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IMGs: Heed these 4 tips to pursue academic medicine career

These four tips can help IMG residents make a smooth transition to working as a faculty member in an academic setting.

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Transition from Resident to Attending
Transitioning to Practice
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Recruiter overload: How you compare with other medical residents

Final-year residents are bombarded by recruiter emails and phone calls, but not all types of residents are in the same boat on this front.

Specialty Profiles
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Immigration information for international medical graduates

See the visa requirements for international medical graduates seeking entry into U.S. programs of graduate medical education, including the J-1 visa.

International Medical Education
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Practicing medicine in the U.S. as an international medical graduate

Understand the 5 steps that physicians who received their medical degree outside the U.S. or Canada must clear to practice medicine in the United States.

International Medical Education
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Residency program requirements for international medical graduates

Learn how international medical graduates can enter a U.S. residency program, and the special requirements international medical graduates should consider.

International Medical Education
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Ved V. Gossain, MD: Finding ways to improve the life of IMGs

AMA member Ved V. Gossain, MD, believes that despite the hardships of being a physician, it is still the best profession in the world.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
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4 medical specialties among the friendliest for IMG PGY-1 matches

Looking to make the Match work as an international medical graduate? Consider these four specialties.

Specialty Profiles
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3 ways observership programs help IMGs with their Match prospects

Find the IMG observership program listings you need to help land the residency you most desire.

Preparing for Residency
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Backlog of H-1B visas for physicians affects patients in need

Doctors already practicing in the U.S. are still waiting to receive their green card. Some have been waiting for decades.

International Medical Education