Assalmu alikum my dear friends and collegues…am making this note for the people who may not have the  big picture of how to prepare for the step 1 exam  ,..am Allawy Ahmed Allawy ..am a final year medical student (6th year) at kasr alainy school of medicine …till now am done with USMLE step 1 and got 99/243…and also a, done with the USMLEexam yesterday dec 27 2011 and the score will be released om Jan 18 isA..wish that i do well isA.

 will talk with you today about the study resources, techniques I recommed and also how to manage to get the best score ever isA .

i will give you a small notes about the resources and abbreviations am gonna use ..

Board of the Egyptian Society of Hepatology, Gastroenterology & Infectious Diseases (Sharkia) 9th Annual Conference. 
 
Date: November 17, 2011     
Location:  Zagazig Faculty of Medicine, Surgical Building, Conference Hall

 
The groundbreaking program encompasses exciting symposia and panel discussions and provides an ideal opportunity to meet and talk to other scientists and researchers actively in divergent aspects of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases related fields. 
 
President of the conference and the society: Prof. Mohamed Naguib El Khashab 
  
BELOW YOU WILL FIND THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Zagazig 1st Annuoncement
  
FOR MORE INFORMATION..PLEASE CONTACT:
 
DR. SALWA SAID (Coordinator)     01276040043

By: Maaz Ghouri

Maaz Ghouri gives his experience and advice for junior doctors considering work in the USA

After the problems of Modernising Medical Careers, I was one of the doctors who left for the United States in pursuit of an American dream—little did I realise that it would change my perception of my career and my life altogether. I am an overseas doctor who came to the United Kingdom in 2003 hoping to train as a surgeon. The recent changes in training brought about by Modernising Medical Careers meant that many of my colleagues left for either the US, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, or for their respective home countries. I chose to move to the United States of America. Before starting a training programme in the US, it is highly recommended that you do a clinical observership, which is counted towards your United States Clinical Experience; having this under your belt increases the chances of getting into a residency programme of your choice.

By: StepTaker

USCE = United States Clinical Experience, it’s a general term that covers any clinical experience in USA.

Externship is an organized training program designed by hospitals and medical institutes to train “externs” by familiarizing them with the US medical care system without allowing them to interfere with patients management.
You might be allowed to take patient history and perhaps examine patients and write patient notes under guidance.
The program usually follows certain rules likes timing, schedules, assignments, insurance liability requirements, etc.
Most externship programs do not pay externs and many of them do require fees to be paid by the trainee in order to enroll in the externship program for certain duration. The term hands-on clinical experience usually refers to externship. Because externship is thought to be more effective than observership in getting students and grads into the US health care system, many commercial companies took advantage of this and started offering Paid Externships for IMGs.

*Date of interview : Oct 30, 2011 .

*Visa delivered : Nov 2, 2011 .

* Visa type : B1/ B2 Multiple entries .

*Valid for : 5 years .
 

Preparation : 

 - After I got the acceptance for electives on Sept 13 I called the Visa Center from a vodafone number ..that was Sept 15 and I booked the first available date which was on Oct 30.

- Went to my school and got a certificate indicating that am a final year (6th) medical student and my final exams will be on june 2012 as I postponed my exams.

- I already applied for step 2 CS earlier and got a visa letter from them .

- Already taken USMLE step 1 exam and got 99/243.

- While I was applying for the elctives I got a letter of good standing from the dean .

- After I called them I applied online for the DS 160 .

This is the recording of Dr. Ahmad Thabet’s session. Lots of thanks for his valuable advice.

Dr. Ahmad Thabet's session

Unfortuanatly and for unknown reason the 1st part of the record was not saved, so please accept my appology for not being able to post it.

The link her is for the second part in which doctor Ahmad Thabet stressed on important advices ..and again sorry for this unintended error.

 http://www.mediafire.com/?nb17l20jd1lo8sm

By: Ahmed Elkhanany

Al Salamo Alykom

I wanted to write this guide long ago, but I was too lazy to start doing so. But alhamd lellah, I finally got together to compile it into a big informative thread. I hope it helps, even if for a little bit, any one of the readers…

During my Sixth year, around May 2009, I started the quest to the electives. I knew about it when someone mentioned the word (USCE). Later on I kind of started gathering information, and eventually I got a comprehensive picture of what I should do by around July 2009. I got into Yale SoM (Heme/Onc) for 4 weeks in April to June 2010, and GWUH (Cardiology, and Heme/Onc) for 8 weeks in January to March 2011.

• My Elective experience was ONLY in IM, so I’ll just focus on that…

• PS. If anything needs any further details NOT covered in the guide, I’d be gladly helpful if I know it, since what I’ve written here is about 95% of what I know, and I forgot the rest. Find me at www.facebook.com/elkhanany.

• This is a link to the “way better, though outdated” formatted PDF file, in case someone wants a printout. Choose “File”, then “Download Original” from the top menu. Click Here

• NB. All the books, courses, eBooks and materials mentioned within this document can be purchased and/or acquired easily. Google is your friend (as well as library.nu, Demonoid.com, DocsPedia.org, and BitMe.org)

By: Karim Fikry, MD
PGY-2 resident, Boston,MA

Curriculum Vitae (CV) also known as a “resume” is the document in which you explain to people who you are.  The person who reads it may be the program director, a research Principal Investigator, an attending you want to follow, etc…  To have a good CV, there are certain areas that you need to work on starting from NOW if you are a medical student.  If you are an intern or a resident, it’s never too late, but you’ll have to do double the work to build a respectable CV.  Let’s go over the headings that should be present on your CV and look at tips on how to build it.