed a Master’s in Public Health and had US clinical experience.
had one interview in October and matched at an institute in California.

Dr. Obi’s story was shared as follows:

This is her third application season.
She started in 2017, moved to the US, where she then took step one CK and CS exams.
Applied for the 2020 match, where she scored one interview for IM that didn’t go well.
Tried again in 2021, had no interviews, but then tried to improve application.
Did not pass step 3 the first time.
Tried to SOAP using her Master’s in Public Health to bolster her application.
After not matching in 2021, she stopped being mentally defined by “red flags”. How could she paint her experiences in a positive way?
Eventually, she matched after embracing her weaknesses and making them her strengths!

Dr. Caroline who matched into Anesthesia at the Mayo Clinic in Florida:

Was worried because she didn’t know of any IMG’s from her school who had matched into that specialty.
Decided to register into the IMG Roadmap course.
Scored interviews from Yale and other prestigious programs through networking, attending conferences and sending emails!

Listen to the full episode on Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts!

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