tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:11:47 +0000<center> Applying for Residency/USMLE ? Tips about Residency Interviews for future MDs in USA!- a Fun &amp; Informative Resource specially for the IMGs, with sample questions and answer scripts.<br><br> ***International Copyright*** : Last Updated: Dec 5th 2008 </center>http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/noreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)Blogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-761598736510530634Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:22:00 +00002008-12-29T21:50:43.492-08:00Here are the latest:Family Medicine - Morehouse, GAInternal Medicine - Woodhull Medical Center, NY- JFK atlantis Florida- Monmouth - Good Samaritan, Baltimore, MD - Cleveland Clinic, FL- Wyckoff heights, NY- Prince George, MD- Interfaith, NY- Creighton University, NE- St Francis Evanston, IL- Suny at Stony Brook, NYPsychiatry- Bergen Regional Medical Center, Paramus, NJThanks to all submittors ..http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/12/13-more-2009-match-interview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-7921589058661675546Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:52:00 +00002008-12-08T22:01:09.385-08:00It's snowing interview experiences ! Thanks again to submittors for sharing ! We have some California programs after a long time.For announcement-style blog posts like these, Maybe I should get one of those cuckoo watch like widgets for this website that sounds an alarm each time an experience gets deposited ;-)Here are the latest:Family Medicine - UIC-Rockford, IL- Mercy Medical center / Modestohttp://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/12/13-new-residency-interview-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-7020302975469194577Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:31:00 +00002008-12-06T03:33:59.898-08:00 Am positively impressed with the rate of new experience submissions :) - thanks again to submittors for sharing !List =Family Medicine - St Joseph, St Paul, MN- Methodist Hospital, Minneapolis, MN- Smileys, Minneapolis, MN- North Memorial, Minneapolis, MN- Rochester General Hospital, NY- St Mary and Elizabeth Program, Chicago, ILInternal Medicine - St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT- Bonx http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/12/11-latest-residency-interview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-2547093404291088707Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:42:00 +00002008-12-05T00:48:31.119-08:00 I continue to thank our readers who have been taking the efforts to give back and share experiences.Here are the latest 15 additions for the 2009 NRMP Match season.Family Medicine-Jackson Park Hospital , IL-St. Elizabeth, Edgewood, KYInternal Medicine-Capital Health System, Trenton, NJ-Conemaugh Memorial medical center,PA-Englewood Medical Center, NJ-St Barnabas, NJ - two submissions-Mercy http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/12/and-heres-15-latest-interview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-78095085186294437Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:21:00 +00002008-12-05T00:51:41.148-08:00As the 2009 Match inteview season turtles on, we have had a steady stream of experience additions from benevolent people. Here's a list of the latest additions since the last update announcementResidency Interviews Experience DatabaseFamily MedicineHennepin County Hospital, MNNew York Medical College, NYInternal Medicine Danbury Hospital, CTMaimonides Medical Center, NYGreater Baltimore Medical http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/11/20-new-interview-experience-added.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-994768818923352898Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:54:00 +00002008-11-10T04:04:39.549-08:00And all that happened while I was busy vacationing back in India. The new additions bring the new total to a wonderful 455 interview experiences and give us a lot more generous people to be thankful too. Many thanks to them all ...There are too many to put down a list of latest additions here - and I still have not been able to add a sort feature to the year and I apologize for the inconvenience http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/11/27-new-residency-interview-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-3005872513998463765Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:52:00 +00002008-10-14T05:13:49.009-07:00Sample Interview AnswersLet me begin by saying that if you think this interview question is absurd, I agree ! I wonder how anyone can ever expect a candidate to mention a honest weakness that can kill his or her prospects at a job, residency or fellowships. Some opine that the ability to answer this question adroitly might be more important rather than the actual weakness itself. The usual advise is to honest about http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/10/sample-reply-for-tell-me-your-weakness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-3903264943607919342Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:28:00 +00002008-10-05T23:30:20.663-07:00Thanks to submittors - these have been sitting there since a week of more now and I hope more will be entered soon. The 2009 Interview season should be full swing now - Rememeber the usuals !: - be yourself, take sometime to discover what is unique about you and talk bout that / project that on the interview...give them something to remember you.- prepare points instead of full memorized http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/10/3-new-interview-experiences-added-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-463038386064499879Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:36:00 +00002008-09-23T22:51:07.050-07:00Feeling lost is never a good feeling. The first day of my residency this July, though I looked confident with a tie, stheth and a sparkling white coat, I was so lost in the huge hospital complex, that I ended up asking an outpatient for directions...LOL. Felt stupid as I wondered what one would think about a hospital where doctors ask patients for directions ! But then I aslo had a "http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/09/180-program-responses-and-counting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-2883854565566937459Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:24:00 +00002008-09-14T22:31:45.065-07:00I hope you guys did find some use of the 2008 residency program interview responses database ...its time now to put up a tracking database of how the residency program responses go for this 2009 match season.Click here to access the database and put in any kind of responses you got so far for your 2009 applications, good or bad. Instructions are pretty simple and you should be able to figure it http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/09/and-2009-interview-responses-tracker-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-5844853522995374519Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:40:00 +00002008-02-20T21:59:47.875-08:00HospitalistA Hospitalist is defined as a primary care physician employed for dedicated care of inpatients in a hospital - the traditional primary care physician on the other hand has / works for an external outpatient practice with admission privileges to a hospital."Hospitalist" sorta fancy when you hear it the first time - and it sure is hot term amongst the primary care physicians these days and a steadyhttp://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/02/why-did-you-choose-to-be-hospitalist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-4761821671486529480Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:57:00 +00002008-02-11T23:10:24.834-08:00PrematchesThanks to a generously detailed and thoughtful write-up emailed to me by a gracious lady, we have tips on subtleties that this blog has not touched upon.Since Anonymity was requested - it shall be respected :-) Read On:The following are some of the things that I observed and found useful on my interview circuit during the 2008 Residency Match season. This is solely based on my experience. But ifhttp://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/02/interview-tips-from-successfully-pre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-249318739472478431Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:14:00 +00002008-01-31T23:22:20.357-08:00Just when I thought there would be no more, saw got three more interview experience entries from helpful readers, on the Residency Interview Experiences DatabasePediatrics- Brooklyn Hospital Center, NY- Crozer Chester Medical Center, PAGeneral Surgery- Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State UniversityMeanwhile the Prematch Offers Database has taken a life of its own - growing further to 134 http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/01/3-more-residency-interview-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-6522070558725972048Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:38:00 +00002008-01-29T00:08:03.842-08:00PrematchesHullo Readers ! Valentine's day is around the corner and that oh-so-mushy feeling should make you wanna spare some love for me and help me build more resources for fellow IMGs and AMGs ;-)He..he..You are requested to submit information about recent Prematch / Out-Of-Match Residency position offers that you either heard about, eavesdropped on or secured yourself (yeah - it's Anonymous..yipee !!)http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/01/prematch-offers-database-grows-to-119.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-8815088753617629955Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:59:00 +00002008-01-28T00:11:33.419-08:00Every milestone is worth celebrating ...and since the Residency Interviews Experience Database has now crossed the 400 interviews mark to a total of 403, lets thank our latest submittors with even more fervour :-)Here are the latest additions to the Interview experiences database:Internal Medicine- Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD- Rosalind Franklin, Chicago, IL- Rochester General, NY- St. http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/01/7-more-residency-interview-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-2784351399259024435Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:54:00 +00002008-11-18T01:32:01.537-08:00videoEnjoy !http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/01/residency-interview-videoon-lighter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-7732234917979676195Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:17:00 +00002008-01-18T01:20:43.085-08:00Recently someone I know got a late interview invite (January is almost the end of the residency interview season) and he responded the next day - and guess what, he got a reply that the interview slot was already taken ! And sadly - that's not the first time I have heard this happening.It's no secret that many residency programs send out more invites than they can accommodate and this becomes http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/01/avoid-delays-in-responding-to-interview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-2372468410560514578Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:24:00 +00002008-01-15T19:57:00.688-08:00Fellowship Interview TipsEndocrinologyThis post marks the beginning of a transition of these blog to fellowship seekers in addition to residency seekers - lets call this a promotion of this blog ;-)Endocrinology, as a specialty of Internal Medicine, must essentially carry some flavor of the Internal Medicine thinking & analytical mindset. People who like physiology, the algorithmic actions and interactions of hormones and their 'http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2008/01/why-did-you-choose-endocrinology-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-4877900047578639015Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:04:00 +00002007-12-16T14:07:05.065-08:00Again my profuse "Thank yous" o all the submitors - Check these entries out at theResidency Interviews Experience DatabaseLatest additions include:Family Medicine- Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterInternal Medicine- Bronx Lebanon, NY- Englewood Hospital, NJ : 3 separate experiences !- Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT- North General Hospital, Harlem, NY- St. Mary's Health Center, St Louis, http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2007/12/10-more-interview-experiences-im-fp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-247087567675737641Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:27:00 +00002007-12-11T01:18:59.812-08:00Keep Them coming - there's always room for more :-D...and there's always me standing at the door with a big "Thank You" to ya'allInternal Medicine- Conemaugh Valley Memorial Medical Center, PA- Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH- Lenox Hill Hospital, NY- Louis Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL- Lutheran Medical Center, NY- Mary Immaculate Hospital , Jamaica, NY- SUNY Stony Brook, NY- Western http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2007/12/9-more-residency-interview-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-4359500561708198786Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:41:00 +00002008-01-19T15:23:07.440-08:00Phone interviewWith the huge inflow of applications per program, we are beginning to see a rising trend amongst residency programs resorting to phone interviews for screening applicants before inviting them for the actual interview (especially for IMGs) - coz it gives them a better picture of a candidate than what the ERAS application alone gives - like basic English speaking skills, enthusiasm about the http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2007/12/tips-for-phone-interview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-44383141646998011Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:21:00 +00002007-12-06T18:55:40.060-08:00Interview TravelSome nice news for 2008 residency Match applicants, who have Interviews in Late Jan - Feb 2008 :-) Megabus - a rival bus service to Greyhound, is offering free bus tickets, provided the travel dates fall between Jan 16th 2008 and 11th March 2008. Thus, for candidates taking their interview then, if your cities are luckily covered by Megabus - grab it !Steps to avail this Deal:1. Go to http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2007/12/free-megabus-tickets-for-interviewing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-7134251687732716193Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:05:00 +00002007-12-06T18:08:56.573-08:00Call it an experiences windfall ;-) Here are the latest entries on the Residency Interview Experiences Database:Internal Medicine- Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, NY- Interfaith Hospital, NY- Robert Packer Hospital - Guthrie Residency program, PA- St Raphael, CT- St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA- University Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, MA- University of Minnesota, MN- Wyckoff Heights http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2007/12/11-new-residency-interview-experiences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-4368720515941775823Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:00:00 +00002007-11-30T05:00:16.391-08:00Here are the latest entries: Internal Medicine - Bronx Lebabnon Program, NY - University of Buffalo, NY - Greater Baltimore Medical Center, MD - Capital Health Fuld Campus, NJ Pediatrics - Texas Tech Hospital, El Paso, TX Psychiatry - East Carolina University, NC Click here to check out the Residency Interviews Experiences Database And of course, i can never get tired of http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2007/11/six-new-interview-experiences-im-psych.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092645759994132406.post-135015330430609049Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:39:00 +00002007-12-03T15:37:43.702-08:00The current managed care health insurance model in the United States is broken and an increasing amount of citizens are wishing for Universal health care. I have already covered Universal health insurance & Socialized Medicine on this blog, a question often asked on Residency Interviews.American medicine has its great points - the technology, the education, the research and the latest stuff http://www.usmletomd.com/mdinterviews/2007/11/watch-sicko-to-get-glimpse-of-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Digitaldoc, MD)4