92. How To Complete Your Most Challengin...

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Everyone has goals. It just takes persistence, discipline and consistency to achieve them. As an IMG you are sure to have challenging tasks that you need to accomplish in order to be successful. How do you plan to do so in 2022? Keep listening to this session held by Dr. Lum with the IMG Roadmap class where she outlines strategies that work and answers all of your burning questions!

What is the general strategy you can employ to identify and complete your tasks?

• Write down three things you want to achieve this year.
• Ensure that they are specific IMG career goals.
• Ask yourself: What is standing between you and your goal?
• Are there any difficulties you have pinpointed?

How can you create a strong Letter of Intent (LOI)?

• Focus on answering this question: Why is it important for you to match there?
• LOIs should be sent in accordance with the rules of the program. Normally, they should be addressed to the program director.
• List the reasons you are interested in ranking the program first.
• Then, let them know what you can do for the program. What makes you stand out?
• Make specific, concrete references to your interviews with the program.

What are some key considerations before creating your rank list?

• Do you truly want to train there and to live there for three to four years?
• Does it fit in with your long term career goals?
• What was the quality of your Interaction with the program on interview day?
• Was there any post interview communication?  Use your intuition!
• If your list is shorter, rank the programs you feel instinctively that you have a higher chance of matching into. If you have more options, you can consider your desires.
• Inform the programs that you are ranking that you will be ranking them.

How can you prepare for USMLE?

• You don’t need to stop what you are doing, you should keep your job to build your CV.
• Focus on study and work only.
• Use a Q-bank like USMLE world, and break it down into small pieces.
• Review the notes you have taken in your down time!
• Next time you do the questions, time yourself to improve speed and efficiency.
• Do NBME’s to assess your readiness.Use results to guide future studying

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