IMG Performance in the 2014 Match

IMG Performance in the 2014 Match according to the NRMP:

• 12,482 IMGs who participated in the 2014 Match, 6,357 (50.9%) matched.

• 7,334 IMG participants who were not U.S. citizens, 3,633 (49.5%) obtained first-year positions. 

• 5,133 U.S. citizen IMG participants, 2,722 (53.0%) were matched to first-year positions 

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Updated Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) Content Description and General Information pdf

The Description of the Examination and Scoring the Step 2 CS Examination sections include expanded language on expectations for interacting with standardized patients, as well as additional information on scoring. Appendix B includes new sample patient notes, which have additional information to help examinees understand how the notes are scored.

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New Unified USMLE Content Outline pdf

The unified content outline consists of 18 sections. Fourteen of these sections primarily correspond to organ systems; the remaining four sections are General Principles; Multi-system Processes and Disorders; Biostatistics, Epidemiology/Population Health, and Interpretation of the Medical Literature; and Social Sciences.

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Criteria based IMG Match Results 2013 pdf

The report highlights the characteristics of international medical school students and graduates (IMGs) that contribute to success in matching to residency programs. It is intended to be a valuable resource to help IMGs make educated choices as they apply to and rank residency programs in the Main Residency Match. 
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Staphylococcus aureus pneumonic

For diseases caused by Staphylococcus Aureus remember the pneumonic

STAPHEOS G Is My favorite Rapper : 

Scalded Skin Syndrome
Toxic Shock Syndrome 
Abscesses, 
Pneumonia 
Hemolysis 
Endocarditis
Osteomyelitis
Surgical Infections
Gastroenteritis
Impetigo
Mastitis

History Taking Pneumonic

The way to remember the points of History taking is

CHAMP FASTS :

Chief Complaint.

History of Illness.

Allergies.

Medications.

Past Medical History.

Family History.

Alcohol.

Street Drugs.

Tobacco.

Social History

Pain Pneumonic

Remember these points for Pain.

Pneumonic: COLDERRA

Characteristic 

Onset 

Location 

Duration 

Exacerbating Factors

Relieving Factors 

Radiation 

Associated Symptom