The IMG Residency Match Podcast

It's a wrap on season 1 of The IMG Residency Match Podcast! Here is a recap of those who joined us to share their expertise on preparing for the match, successfully navigating the match process, and creating your dream medical career with you, Ambitious IMG. Episode 1: How Badly Do You Want to Match featuring Dr. Khadija Tayabali Episode 2: Love & Matching: How to Relocate With Your Spouse featuring Alicia Archer and Dr. Darren Bodkin Episode 3: How to Blow Your USMLEs Out of The Water featuring Dr. Shion Betty Episode 4: How to Make Matching and Medicine Work For You featuring Dr. Hodon Mohamed Episode 5; How To Cultivate A Mindset That Help You Match featuring Seneca Williams, M.A. Episode 6: The Top 4 Resources You Need To Match featuring Dr. Joselle Cook Episode 7: How to Create and Crush a Career in Academic Medicine featuring Dr. Kemi Doll Episode 8: How To Choose The Subspecialty That Is Perfect For You featuring Dr. Jovan Gayle Episode 9: How To Make The Most Out Of Residency featuring Dr. Francis Christian Episode 10: How To Balance Applying To The Match & Being A New Mom featuring Dr. Anna-Belle Robertson-Chung Episode 11: How To Use Strategy And Mindset To Unlock Step 1 Success featuring Clarissa Guillen, RN Episode 12: How To Go From Reapplicant To Chief Resident featuring Dr. Andre Morgan Thanks for tuning in, and see you next season! ________________________________________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

HOW TO GO FROM REAPPLICANT TO CHIEF RESIDENT When Dr. Andre Morgan graduated from Howard University's internal medicine residency program earlier this year, he was also inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society. AOA inductees are chosen for the honor because they have displayed a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service. It's a great honor in and of itself,, but it was the icing on the cake, considering that Dr. Morgan was also a Chief Resident of his program. However, Dr. Morgan's life over the last decade hasn't been exclusively filled with lofty roles and selective awards. Rewind a few years and you'll find a younger Dr. Morgan, determined not to give up on his goal of matching into residency in the United States, because he didn't match after his first or second attempt. How did Dr. Morgan go from being a 3-time match applicant to being a chief resident of his dream program? We get into that and much more in the Season 1 finale of The IMG Residency Match Podcast. - This episode is for you if you want to learn about: - The role that mentors played in Dr. Morgan's career choice - Why young Andre didn't realize that he could be a doctor - Where Dr. Morgan began his medical journey, and some of the countries he has worked in - His most memorable patient experience (it's a heme-onc tearjerker) - Why he pulled out of his local residency program in Internal-Medicine and decided to apply to the NRMP match - The mindset you must possess once you start thinking about applying to the match - The social pressure that comes with not matching (you know, while all your classmates are moving on with their careers) - The one piece of advice someone gave Dr. Morgan that encouraged him to apply a third time to the match - How you can know when to give up on your match dreams if you're an IMG who has applied multiple times - What needs to change every time you apply to the match - Dr. Morgan's experience interviewing at his dream program the year he matched - What it's like to be a chief resident ________________________________________________________________ Thank you so much for tuning in to Season 1. I thank you for your time and attention, and your feedback… Please join us for future seasons! ________________________________________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

HOW TO USE STRATEGY AND MINDSET TO UNLOCK STEP 1 SUCCESS This Learning Strategist Who Went From College Failure to Nursing School Superstar Shares Her Methodology Did you know that you can learn how to learn, Ambitious IMG? This week on the IMG Residency Match Podcast, Learning Strategist and Brilliance Coach, Clarissa Guillen, is going to tell you how—especially as it concerns your USMLE Step 1. We're talking about how you can mindset work and strategic studying to improve your Step 1 performance. Clarissa has a powerful personal story: She went from being considered brilliant in her inner city high school to failing out of seven courses by the time she was a college junior. Subsequently, her academic advisor told her she would never make it in the medical field because she wasn't smart enough. At first, it seemed like her advisor was right and Clarissa did not have the skills to succeed. She graduated college with a 2.7 GPA, couldn't apply to medical school, and got rejected from an accelerated nursing program. Clarissa was deflated; however, her boyfriend at the time—now her husband—encouraged her to pick herself up. So Clarissa spent an entire summer researching, learning, and testing myriad study skills and consistently applying the ones that worked. The result? She got accepted into nursing school with a 3.72 GPA and graduated with Honors. While working as a Registered Nurse, Clarissa founded an academic coaching company, She Rocks @ College. She has worked with over 300 students ranging from junior college to professional schools to help them to: - Crush their courses - Improve their confidence - Create a balanced life (including study-free weekends) - Tune in if you want to learn: - What exactly it means to work on your mindset - How to use the syllabus to excel in any exam - How to excel in your USMLE Step 1 exam - Why focusing on the content Step 1 tests is the wrong approach - What to do if you have failed Step 1 and are going to resit it Resources mentioned in this episode included in the show notes at www.memorableessay.com/podcast/s1ep11 ________________________________________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

It doesn't take long to recognize that when Dr. Anna-Belle Robertson-Chung sets a goal, she is serious about achieving it. A Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Internal Medicine resident, in today's episode Dr. Robertson-Chung takes us with her on her journey of preparing for the match, creating her application, matching, and relocating to the U.S. Her journey had a unique twist. Excelling at the residency match application process is hard enough. However, Dr. Robertson-Chung became a mommy at the beginning of her journey. In this week's episode, we get into: -Why Dr. Robertson-Chung decided to apply to residency training in the U.S. -How she managed to study for USMLEs while taking care of her newborn -The role her husband and other family members played in her being able to complete the match process -How the match hurled her outside of her comfort zone -How her communication skills changed through working with Memorable Essay on her application -What match day felt like… after the many many years of hard work it took to get there... -What you can expect after you match, Ambitious IMG -What she does for fun -The one piece of advice she would give to her son ___________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ ________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

How This IMG Went From A Having a Tough Time in College To Getting Into Two Highly Competitive Medical Fellowships If anyone understands the ins and outs of becoming and being an International Medical Graduate, it is Dr. Francis Christian. This is due to his broad, firsthand experience with medical education. Dr. Christian completed high school in the island of Jamaica before moving to the United States and completing college, then completing a master's degree in biomedical sciences. Next, he began his medical studies at St. Matthew's University in Grand Cayman. Once he matched into residency, Dr. Christian put the pedal to the metal to set himself up for fellowship success. He matched into a competitive Pulmonology and Critical Care Fellowship, and is now pursuing a second fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess | Harvard Medical School. There is gem after gem in this interview for IMG medical students and residents alike. We get into: [4:53] Why Dr. Christian chose to attend a Caribbean medical school [8:35] 3 tips that IMGs can use to be successful in the residency match process [16:38] How he used his time during residency to become a competitive fellowship candidate [21:10] The power of unpaid research externships for the IMG with red flags who still wants to match into residency [24:04] Looking back, what he would change about his residency application process [24:46] How being married to a physician impacted his experience in residency training [25:12] How he organized his time in a demanding residency to be able to do clinical care and research, and stay healthy [28:24] How IMGs can be strategic about where they do externships or rotate [29:30] What he does for fun [30:14] What it was like to welcome a baby during his first fellowship [31:02] What make the hard work worth it ____________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

When Dr. Jovan Gayle was in medical school, he thought he would become a surgeon. He ended up becoming an internist. When he started residency training, he thought he would become a cardiologist, but when it was time to apply to fellowship, he threw his hat in the ring for Pulmonology-Critical Care. Dr. Gayle encourages young physicians to enter residency with an open mind about what they will subspecialize in. He has simple, actionable advice for how to evaluate your choices and identify the subspecialty that is perfect for you. It includes keeping in touch with older colleagues, because they can give you the insider scoop about the pros and cons of working in a subspecialty. We also get into: [3:44] How Dr. Gayle decided whether to pursue residency training locally or internationally The first steps to take once you decide to pursue residency abroad [10:08] His advice for approaching Step 1 [13:01] What he has found to be the best part of residency training [15:23] Dr. Gayle's big professional goal [21:36] The part of residency training that has surprised him the most [23:42] The research experience he gained during his residency [ 26:12] The subspeciality he chose [27:45] Why he decided not to subspecialize in cardiology, which he came into residency loving [28:56] How to choose your subspecialty [36:39] What Dr. Gayle wants his legacy to be The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ ________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

This week on The IMG Residency Match Podcast, we're hearing from academic physician Dr. Kemi Doll. Academic physicians not only provide clinical care but also conduct research that advances the specialties in which they work. Dr. Doll's mother was a labor and delivery nurse, and her father was an International Medical Graduate physician. As a result, as a child, Dr. Doll thought that ‘growing up and getting a job' meant becoming a doctor or a nurse. Dr. Doll is now a gynecologic oncologist, which she explains as doing surgery and administering chemotherapy to people with cancers of the female reproductive tract. She has also served on residency selection committees, and has valuable insight to share with IMGs seeking to match. When she is not caring for patients or conducting health services research, Dr. Doll works as an academic coach: She helps women of color (women in the United States who are not considered white) to secure research grants doing work they love. Tune in to Dr. Doll's hard-won wisdom if you are: An IMG in medical school, currently applying to the match, or in a residency program -- and you already know you want a career in academic medicine An IMG in residency weighing the pros and cons of seeking subspecialty training An IMG in a fellowship program wondering how can you strategically use this time to set yourself up for future life success Dr. Doll shares her wisdom honestly and frankly. So listen as we get into: [5:21] How her early environment shaped her career choice [5:38] How she decided on a career in academic medicine [8:47] The “signals” that residency selection committees look for in letters of recommendation [9:37] The weaknesses that IMGs often have in the match process [10:55] The strengths that IMGs bring to the match process [15:23] Why Dr. Doll decided to do 4 years of fellowship training (versus 3), after completing 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 4 years of residency training [16:56] Why she never felt like she was delaying her life while pursuing additional training [19:39] Why she is so passionate about academic coaching [21:10]How can IMGs use their time in residency training to prepare for a successful career in academic medicine Resources mentioned in this episode: Dr. Doll on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kemidoll/ Dr. Doll on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kemidollcoach _________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

Dr. Joselle Cook feels as if she was always interested in medicine, because she grew up in the back of her mother's retail pharmacy. As she got older, she would help in the pharmacy, and through that experience gained an understanding of the role that various professionals play in medicine. This led to her pursuing science subjects at the Naparima Girls' High School in Trinidad, where she was born and grew up, before starting medical school at the University of the West Indies, Mona, in Jamaica. Ironically, Dr. Cooke never planned on applying to medical residency in the United States, and only started on the path because one of her really good friends would not stop persuading her to take the USMLEs. She matched into Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate and is now pursuing a Hematology-Oncology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, with her sights set on a second fellowship. Based on her success, on this episode of The IMG Residency Match Podcast, Dr. Cook shares her Top 4 resources IMGs need for their match journey. Here's what we talk about on this episode: [9:56] How Dr. Cooke changed during medical school [11:49] What was her plan when she started studying for the USMLEs [14:07] Why IMGs need high USMLE Step Scores [14:21] The Top 4 Resources you need in your match journey [20:03] How it feels to be in a Heme-Onc fellowship at Mayo Clinic at Rochester [23:41] What she does for fun with her colleagues Read the full interview and find the resources mentioned during this episode at: www.memorableessay.com/podcast ________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ ________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared. ________________________________

A therapist and mindset coach for high achievers speaks on mental health for IMGs applying to the match For the Internal Medical Graduate (IMG), matching requires discipline, mental strength, and resilience. Sixty-one percent (61%) of International Medical Graduates were successful in the 2020 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) main residency match, compared to 94% of American Medical Graduates (1). These statistics mean that every IMG must give the match process their all, even when they doubt themselves or worry about the outcome. These stats also mean that some IMGs will match on the first attempt, some will have to reapply before matching, while some will never match and will have to find an alternative way of realizing their life goals. This can take a toll on not just your physical health but also your mental health. So on this week's episode of The IMG Residency Match podcast, we're talking about mental health for the high-achieving, ambitious IMG with a licensed therapist, mindset coach, and mental health advocate, Seneca Williams, LMHC. In 2009, Seneca decided to change careers from law to psychology. People told her the career pivot would be hard, being a single mother to a 3-year-old girl at age 28, but she overcame anxiety, depression, and new career challenges to successfully make the change. In 2015, she launched what has become a booming online therapy business, in which she now treats approximately 300 clients a year. Seneca specializes in supporting professionals so they can develop coping skills for anxiety, burnout, chronic stress, depression, and various life transitions and thrive in their careers. This is an episode everyone should listen to, physician or not. However, our conversation is tailored to high achievers and the IMG. We get into: [4:05] The difference between therapy and coaching [17:45] What is imposter syndrome? [19:07] How you can deal with imposter syndrome [21:58] Where feelings of unworthiness originate from [25:44]What to do when you have a negative thought (about your match process) [27:16] The way our minds are designed [33:01] How high achievers can sabotage themselves [40:51]Daily exercises you can do as an IMG to improve your mental health Resources mentioned during this episode: NRMP Main Residency Match Report Shows Record-Highs In Registrants, Positions: http://www.nrmp.org/press-release-mrm-results-and-data-2020/ Seneca Williams, LMHC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askcoachsen/ _______________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. _______________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

An OB-GYN's Journey from Burnout to Balance Dr. Hodon Mohamed describes herself as a part-time OB-GYN and a career coach. She gave up her job as a full-time OB-GYN almost three years ago when she started experiencing burnout. After years of working in an academic center, covering three hospitals, Dr. Hodon Mohamed realized that there was more to life than medicine. Trying to be a mother, wife, daughter, and attentive physician to her patients left her with little time for herself. She made a career change to keep her health and happiness intact. Now Dr. Mohamed helps other physicians design their ideal careers, whenever she's not keeping up with her children's ‘firsts', celebrating milestones with her patients, or swimming on self-care Saturday. As an IMG, it is quite easy to become consumed with the match process and lose sight of the bigger picture: Have you considered all the possibilities for your medical career? Are you taking care of you? It's important that you check in with yourself about these questions even as you go through the match process. In this episode, Dr. Mohamed shares her journey to letting go of an impossible lifestyle and embracing a more flexible, fulfilling career. She also dives into harsh realities you must know about as an IMG to stay happy and healthy as you climb in your career. We get into: [3:15] Some changes she wants to make in the world [4:14] A look into her multicultural background [5:02] How she found medicine [26:41] When is the best time to start planning your post-residency career? [30:28] What are some non-clinical careers out there for IMGs after going through residency? [34:34] The value physicians generate vs. what physicians are paid [38:37] Her thoughts on the role of IMGs in the future of US health care [39:50] Her comments on the tension between nurse practitioners and physicians [45:34] What Dr. Mohamed Hodon wants her legacy to be Resources mentioned during this episode: Dr. Hodon on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/drhodon/ Merritt Hawkins Physician Compensation and Surveys Data https://www.merritthawkins.com/candidates/job-seeker-resources/physician-compensation/ _________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

Find out how this IMG excelled in all 3 Step exams within 18 months. Dr. Shion Betty had to get serious about completing his USMLE exams. That meant moving from Jamaica, his home country, to take up a Clinical Tutor role in Grenada. The move worked well for him. Within 18 months, he successfully completed all his exams with outstanding scores. Now Dr. Betty is in an Internal Medical residency, standing out for the quality of care he offers his patients. He also remains committed to his faith and his growing family. There is a lot to learn from this week's episode. We delve into: [3:18] – Why Dr. Bettty immigrated to Grenada and become a tutor [5:37] – His most memorable patient [8:17] – Why he decided to pursue residency training in the USA [11:54] – What people just starting their match journey need to focus on first [14:25] – How to prepare for the Step exams when you want to blow the Steps out of the water [16:38] – Studying for USMLEs on a timetable while studying in a 5-year medical school [19:37] – What makes you stand out in a residency program once you get in [22:25] – How to adjust to limitations on the length of time you can spend with a patient when you're not used to doing so [24:30] – Dr. Betty's plans for the future [25:57] – Find out who Dr. Betty would most want to meet. Resources mentioned during this episode: Apply to be a Clinical Tutor at St. George's University:https://sgu.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/5/home?c=sgu Kaplan videos on demand: https://www.kaptest.com/usmle/courses/step-1-on-demand UWorld: https://medical.uworld.com/ _________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

This IMG was excited to match... but his wife had an established career she would have to leave behind. Dr. Darren Bodkin is married to accountant Alicia Archer Bodkin, thanks to a sneaky intervention partially coordinated by his twin brother. Their union took place in Trinidad and Tobago, the couple's home country. When Dr. Bodkin matched into residency in the United States, the couple was excited. For Dr. Bodkin, this meant the start of pediatrics training. For ACCA-qualified Alicia, it meant starting over. Although she stepped out of the workforce after the couple moved, today Alicia is happily employed as a staff accountant in New York. Dr. Bodkin is nearing the end of his residency. Each of them has immeasurable wisdom to share with physician and non-physician couples migrating together after one partner matches. In this episode Darren and Alicia talk about: [4:05] - How did they meet [6:42] - What it's like having a spouse go through the residency match process [10:21] - How did it feel while planning to take the “jump” financially? [12:55] - Their tips for non-physician and physician couples relocating together [15:55] - Alicia tells us about work before, during, and after her husband matched. [18:18] - Their challenges with adjusting to New York [21:05] - Alicia gives us an update about what she's currently doing career-wise [24:51] - Their top advice for physician and non-physician couples that plan on relocating together [29:16] - Things that couples with young children should think about [34:21] - Find out who Alicia and Darren would most like to meet. Resources mentioned during this episode: Dr. Darren Bodkin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbodz21/ Alicia Archer Bodkin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ali.vivant/ _________________________________ The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ _________________________________ Thanks for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

One Kenyan IMG's story of overcoming obstacle after obstacle to match into Internal Medicine When Dr. Khadija Tayabali started preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination, she hadn't planned on becoming a mother anytime soon. But, within months of commencing her studies, she discovered she was carrying her now 6-year-old daughter. Surprise! A graduate of the University of Nairobi, Dr. Tayabali had already immigrated from Kenya to the United States with her husband, also a physician, having won a U.S. Diversity Visa. With no social support like the kind they would have had in Kenya, Dr. Tayabali and her husband had to team up to overcome one obstacle after the next until they both matched. Dr. Tayabali's wisdom for those applying to the match is as hard-won as it is priceless. In this episode we cover: 1. [2:52] — Dr. Tayabali's Indian roots and Kenyan lineage. 2. [3:54] — Why Dr. Tayabali dropped out of her pre-med program in the United States when she was 18 years old. 3. [4:45] — Her experience at the University of Nairobi 4. [11:48] — Why Dr. Tayanali decided to move the U.S. before completing her Step exams 5. [14:49] — Finding out she was pregnant 6. [19:58] — Dr. Tayabali's tips for excelling in the USMLE Step 1 exam 7. [23:49] — Dr. Tayabali's word on having grit and motivation 8. [33:22] —What happened when she failed to match the first time. 9. [35.48] — How she has changed since beginning residency training 10. [52:36] — Her favorite artiste And so much more! Resources mentioned during this episode: Dr. Tayabali on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativemedic/ The Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program https://www.usa.gov/green-cards#item-34962 The IMG Residency Match Podcast is brought to you by the IMG Residency Match Application Accelerator, a personalized, premium program to help ambitious International Medical Graduates prepare a residency application that gives them the best possible odds of matching. Find out more at www.imgresidencymatch.com To join the IMG Residency Match Accelerator, click here to apply for a suitability interview. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17346001&appointmentType=9498458 Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/ Thank you for listening to this week's episode. Do rate and subscribe. Don't forget to share the podcast with at least one of your colleagues applying to the match; success is much sweeter when it's shared.

The International Medical Graduate Residency Match podcast premieres this Thursday, June 11, 2020. Listen for insider strategies and inspiration to help you match into residency. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Want our support so you can match? CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FREE SUITABILITY INTERVIEW https://imgresidencymatch.lpages.co/applicationaccelerator/