Question Yourself before Chosing USMLE !

Hi Friends I wanted to post a blog on how USMLE can be
The questions you must ask to urself before coming to US or taking USMLE.....

First let me clarify that USMLE is a longer process than expected. It takes years to get into the system.Its money consuming and it tests ur patience.you will be facing lot of hurdles and there will be moments of despair and loneliness and deserted feeling.i am not scaring u its the truth.The competition is that severe.The people coming here are not just the graduates of foreign med school.Some people are even taking MPH or certain other courses just for the sake of getting residency.There is no genuine reason behind doing MPH(Master's in Public Health) 'cuz they r not gonna continue it as their career anyway.But being in US with legal status to work, some of them are doing research and even having publications.Also for being here,they r learning the culture of this country which helps them get absorbed in to this system quickly.So,that shows the level of competition.I don't suggest u do F1 courses.But they have some edge over ordinary IMG's.Of course u can work as a volunteer in any research with your Non-Immigrant visa too (Like B1/B2) but the chances r slim.
The questions U shud ask to urself are :

1. Are you academecially bright or hard woker to get good score?'cuz score bring you interviews and ur communication skills help u get selected in the interview
2. Are you financially sound?-Its gonna cost you a ton - Can be upto a maximum of $25000
3. Do u have relatives here in US? They will help u for food shelter and may get you some observership or even recommendation?!
4. Are you patient enough? - It takes years as I said atlest 1-2 years and as you know its a once an yearly process and the interview process it self takes 6months
5. Do you have moral support? As I said some times u get lost in this alien country....so u need good friend it can be your spouce or some one who can give u very good advices..
6. Do you have good communication skills?- I mean if you r shy U cannot go anywhere / do any thing in this country.Apart from that getting into residency requires this vital skill...thats what make you get selected for the interview...

Hope This Helps....!

Pavan

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Videos For Usmle..

Hi Guys, Because of legal issues i had to remove the Kaplan videos...Anyhow i am giving the links here...

Kaplan Ethics Part1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4564948952311982236

Ethics Part-2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2706705514826234261

For the entire series click on one link below and u ll see the entire list of videos In the right side pane...

Biochemistry-1

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5462149774934234579

Biochem-2

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6875240636373413381

Cariac Output http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5762610678107884461

The Other Useful Website is ..

Microbiology & Immunology

Antomy n Physiology Basics

Important site for more Videos is

http://freeusmle.com/default.aspx

(Disclaimer:I am in no way related to or responsible for the content of the websites the above links take you to. I just came across these websites while browsing the internet. I have no idea about the copyright or authenticity of the contents in these websites)

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