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IMGs: These 4 tips can help you succeed with Match

About six in 10 international medical graduates matched in 2021. These tips offer insight on how an IMG can find a residency program that fits.

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Prep for Residency
The Road to Residency
Stethoscope around a globe
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Rules to hinder IMG doctors getting rolled back

The Biden administration takes positive steps. Learn about the AMA’s effective advocacy for the Conrad 30 program and IMGs with H-1B or J-1 status.

International Med Ed
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Physicians call for clarity on IMG credentialing, licensure

The AMA wants to reduce some of the barriers that make it harder for international medical graduates (IMGs) to help fill the nation’s health care needs.

International Med Ed
Airplane and a globe
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New advice for IMGs outlines path to success in U.S. medicine

Finding the right mentors and making a financial plan are two keys for IMGs to flourish as U.S. practicing physicians. Learn more with the AMA.

International Med Ed
Opened and unopened envelopes
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2021 Residency Match: Examining outcomes for SOAP, IMGs

Learn with the AMA about notable trends this year in the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) and among international medical graduates (IMGs).

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Prep for Residency
The Road to Residency
A visa
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Biden delays Trump immigration rule on cap-subject H-1B visas

New administration pushed back rule that would consider H-1B visa applicants based on earning power rather than the value they’d bring.

International Med Ed
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Feb. 19, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Cap-subject H-1B petitions rule and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Feb. 12, 2021: National Advocacy Update

The delay implementation of the H-1B Visa final rule and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 22, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Final rule amends regulations governing prevailing wages for foreign workers and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update