09-03-2009, 08:37 PM
mammoth job of csverysoon should be appreciated and to be kept alive,
guys I am following up this threat carefully, not to discourage, don't be fooled only few matched may 5-6 in last 2 years not to exceed 10-15 most of them in prelim,,,, without a way to move on.
anyone who applies to surgery should go through this forum,,, very interesting,,,,, you cannot find a better and comprehensive forum than this for IMGs who are surgery lover,,, some of these people could choose fp or im and you can guess by now they would have almost finished their residency and were planning for next phase of actively looking for transition to their dream world of employment as physician. But most of these people still looking for surgery position.
Moral of story if you are not honestly not made for surgery, the 99X3 would not work,,, sincere advice don't waste your time for something that you don't love it because it is a waste of time. If you love it go for it but be ready to see your colleagues become physicians,,,, and you still looking for a permanent position...and I know two IMGs that left surgery after PGY2 prelims,,,,that is sad but that is reality. I am not negative but that is reality,,,, if a PD have a american grad for a position with shittiest cred they will not call a fmg period....good advise apply for fun if you are lucky you will get it,,, but to survive you have to have back up even if you are hard core surgeon,,, you cannot live without an income forever,,,,usually big programs give you prelim position because they want you to clean floor shit nothing else,,,,but not cat,,,,
Hope you don't think I am pessimistic believe me I am realistic,,,
guys I am following up this threat carefully, not to discourage, don't be fooled only few matched may 5-6 in last 2 years not to exceed 10-15 most of them in prelim,,,, without a way to move on.
anyone who applies to surgery should go through this forum,,, very interesting,,,,, you cannot find a better and comprehensive forum than this for IMGs who are surgery lover,,, some of these people could choose fp or im and you can guess by now they would have almost finished their residency and were planning for next phase of actively looking for transition to their dream world of employment as physician. But most of these people still looking for surgery position.
Moral of story if you are not honestly not made for surgery, the 99X3 would not work,,, sincere advice don't waste your time for something that you don't love it because it is a waste of time. If you love it go for it but be ready to see your colleagues become physicians,,,, and you still looking for a permanent position...and I know two IMGs that left surgery after PGY2 prelims,,,,that is sad but that is reality. I am not negative but that is reality,,,, if a PD have a american grad for a position with shittiest cred they will not call a fmg period....good advise apply for fun if you are lucky you will get it,,, but to survive you have to have back up even if you are hard core surgeon,,, you cannot live without an income forever,,,,usually big programs give you prelim position because they want you to clean floor shit nothing else,,,,but not cat,,,,
Hope you don't think I am pessimistic believe me I am realistic,,,