Leveraging Home Country Residency and Switching Speciality

​Older International Graduates: their USMLE Journey

USMLE attracts a broad spectrum of healthcare workers and receives applications that are diverse, therefore, need a preparation strategy that could nurture and fit the unique profile.

Older medical graduates are persistently overlooked and get little attention from agencies. Unlike what freshers aim for, a chunk of older graduates seek to switch their speciality and have often migrated from a different country.

To cater to this recurrent element that presents in some profiles, USMLESarthi interviewed two Older International Medical Graduates (IMGs) with a home country experience, who cleared the USMLE and got into their desired residency.

Anagha and Divya, are both older graduates with a home country residency who have unique experiences to offer to our readers. Not only did they get through the exam despite their mature age, Anagha also switched into a different speciality. 
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Anagha, a 2011 Graduate

Anagha immigrated to the US after being in an advanced stage of her medical career as a neurosurgeon. She is a 2011 medical graduate, who was then pursuing a residency in her home country, India, as a neurosurgeon. It was in her 6th year of her residency that she decided to move to the US and practise in a different speciality. 

She was preparing to get matched into neurology. This looked difficult with the two striking challenges that reflected boldly in her profile.

First, switching speciality and then, switching speciality  as an older graduate.

To surpass these hindrances, Anagha curated her own timeline. 

An early commencement of preparation for the steps acted as a head-start. 

As for Anagha, this was 2 years ahead of her match year. This time span you give to yourself for an advanced preparation buffers the strain that builds towards the end as the exam nears.

This makes sure you have all the documentation in place and enough LORs from the US. Anagha also utilised her time by getting into as many  observerships as she could.

It was around this period that she got into contact with Mr. Pawan, founder of USMLESarthi. 

She got enrolled with USMLESarthi right at the beginning of our session, which she believes aided and added to her preparation tremendously.

One of the factors highlighted by her was, that with USMLESarthi and Mr. Pawan constantly guiding and monitoring her preparation, she could by-pass the possible mishappenings and procrastination. 

Being in Sarthi Community, you are always in-contact with people who are going through the process as you, working towards a common result. This community of people working together shapes a vague idea of the competition you are a part of. 
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Most importantly, the chances of you missing out on any information, deadline or announcement reduces to the minimum.
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Fluency in Interviews with USMLESarthi

USMLE Sarthi conducts Short Interview Preparation classes that garners love and appreciation from all our students. Mr. Pawan mentors these and by the end of your session, you are evidently fluent, familiar and ready for any question that might be presented to you.

#MATCHED!

This is an incredible account of how Anagha switched her residency in an advanced stage of her career with USMLE Sarthi.
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If you are aiming to ace your interviews, the cards are in your favour. You’re at the best place!

At USMLESarthi, we train you on presenting yourself as a confident medico, completely prepared to get into their residency. 
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This is a learning platform where you learn to develop and present yourself in your own words, we structure and refine your presentation, keeping the personal touch intact. 

We encourage our students to create their own answers, rather than memorise generic ones. Our panellists work with the students to refine and restructure their existing presentation. 
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Enrol in our healthy learning space where you leverage your interview performance exponentially!
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Divya Reddy’s, a 2015 graduate

Divya is a 2015 graduate from India, who joined USMLE Sarthi in pursuit of USMLE. She had done her residency in paediatrics until 2018 and moved to work in the UK before finally setting her feet on USMLE preparation.

The Journey

Divya started her preparation for USMLE towards the end of 2021 and appeared for all the three steps in the following match season of 2022. 

Divya had just given birth, this made her journey a bit more rugged, along with being an older graduate. Despite the apprehensions, she passed through all the three steps, scoring appreciably.

Initially, Divya had absolutely no information about the structure of USMLE, its how-tos and what-tos. USMLESarthi had turned out incredibly for her cousin, who convinced her to get in touch with us. Owing to the initial confusion and pregnancy, her association with us was delayed. She joined USMLE Sarthi in August of 2022.
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With USMLESarthi, she got what every student exactly needs, fine guidance.
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This is when she quotes that by being on one’s own, there are so many avoidable challenges that might show up, like missing out on deadlines. The multitude of mentors at USMLESarthi are always available for helping the students.

She says, through the huge, bustling community of Sarthi, she passively learned a lot!

One such being, active telegram groups that pop up with queries and their solutions. This keeps the inflow of information active, and gives clarity on a sea of queries, of every kind!

Her documentation, the personal statement, etc was taken care of by USMLESarthi. Although she had a home country residency in the same speciality, paediatrics, she matched within a single match season!

#MATCHED!

​These are just a few of the many unique profiles that we have seen getting matched!
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You can switch a residency even in advanced stages of your career.
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The apprehensions that stop you from breaking the paradigm should immediately be broken, get going with USMLE SARTHI!

​Check out our extremely helpful residency match courses which benefitted numerous applicants! Imagine a Strong ERAS Application, PS review and editing, LOR, and Research publication. With our course, you'll have the tools and knowledge to match your dream residency.

Click here to enroll in our residency match plan which helps you to plan your journey.  
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