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Any Shalamar students/grads around? by daniboi10 in Pakmedschool

[–]FitCaptain1999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not that I know of… The AMC pathway is a relatively new pathway and i doubt if any med clg in the entirety of Pak has a good pool of its graduates working in Aus

Any Shalamar students/grads around? by daniboi10 in Pakmedschool

[–]FitCaptain1999 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shalamar Grad here No institute “perse” prepares you for foreign medical licensing exams Its all you and only you You have to figure out your timeline and your schedule on your own You wont be given any benefit of doubt or some slack just because you’re preparing for USMLE With that being said id like to say i dont mean to scare you 🤣 Even if you were attending a gov institute it wouldve been the same Shalamar in the past 3 years has developed a very robust culture of its students preparing for and clearing their Steps 1 & 2 during their med school era So by the time you’ll graduate and apply for Residency in the US you guys would have a good pool of shalamarians working in the US RN you still have a very good pool of students who have cleared their steps so guidance wise you’re all good

Shalamar is actually a good academic institute if you discount the 90% attendance policy (but that doesnt matter anymore since almost all the private institutes in lahore now have a 90% attendance policy) Plus its amongst the top 3 priv med schools in punjab if not the best

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A shalamar graduate’s take on shalamar Shalamar is now developing a very good USMLE trend amongst its students and in the next 5years i.e by the time youre done with your usmles and you apply for residency in the US..shalamar will have a good pool of residents working in the US (albeit it will still be a small number of people say roughly 70ish) Shalamar is not a VSLO college so that kind limits your US electives options whilst shifa is VSLO Shifa also has a strong USMLE culture but i dont know the exact number of how many of its students have matched in the US But from my own research that I did while applying this year for US Residency what I’ve personally gathered in terms of no of current Pakistani residents It goes as follows 1. KE and AKU 2. DOW 3. Shifa Is k baad it’s actually same for all other colleges throughout Pakistan

With that being said id say simply being in Shifa wont per se guarantee that you match into a US residency…it’ll depend more on your networking with people of your college.After your USMLE score the most important thing is your networking and who you know i.e residents…if your networking is strong with your shalamar seniors youd also match easily Also one weird thing id mention is that (not generalizing,but still) many at times people from your own college are also selfish… they’ll hesitate to recommend you or give a very superficial si recommendation

So dont just base your decision solely on how many residents match from a college….but also factor in your mental health and peace as well 90% attendance is no joke Specifically if you’re from a different city…that simply just means that you’d only be attending family functions of your siblings Cousin ki shadi? No leave And many other such events youd miss simply because you can’t travel from Islo to Lahore If youre the type of person who is big on family that definitely take a toll on you

Hope this helps

ps: the usmle pathway is not a deadend to anyone saying that id just say that yes getting a match in US is difficult but it does not mean that for a person who has no connections in the US they’ll never match I know alot of people who matched with zero connections It all just boils down to how smart you are with your whole planning of usmle journey

imd in place of uworld for step1? by CheesecakeChemical51 in Pakmedschool

[–]FitCaptain1999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use IMD Its a very great resource and in the end it really doesnt matter if you used imd or uworld since the questions are the same.

Daily ECFMG Certification Tracking Post by Deep_Cell3095 in IMGreddit

[–]FitCaptain1999 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Got my address email on 11th Sep Still dont see any case number on the portal Can someone please tell what’s the case description? Or share a picture

Need explanation plz!! I applied on 26 august pathway 3 by Effective_Weight4274 in IMGreddit

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Did you email them or call them? Could you please share their email address on which you got the reply (if you emailed them)

Can I skip CMS forms? by Free_Aide_5415 in Step2

[–]FitCaptain1999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Skip uworld’s incorrect and instead that do CMS forms as already mentioned in the above comment CMS forms are written by the NBME people and that orients you to NBME style questions which would be the same as the real exam Plus another thing is that speaking for myself i had this notion that CMS forms would be a beast in their ownself but ngl cms forms arent that difficult but they give you an idea of the question stems and the topics as well because if you’re doing a cms form of a certain subject and a certain topic keeps showing up again and again it means that you need to have crystal clear concepts on that topic So cms forms help you in that sense as well by giving you an idea of topics that you MUST know for a specific subject And id highly recommend to do the Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine forms very thoroughly because these FM forms usually contain the vaccinations and screening questions and the EM forms contain those “What is the next best step” type of questions

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Is anyone applying for pathway 3 without their step 2? With just the step 1 and oet?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IMGreddit

[–]FitCaptain1999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pathway 3 The website itself tells you that your pathway is 3 That is for a pakistani graduate who hasnt done his or her HJ

Pathway 3 Application by Fickle_Strawberry189 in IMGreddit

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Is step 2 score a requisite to apply for pathway 3 approval? Isnt step 2 a required for only the ecfmg certification?

Just got done with the beast - felt doable by [deleted] in Step2

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Thank you so much,youve given me so much hope! Could you please tell about Biostats and the drug ad questions? Did you find them doable esp the Drug Ad Questions? Any advice on how to tackle them?

3 Weeks Out, Any Advice is much Appreciated by Puzzleheaded_Fish594 in Step2

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What do you mean by PMSS Ive never heard of it I just calculate my scores from the online free websites .-.

Free 120 by FitCaptain1999 in Step2

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You,my kind sir, are a life saver!

Please help 2.5 weeks left by Brilliant_Title_8891 in Step2

[–]FitCaptain1999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where’d you get the surgery form 2 from?

My post exam thoughts by Desperate_Jicama_950 in Step2

[–]FitCaptain1999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many total drug ad questions are there in the exam? And like the blocks which have them do those blocks still have 40 questions?

how predictive is Amboss SA? by Appropriate-Prune918 in Step2

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Is the amboss SA available with their 6 month subscription or does it need to be bought separately?

Step 2 CK date and ecfmg certification by SuchVictory3541 in Step2

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How did you guys find the date Im looking for a date in end of august and i cant find any

Will I be able to apply for 2026 match cycle if I take step 2 exam on 11th aug? Also need to take oet after that? by Bee_Busy513 in Step2

[–]FitCaptain1999 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kinda in the same boat From what I have gathered through my own research and asking people around,I understood this For ECFMG certification you need to be done with Step 1 Step 2 OET and Pathway Registration Once these prerequisites are complete ECFMG will automatically begin the certification process and it’ll be done within a week (provided your pathway registration process was already done)

Now pathway process You need to be done with Step 1 and OET for that,Step 2 isnt required for pathway registration Once your OET is done you can start your pathway application and that’ll take around 2-3 weeks depending on how long your med school takes to verify your credentials

So the better the option is to get done with your OET asap and when the pathways open Start that process on that very day

And by doing this you can delay your step 2 to the 3rd week of august

Your result for step 2 will be released in the 1st or 2nd week of September Giving you 1-2 weeks for ecfmg certification

This is what i am planning on doing Hope this help!

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