{"id":18992,"date":"2020-07-11T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=18992"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:39:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:39:45","slug":"the-imgs-guide-to-finding-u-s-clinical-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/usmle\/the-imgs-guide-to-finding-u-s-clinical-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The IMG\u2019s Guide to Finding U.S. Clinical Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States clinical experience (USCE) plays a key role in the\u00a0<a title=\"Road to Residency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/pages\/road-to-residency?utm_source=residencysecrets&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_term=img&amp;utm_content=organic-post&amp;utm_campaign=med-road-to-residency-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMG\u2019s road to residency<\/a>. Clinical experience may help you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ask for and secure\u00a0letters of recommendation, which are critical for most IMGs<\/li>\n<li>network and make a variety of connections<\/li>\n<li>learn more about technology and general U.S. culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just as important, residency program directors are looking for IMGs who have a grasp of the U.S. health care environment and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acgme.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0core competencies of residency programs here in the United States.<br \/>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>USMLE COVID-19 Update for International Medical Graduates<\/strong><br \/>\nThe USMLE program\u00a0has\u00a0extended\u00a0eligibility periods for\u00a0those preparing to take the exam\u00a0with a scheduling permit. The eligibility period has been extended. Regardless of which country an examinee is testing in, the eligibility window will now extend to December 2020.\u00a0You will not be responsible for any fees\u00a0for extending your eligibility. For more information,\u00a0check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmle.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/#covid19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USMLE website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/education\/international-medical-education\/covid-19-faqs-guidance-international-medical-graduates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read more AMA FAQs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_heading  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How does an IMG find U.S. clinical experience?<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As an IMG, it may sometimes feel like you\u2019re between a rock and a hard place. You know you need U.S. clinical experience, but those positions can be hard to find or get into. At Kaplan, we\u2019re offering a formalized system for obtaining your U.S. clinical experience. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through Kaplan\u2019s <a title=\"step 2 with us clinical experience\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/usmle-step-2ck\/courses\/clinical\">Step 2 with U.S. Clinical Experience<\/a>, you\u2019ll be able to complete an in-person Step 2 prep course. Following your course, you will join an attending physician at a U.S. hospital for clinical rotations. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can choose whether you\u2019d like a 6-month experience that includes 8-weeks of rotations or a 12-month experience that includes 28 weeks of rotations. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Step 2 prep with live lectures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Real clinical experience at a U.S. hospital located in Miami, FL<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personal advising and increased chances to match<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rotation opportunities in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Intensive Care Unit\/ Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Endocrinology, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Hematology\/Oncology, Surgery, and Psychiatry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exposure and training on Electronic Medical Record Utilization<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_video  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >What else can you do? Tap into your network. <\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaving no stone unturned means contacting friends and peers (IMG and otherwise) who\u2019ve already done their rotations and asking them what you can do to get yours. You could find yourself being introduced through a connection to a university that will accept you for clinical experience, even if it typically doesn\u2019t do that. Tapping into any and all of your connections can make such things possible.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you\u2019ve established yourself at an institution, continue to approach different physicians within the same university network to get even more clinical experience. It takes a bit of boldness and a thick skin, but aren\u2019t your residency dreams worth it?<\/span><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-video avia-video-16-9   av-lazyload-immediate  av-lazyload-video-embed  '   itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a_GWvgGYsuE' ><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_GWvgGYsuE?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-yes   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_video  el_before_av_sidebar '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\nNeed clinical experience in the U.S.? Check out Kaplan&#8217;s Step 2 CK course.<\/p>\n<\/div><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-right ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/usmle-step-2ck\/courses\/clinical'  class='avia-button  avia-color-theme-color   avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-right '   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Get Clinical Experience<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States clinical experience (USCE) plays a key role in the\u00a0IMG\u2019s road to residency. Clinical experience may help you: ask for and secure\u00a0letters of recommendation, which are critical for most IMGs network and make a variety of connections learn more about technology and general U.S. culture Just as important, residency program directors are looking for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[145],"tags":[157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33739,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992\/revisions\/33739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}