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observership - drdokter
#1
i had given step 1 exam,planning to do step ck nd cs in june nd july,so how can i find observerships for myself,how to apply for that.plz help me in htis regard.iam quite tense about this.cos i wanted to go for2010 match.plz reply me someone.cos i have heard that it takes a lot of time to find obsership or reseach.cos they usually saw ur application later.
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#2
u are right, USCE has almost become a must these days.......and observership is better than nothing even if some programs dont considere it usce.

there are paid observerships like Mt Sinai http://www.msmc.com/ , University of Miami http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0...-3,00.html , Cleveland Clinic(Weston, FL) http://my.clevelandclinic.org/florida/re...ships.aspx , UMDNJ(Camden and New Jersey). but out of these Mt Siani doesnt require ECFMG certificate , Cleveland needs certificate for Internal Med. so u can try for Mt Sinai(750$/month) and Cleveland(500$/month). but u will have to apply asap and at Mt Sinai, u need atleast one step score > 80 .

if u want to rough it out, open up FREIDA, search for programs according to states, open therir websites, email all the faculty(very few emails are given in some websites and in some websites its a jackpot with around 40-50 emails) in yr desired speciality. but its a very time consuming procedure and u also have to study for yr steps especially 2ck. so try and dont waste much time on this. but sometimes people do get lucky this way. and i really mean that, ie they get an observership without contacts.

also dig up contacts, ask yr med school professors. some people even manage to get research this way. call up private physicians(from yr country) in US cities , call them up and see if they need 'help'. also try Veteran Hospitals. but for this method to work, u probanly have to be in US as u will have to follow up at places where there is even a slight possiblity of getting an observership.

but , give the 1st PRIORITY to getting good scores in step 2ck.
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#3
ur too good flanker99..may God bless u..ur very helpful to people here..
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#4
somebody helped me in the same way . i came to know about all thses observerships from this forum itself. after failing my cs i was in desperate need of one. as somebody once said on this forum itself....do good to others and someday something good will happen to you and from my personal experience .......i can say that it is very true. so waht i want to say in the end is .....if we know something which is not useful to us but can be very useful to somebody else.......share the info......saves a lot of time and somebody doesnt have to go through some exteremly rotten time in ones life. i got Mt Sinai.....other observerships need ECFMG certificate......and by the time i get one(by Gods grace) it will be too late for 2010 match, so whats the point hiding such valuable information.....better share it.
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#5
Hi flanker99,can you please tell me what do they need at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland to get an Observership there?how long has to be the Observership in order to help?
Thank you!
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#6
Cleveland Clinic is at 2 places ma'am......Weston(FL) and Ohio.......at Weston.they need ECFMG certificate for IM .in other branches we can get without it. at Ohio i think they even need TOEFL for any branch !! just go through the links i mentioned above. i dont have the link for Cleveland Clinic Ohio, but u can search in google.

the duration of observership to be useful depends on many things.....in case of fresh graduates 1 month can be ok.in old graduates i doubt if it would be enough. but the more the better.....in any case.......no doubt about that

but u will have to apply months in advance in order to get a date before September. and in case of Cleveland , just get the payment details confirmed.....i had some doubt abt the whole thing.....u , i contacted them and they said the 500$ were for both processing and for the fees.......but after we send all the documents they must be processed in order to get the slot , right?? so if we dont get a month of our choice we will have no option but to go for the slot given to us or loose the 500$. in case of Mt Sinai, they clearly told me in September that they will charge the credit card only after we get either of the 2 slots mentioned by us in the application for, not otherwise. hope u get what i am trying to say. besides u can always call before sending the form to see if a particluar month is available or not. will save the trouble.

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#7
Thank you for thr information,I will try to go there and get more informations,sir!
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#8
http://www.tipssw.org/
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#9
thanx flanker99 u are very helpful to others.may u get its reward
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