07-11-2012, 12:44 PM
Dear forum members,
As I have seen many questions in regards to externships, I wanted to share with you a review of my experience with americlerkships.
Did rotations in Chicago area for 5 months. One of the attendings was well known and respected in the community. This came to light when I was doing volunteer work at one of the hospitals and I had mentioned this doctor's name and I was surprised to hear all the good things they had to say about him (plus points for connections). Anyway, initially I had some misunderstandings with Americlerkships, I subsequently wrote the CEO and after some time received a message and a phone call from him. He listened to my story and told me he would call back once he looked into the issue. Looking back, after many months I wanted to thank him on this public forum for the way he handled the situation it was a surprise that he went out of his way to resolve this.
Take home points- Americlerkships has made mistakes in the past and this can be attributed to their relative newness and as a result has evolved into something better and more mature. In other words they have learned from their mistakes and used that feedback to build a better service and support system for IMGs. I would definitely use their service if need be in the future.
As I have seen many questions in regards to externships, I wanted to share with you a review of my experience with americlerkships.
Did rotations in Chicago area for 5 months. One of the attendings was well known and respected in the community. This came to light when I was doing volunteer work at one of the hospitals and I had mentioned this doctor's name and I was surprised to hear all the good things they had to say about him (plus points for connections). Anyway, initially I had some misunderstandings with Americlerkships, I subsequently wrote the CEO and after some time received a message and a phone call from him. He listened to my story and told me he would call back once he looked into the issue. Looking back, after many months I wanted to thank him on this public forum for the way he handled the situation it was a surprise that he went out of his way to resolve this.
Take home points- Americlerkships has made mistakes in the past and this can be attributed to their relative newness and as a result has evolved into something better and more mature. In other words they have learned from their mistakes and used that feedback to build a better service and support system for IMGs. I would definitely use their service if need be in the future.