Pre-Residency Hands-on Clinical Experiences With Teaching Hospital Guarantee - Preferred For International Medical Graduates

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 3, 2010 -- For Immediate Release - Irvine, California

AmeriClerkships, located in Irvine California, USA, is offering a limited number of positions in its Teaching Hospital Guarantee clinical experiences to approved residency applicants. These clinicals, which are fully supervised by U.S. teaching attending physicians, enable U.S. medical residency applicants (especially International Medical Graduates) to gain essential U.S. healthcare exposure before they begin patient care in residency, as required by many U.S. medical residency programs.

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Pre-Residency Hands-on Clinical Experiences With Teaching Hospital Guarantee - Preferred For International Medical Graduates

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"International Medical Graduates (IMG) should never solely depend on their future residency to show them the way in U.S. healthcare", said Dr. Pedram Mizani, former Chief Resident at Morehouse School of Medicine's Family Medicine Residency Program in Atlanta, Georgia. He continues: "IMG's do not want the first day of residency to be the first time they've ever set foot in a U.S. hospital, clinic, nursing home or other healthcare facilities. We see many IMG's with superb medical knowledge and high USMLE scores, but substandard U.S. clinical competence and visible deficiencies in U.S. acculturation and assimilation."

Program Directors are looking for both inpatient and outpatient U.S. clinical experience prior to the actual start of residency. Knowing this important fact, AmeriClerkships has finally stepped up to the plate and made available "Teaching Hospital Guarantee" clinicals nationwide, including Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, New York City, Houston, Seattle and Miami, plus 122 other metropolitan areas. IMG's will be covered by medical liability insurance specific for IMG, therefore they can have direct interaction with patients (simple triage, non-invasive physicals and discussion with their supervising physician) unlike an observership. IMG's will also have the opportunity to solicit letters of recommendation as well as recieve a clinical evaluation at the end of their clinicals.

"This poses an ever increasing liability to residency programs who typically select their future residents through ranking them (medical residency's version of lottery), with no more than one or two visits with the (Matched) applicant prior to the start of residency", said Dr. Mizani. "I see them every day: applicants who've never set foot in a U.S. clinic, or know about patient-centered practice of medicine, or those who believe that high board scores = adequate care! Its patient lives we're talking about here... we need to be much more preventive and proactive by requiring pre-residency clinical experience in U.S. clinics, hospitals as well as nursing homes."

For more information regarding the rotations, pricing, and promotions, please contact AmeriClerkships Medical Society at 877.MD.Clerkships (632.5375), or visit www.americlerkships.org.

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