Observership / Externship at TIPS SW for IMGs

Thanks to a gracious reader who left me a comment to share with you all... TIPS SW stands for Texas Indo American Physician Society South West, which is one of the five chapters of the Texas Indo-American Physicians Society (TIPS), which is turn is affiliated to the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), about which I already covered on a previous post about IMG Physician organizations in USA.

Though this program is titled as an 'externship' it really is an observership in the way it works - implying no patient contact or hands-on experience....but if they officially allow you to call it an extership, that's what you can write up on your CAF ;-)

Lets go over the Details:

Duration:
- Total 6 weeks, two rotations of 3 weeks each

Location:
Non-Residency hospitals in San Antonio, TX

Specialty:
- IM, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Family medicine

Criteria:
Minimum 2-digit score of 78 on both USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK

Application:
- Click here to Apply online
- Click here to download paper-format application

Fees:
None mentioned, probably no fees, but you gotta take care of your own accomodation, travel, food, etc. etc. 

Hmmm..2 IMGs per 6 weeks, which is about 17-18 IMGs per year....hurry ! 

Read more at TIPS SW website