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Specialty Profiles

Recruiter overload: How you compare with other medical residents

Final-year residents are bombarded by recruiter emails and phone calls, but not all types of residents are in the same boat on this front.

International Medical Education

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification

See how the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) assesses international medical graduates for entry into a U.S. residency or fellowship.

International Medical Education

Immigration information for international medical graduates

See the visa requirements for international medical graduates seeking entry into U.S. programs of graduate medical education, including the J-1 visa.

International Medical Education

Practicing medicine in the U.S. as an international medical graduate

Understand the 5 steps that physicians who received their medical degree outside the U.S. or Canada must clear to practice medicine in the United States.

International Medical Education

State licensure board requirements for international medical graduates

View specific licensure requirements for graduates of foreign medical schools for the state in which you wish to practice medicine.

International Medical Education

Observership Program listings for international medical graduates

Find the AMA's Observership Programs to help international medical graduates adapt to the practice of medicine in the United States.

International Medical Education

Residency program requirements for international medical graduates

Learn how international medical graduates can enter a U.S. residency program, and the special requirements international medical graduates should consider.
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Specialty Profiles

4 medical specialties among the friendliest for IMG PGY-1 matches

Looking to make the Match work as an international medical graduate? Consider these four specialties.

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