Sunday, January 6, 2008
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Moving to the Land of Opportunities
It may be the dream of most of the Medical graduates to do residency in USA.There are lots of Indian doctors trying with USMLE after their graduation.
But it is not so easy.you have to put in lots of hard work ,Patience and time because they will assess your over all knowledge not in the theorytical way what is asked here but in a more practical and application style.
The Licensing Exam to do residency in USA ,popularly known as the USMLE- United States Medical Licensing Examination.It includes three steps.
1) USMLE STEP-1:
It assesses whether medical school students or graduates can apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine.US medical students typically take Step 1 at the end of the second year of medical school. Graduates of international medical schools must also take Step 1 if they want to practice in the US.
The test is standardized and allows medical students to be directly compared with each other on a national basis.Performance on this test is one of the selection criteria used in the NRMP match program for residencies.A good score on this test makes the student get in to residency with ease.
2) USMLE STEP -2 :
The STEP-2 examination has got two parts.The USMLE Step 2 is generally taken
during the 4th year of medical school by medical students.
-First part is in the Multiple choice format and called the STEP2 CK - step 2
Clinical Knowledge and
-Second Part is the Step 2 CS - CLinical Skills Examination- Practical Examination.
STEP2 CK - The exam is a nine-hour single-day computer-based test composed of eight 46-question sets (368 multiple-choice questions in total). Each section is one hour long. The test taker is permitted 45 minutes, in total for the whole day, for the purpose of breaks that can only be taken between sections. There is a 15 minute tutorial at the beginning of the exam, which the test-taker can choose to skip, and have the time added to the break time.
If the taker finishes any section before the alloted 1 hour time limit, the remainder of the time is added to break time. The test is administered at the Prometric testing sites around the world. Scoring is reported in 2 digit and 3 digit scores.The examinee is required to get 75 and 184 scores to pass the exam in 2 digit and 3 digit scores respectively.
STEP 2 CS -The USMLE Step 2CS exam consists of a series of patient encounters in which the examinee must see the simulated patient or SPs, take a history and do a physical examination, determine differential diagnoses, then write a patient note based on his/her determinations.
The examinee is allowed 15 minutes to complete each encounter and 10 minutes for the Patient note for a single patient encounter. Over the course of an 8-hour exam day, the examinee completes 12 such encounters.
USMLE Step 2 CS replaced the former ECFMG Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) effective June 14, 2004. The last administration of the ECFMG Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) took place on April 16, 2004.
FOr thakind the STEP 2 CS Exam , one has to travel to USA.Currently the CS Exam is held over 5 testing centers called the Clinical Skills Evaluation Center (CSEC) throughout the USA :
1)Atlanta, Georgia
2)Chicago, Illinois
3)Houston, Texas
4)Los Angeles, California
5)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
USMLE STEP- 3:
The main focus of Step 3 is to ensure that physicians can carry out the practice of medicine without supervision. Most of the questions presented, but not all, deal with ambulatory care.The most common, "high-impact" cases are tested. Step 3 is generally considered to be the "easiest" of the exams, but this assumes a strong internship and good preparation for steps 1 and 2.
USMLE Step 3
The basics of USMLE Step 3
The main focus of Step 3 is to ensure that physicians can carry out independent practice of medicine without supervision. Most of the questions presented deal with ambulatory care. The most common "high-impact" cases are tested.Step 3 is generally considered to be the "easiest" of the exams.
USMLE Step 3 Question Formats :
There are three question formats on this step:
Single Item,
Multiple Item Sets and
Cases.
The Single Item questions are the standard "multiple choice" single best answer questions. There are generally 4-5 answers to select from.
The Multiple Item Sets questions are multiple choice, single best answer questions, all based on a single patient vignette. Again, each question has a single correct answer (although other answers may be "partially correct"). The questions are designed to be answered by themselves - the order in which do the questions is not important.
The Case-based questions are designed to be answered in sequential order. Skipping questions can be bad news: the cases often progress in an orderly fashion, and each question may rely on information given in preceding questions. Again, these are multiple-choice, single best answer questions.
For more information on Step 3 question formats
visit: http://www.usmle.org/step3
But it is not so easy.you have to put in lots of hard work ,Patience and time because they will assess your over all knowledge not in the theorytical way what is asked here but in a more practical and application style.
The Licensing Exam to do residency in USA ,popularly known as the USMLE- United States Medical Licensing Examination.It includes three steps.
1) USMLE STEP-1:
It assesses whether medical school students or graduates can apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine.US medical students typically take Step 1 at the end of the second year of medical school. Graduates of international medical schools must also take Step 1 if they want to practice in the US.
The test is standardized and allows medical students to be directly compared with each other on a national basis.Performance on this test is one of the selection criteria used in the NRMP match program for residencies.A good score on this test makes the student get in to residency with ease.
2) USMLE STEP -2 :
The STEP-2 examination has got two parts.The USMLE Step 2 is generally taken
during the 4th year of medical school by medical students.
-First part is in the Multiple choice format and called the STEP2 CK - step 2
Clinical Knowledge and
-Second Part is the Step 2 CS - CLinical Skills Examination- Practical Examination.
STEP2 CK - The exam is a nine-hour single-day computer-based test composed of eight 46-question sets (368 multiple-choice questions in total). Each section is one hour long. The test taker is permitted 45 minutes, in total for the whole day, for the purpose of breaks that can only be taken between sections. There is a 15 minute tutorial at the beginning of the exam, which the test-taker can choose to skip, and have the time added to the break time.
If the taker finishes any section before the alloted 1 hour time limit, the remainder of the time is added to break time. The test is administered at the Prometric testing sites around the world. Scoring is reported in 2 digit and 3 digit scores.The examinee is required to get 75 and 184 scores to pass the exam in 2 digit and 3 digit scores respectively.
STEP 2 CS -The USMLE Step 2CS exam consists of a series of patient encounters in which the examinee must see the simulated patient or SPs, take a history and do a physical examination, determine differential diagnoses, then write a patient note based on his/her determinations.
The examinee is allowed 15 minutes to complete each encounter and 10 minutes for the Patient note for a single patient encounter. Over the course of an 8-hour exam day, the examinee completes 12 such encounters.
USMLE Step 2 CS replaced the former ECFMG Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) effective June 14, 2004. The last administration of the ECFMG Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) took place on April 16, 2004.
FOr thakind the STEP 2 CS Exam , one has to travel to USA.Currently the CS Exam is held over 5 testing centers called the Clinical Skills Evaluation Center (CSEC) throughout the USA :
1)Atlanta, Georgia
2)Chicago, Illinois
3)Houston, Texas
4)Los Angeles, California
5)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
USMLE STEP- 3:
The main focus of Step 3 is to ensure that physicians can carry out the practice of medicine without supervision. Most of the questions presented, but not all, deal with ambulatory care.The most common, "high-impact" cases are tested. Step 3 is generally considered to be the "easiest" of the exams, but this assumes a strong internship and good preparation for steps 1 and 2.
USMLE Step 3
The basics of USMLE Step 3
The main focus of Step 3 is to ensure that physicians can carry out independent practice of medicine without supervision. Most of the questions presented deal with ambulatory care. The most common "high-impact" cases are tested.Step 3 is generally considered to be the "easiest" of the exams.
USMLE Step 3 Question Formats :
There are three question formats on this step:
Single Item,
Multiple Item Sets and
Cases.
The Single Item questions are the standard "multiple choice" single best answer questions. There are generally 4-5 answers to select from.
The Multiple Item Sets questions are multiple choice, single best answer questions, all based on a single patient vignette. Again, each question has a single correct answer (although other answers may be "partially correct"). The questions are designed to be answered by themselves - the order in which do the questions is not important.
The Case-based questions are designed to be answered in sequential order. Skipping questions can be bad news: the cases often progress in an orderly fashion, and each question may rely on information given in preceding questions. Again, these are multiple-choice, single best answer questions.
For more information on Step 3 question formats
visit: http://www.usmle.org/step3
Friday, January 4, 2008
ONCE YOU GRADUATE FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL..................
Hello ,
I am back with loads of information that could be a better experience if i share that with you.As soon as one comes out of medical school the two broad options open are Whether to move abroad to have a foreign more international degrees or stay back in your homeland by doing a post graduation .So it all depends on your wishes and willingness.
In the first category of destinations abroad,USA,the land of opportunities, is definitely the most preferred destination ,followed closely by Australia,Singapore and the Carribean islands.(Jamaica,Trinidad and Tobago).The numbers of doctors moving to UK came down drastically as the job options were very limited.In the year 2000 lots of doctors used to sit for PLAB and move to UK to test their luck.But now-a-days hardly any one is thinking of UK.With this sort of changing colors in the medical field in the UK doors were open in the other new destination i.e.,Australia.There are at present,tons of jobs awaiting.The buzzword among doctors who are willing to move to Australia is AREA OF NEED(AON) where there are lots of jobs,which is the most popular route of entry for doctors who had a couple of years experience in their homeland.For fresh passed out candidates wishing move to Australia is the AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL EXAMINATION (AMC) Route.But which ever it is whether AMC or AON you have to prove your English language proficiency.
Coming back to UK scenario,now overseas doctors are thinking of UK to have the Royal college degrees.(MRCP,MRCS,FRCR etc) But even for them also you need not leave your homeland,you can sit for the exam and get the degrees if you have a postgraduate degree from your home country .
I will be posting about USMLE the qualifying test for doing residency in USA in my next post.
Till then
Cheers.
I am back with loads of information that could be a better experience if i share that with you.As soon as one comes out of medical school the two broad options open are Whether to move abroad to have a foreign more international degrees or stay back in your homeland by doing a post graduation .So it all depends on your wishes and willingness.
In the first category of destinations abroad,USA,the land of opportunities, is definitely the most preferred destination ,followed closely by Australia,Singapore and the Carribean islands.(Jamaica,Trinidad and Tobago).The numbers of doctors moving to UK came down drastically as the job options were very limited.In the year 2000 lots of doctors used to sit for PLAB and move to UK to test their luck.But now-a-days hardly any one is thinking of UK.With this sort of changing colors in the medical field in the UK doors were open in the other new destination i.e.,Australia.There are at present,tons of jobs awaiting.The buzzword among doctors who are willing to move to Australia is AREA OF NEED(AON) where there are lots of jobs,which is the most popular route of entry for doctors who had a couple of years experience in their homeland.For fresh passed out candidates wishing move to Australia is the AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL EXAMINATION (AMC) Route.But which ever it is whether AMC or AON you have to prove your English language proficiency.
Coming back to UK scenario,now overseas doctors are thinking of UK to have the Royal college degrees.(MRCP,MRCS,FRCR etc) But even for them also you need not leave your homeland,you can sit for the exam and get the degrees if you have a postgraduate degree from your home country .
I will be posting about USMLE the qualifying test for doing residency in USA in my next post.
Till then
Cheers.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
NOW YOU CAN CALL YOUR NEAR & DEAR FOR FREE
Call friends and family overseas at the same cost and with the same convenience as calling a friend down the street.
You can't believe yourself.But this is True.Thanks to the technology advances changing the face of the world.Now you can call your near and dear by registering on this following weblink. you can even talk to me to clarify,if you have any issues.http://www.jaxtr.com/drvvkreddy
Jaxtr links your phone to the web, so you can hear from callers worldwide while keeping your existing phone number private.it works with any phone you already use, including ordinary landline phones. No download required.You don't need a headset.You don't n eed to have a headset or broadband connection or credit card to have Jaxtr account.All you need to have is an existing phone.
So why to wait.See how the magic works for you also.
Cheers
The Various Options open for Jr.Doctors....
As a Medical graduate, I was often intigued by the various speciality choices left open. I think this is most often experienced by all doctor friends when they are about to shape themselves as an expert in a particular speciality. Added this Doctors now looking for a career shift ...........
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