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This is a brilliant idea. Not only they need proper guidance in terms of preparing for the exams, but also someone to foot the hefty bills. If the news is spread amongst various alumni in US, I hope this idea will only grow stronger.

I am currently at University of Florida, Gainesville in PGY-2, Neurology. If I could be of any help, please let me know.

Thanks,

abhay

boss ko pranam!!!!!
thats great news for us fellows here !!!!!
but pmch still needs awareness about usmle!
keep up the good work !!!!
and lets hope ppl benefit from it.!!!!!
myself from mbbs-2003 batch!

I came to know about this site through shipra madam from england.
You are doing a great job indeed!!

hoping to see ur reply....
this's prakash mishra(1991 batch)
DPMR,PhD(RD)..currently practicing in Patna.

Thanks guys for your support of our concept. We have just launched our cause. We are in the process of spreading this word in PMCH. Give us any suggestions you might have.....

We are going to add a registry for the alumni in US soon.

PS: I have fond memories of the dilapidated PMCH wall. I am not ready for the fence and brick boundary yet....

Good to hear from you Prakash. How is life in Patna? I told Anjali about your mail. She said - Prakash humlog ke shadi mein aaya tha...
Are you practicing in PMCH? You can educate us regarding the current USMLE scenario in our college.

Siddiqui sahab, send us some pictures of OBH. What year are you in?

Congratultions! Great move...i passed out in 2005 and am in an IM residency at Cincinnati.

Not more than probably one person in each batch from PMCH aspires to persue a residency here...i guess its the fear of unknown...I ll be happy to post in stuff about the means to prepare...if that helps

Thank you rachna,
We want to know, how to get this word across to PMCH. Please feel free to pour in your suggestions. I am very suprised to hear so many fresh grads still attempting USMLE, and why not. We are extremely hopeful.

hello to all the bosses & madams..........
im md salahuddin siddiqui from admission year 2003 batch of mbbs.
will graduate next year in sepetember and internship upto sep2009.
there r rumours about all fresh grads to do some 1 year compulksory rural duty.........let's see whether we get stuck in that??
my digital camera is with some frend in delhi....
i'll get it next week and post some good photos of the college.
i myself rite now am very unsure about usmle or pg......
i hope u guys help me and rest of ppl here work it out.....

thank you rachna and salahuddin,
We will be happy to answer any question about medical training in USA. Please let you colleages how are curious about traing in USA know about this website.
Anand

hello to all!
i have just passed prefinal( eye ent psm)
i am thinking of doing clerkships (externships) for increasing my chances of matching!!!!!
if u ppl could guide me to the ways of getting it!
i would be grateful.......
thanking you
siddiqui....

Hi Dr.Siddiqui

My understanding and experience is that to get an
externship/observership you have to be physically present
in US and keep calling them. If you a friend OR relative they may help you. I also believe that its very difficult to obtain externship while being in India.

Having said that I would recommend you to still try....prepare a CV and letter and send to various hospitals and see what respond you get. Good Luck!

I wanted to add my 2 cents while Sanjeev Boss has rightly advised Siddiqui. While getting an externship is difficult, it is not impossible. But once you get it, your chances in matching with a good program in the field of your choice is manifold higher.

While I don't know the magic mantra for getting the externship, you need to prepare a great CV (project yourself, but don't lie), define your interests in a particular field of medicine to do your residency in, put that in a cogent manner and start shooting off the mails to various programs all over the US asking for their policy regarding externship. For every 99 program that does not respond to you, you might get an answer. Follow the lead and keep corresponding with the best of your abilities.

Of course externships are a hard-toil, no-pay thing. But if you can get one, there is nothing like it.

Remember communication is the key!

Another route, slightly longer but allows more option is to apply for Masters in Public health (MPH), work for 1-2 yrs , also get attached to different reaserch programs and work yourself up.
Pros:
- you can work and get paid for your tution, daily living etc.
- You have the oppertunity to meet all the big guys in a university program and get attached for either clinical or non clinicl research. This eventually MIGHT lead you into a residency.

Cons:
- Longer time.

I met two guys from manipal, who are in this process, one of them landed a reidency at Baylor neurology ( an unheard feat)

Key word is: Nothing is impossible here. You can come with with very lousy scores and still get into a good program. It is importatnt to be here and SELL YOURSELF.

thanx boss for your valuable comments....

i also feel that externships are dificult to get from india.
so i want to try to get clerkships( medical school rotations of 4-8 weeks); clerkships r available only to those whoa are in final year of medical school......i think they r easier to get than externships...... what do u say???
is it worth applying to them???
like mayo, mssm-NY, they offer clerkships in many branches....like in mayo they mention on site that they have 400 seats and around 700 ppl apply. it does depict less competition than externships........but most programs need STEP 1 scores....
thanx

GRE route is pretty expensive.......for me....

great work hemant, sumo, neeraj, anandmohan and rohit boss. this was this was much needed and is a great step for our med school. i feel that adding a registry would be a good idea and would be helpful. i have been surprised by presence of some of our old alumni in different parts of usa including some in university hospitals who could be helpful to the new applicants.

Dr.Siddiqui,

Honestly I dont know about clerkships here but even if they want to take you what I dont know if they will sponsor your visa for it.

As I said If you are here things are easier so whatever way you can........ come here first.

As Hemant said about MPH, other area is research...there is no negative side to trying. In today's e-mail age you can apply anywhere and whatever you want.

One thing we have no control and cannot help is 'visa'

Good Luck!
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Thanks Shariq

As we have just put our thoughts into action. Once we get going we will get the registry page at an appropriate time.

Sanjeev

I would suggest you not to worry about the visa. Firstly because visas are not so hard to obtain nowadays. All you need to do is prove you are a visitor with no intention to migrate. Second if you focus on the process of making your profile better, for e.g., by doing a clerkship/externship/observership/research in US, you will be able to secure a visa. Your goal should not be getting a visa, rather the aim of doing something worthwhile in US. If you convince people who you would be interacting with, visa would never be an issue. Third, a J1 visa is not exactly a big deal as we all make it out to be. Fellowships are easier to obtain on J1 than H1 and waiver jobs are available aplenty. As a matter of fact, H1 visa for doctors came into being very late and they always used to have J1 before. I realize now that if I had settled for J1, I could have gone to more desirable programs for interviews during my application process (Not that I am not happy with my current choice!).

As you are trying to obtain clerkships and realize these ventures have to be paid for, you would be wise in asking the programs before applying about their history of accepting international candidates. Many programs would give you a direct answer, making your choices easier to make saving you some money during application process.

I would suggest you not to worry about the visa. Firstly because visas are not so hard to obtain nowadays. All you need to do is prove you are a visitor with no intention to migrate. Second if you focus on the process of making your profile better, for e.g., by doing a clerkship/externship/observership/research in US, you will be able to secure a visa. Your goal should not be getting a visa, rather the aim of doing something worthwhile in US. If you convince people who you would be interacting with, visa would never be an issue. Third, a J1 visa is not exactly a big deal as we all make it out to be. Fellowships are easier to obtain on J1 than H1 and waiver jobs are available aplenty. As a matter of fact, H1 visa for doctors came into being very late and they always used to have J1 before. I realize now that if I had settled for J1, I could have gone to more desirable programs for interviews during my application process (Not that I am not happy with my current choice!).

As you are trying to obtain clerkships and realize these ventures have to be paid for, you would be wise in asking the programs before applying, about their history of accepting international candidates. Many programs would give you a direct answer, making your choices easier to make saving you some money during application process.

thanx abhay boss for the specific reply!

hope this blogs stay here for those who have the same Qs as me!

Good work indeed to help our brothes and sisters. But I would have ld have enjoyed the site more if it had contained a batchwise elbum of us. Is it possible that we gather all such web sites (PMCH alumni websites)and link them in one web page. Please visit our web pages of 1977 batch.
Our other URL is http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/patnamedicalcollege1977/

We are trying to get a directory for all alumni. There after we will try to assimilate a common page with all links.

Priyadarshi boss,
I enjoyed your video on youtube..

On a completely different note many of us have gone through the trying process of visa, job hunting etc. We will invite the "Budha" to enlighten us regarding these key issues.

Hemant

happy diwali and belated dussehra to all!

i have one more Q?

most of the places i wish to go for electives ask for malpractice insurance coverage!
how to buy it!
i searched and searched on internet but was lost.from the net i founs that i will have to buy malpractice insurance for different states ( is this true?) and they charge case to case basis for malpractice insurance fee!
????
bye
sid

Dr.Siddiqui,

For physician malpractice insurance you can type the same in google and will find many companies.

OR go to http://www.covermd.com

Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company (MLMIC)
The Premium Group, Inc. (PGI)
HealthPro Physician Medical Liability

I dont know how it works out when you are trying to do OR internship.You sure dont need malpractice for observership.

you can call the hospital willing to offer you the clerkship, to see what they do for their medical students and the company they use.Most GME office caries this info.

happy diwali to you too. I thought you were going to get us recent pictures of OBH....

thanx for the info boss'
will follow each thread.....
actually sem exams r near so was busy...........but will show u pics of obh......and the next cfd...2008 , our batch is gonna organise it.

our new principal is dr rkp singh of FMT......he must have taught u all! quite a good teacher!

Dr. R.K.P!!??
Isnt he the short guy + white hair & moustache with a husky voice.He had to stand on his toes to be visible in the lecture hall. If thats him then his "rape" lecture was famous.

Good luck with exams and organising CFD.

SK

Aap sabhi bloggers ko naye saal ki shubh kamnayen. Bhagwan apke blogging skills ko aur teez kare. RKP ke principal ban ne se bahutte khushi hui hai. He was able to generate quite a bit of interest out of a boring subject like FMT.

Sid sahaab, please tell your juniors about us during the next CFD. Do you know who the president will be?

Some details of proposed PMCH ALUMNI Meet.

Dear Friends & Families of Friends:

On behalf of NJ Chapter of PMCH Alumini Association, I wish you all a very Happy, healthy and a Prosperous New Year 2008.

This year NJ chapter of PMCH Alumini Association will host Global PMCH Meet 2008 from Jule 4th 2008 to July 6 th 2008 in NJ. Please mark your calender and plan to arrive by 12:00 noon on July 4 th 2008. More detailed information will follow in my next email.

You will be happy to know that PMCH Alumini Association of North America has promised to donate $10,000.00 to our Alumini in Patna, who are renovating Prof. R.V.P. Sinha's Bungalow in PMCH Campus for the purposes of NRI PMCH Alumini use during their visit to Patna. The first installment payment of $3,000.00 has already been given by our President - Dr. Ajoy Pratap Singh - to Dr. D.K. Shrivastava in Patna. All of you are requested to donate for this purpose ( Suggested donation is $200.00 ) and mail check in the name of PMCH Alumini Association of North America to : Dr. Ashok Chopra, 11676 Log jump Trail, Elicott City, MD 21042-1500 ; Tel: 410 646 5055 ( Work).

Please send your yearly $35.00 membership dues for the year 2008 to Dr. Ashok Chopra, 11676 Log Jump Trail, Elicott City; MD. 21042-1500.

The program for the Global Meet 2008 is :

July 4th 2008 : 5:00 pm - Dinner Cruise around Manhattan with July 4 th Firework.
July 5 th 2008: 11:00 am - Barbeque party - Akbar Resteaurant, Edison.
July 5 th 2008: 7:00 PM - Dinner / Dance / Meeting - Akbar Resteaurant, Edison .
July 6th 2008 : 11:00 am - Brunch and Home.

All members will stay in Holiday Inn Express. I have blocked 50 rooms for this purpose. The total cost for the event ( including stay) is $350.00 per person. We will need your confirmed travel plans and deposit / payments by March 15 th 2008, since we will have to pay advances to Hotels, Cruises, Bus and Resteaurant. The checks will be in the name of PMCH Alumini Association of North America and mail to : Dr. Ashok Chopra; 11676 Log Jump Trail; Elicott City; Md. 21042-1500.

Please reply to me about your willingness to join us for this fun filled celebration via email to: drvinodsinha@yahoo.com as soon as possible.

You will be happy to learn that I have confirmation for 1 couple from Newzeland, six couples from India and approximately 10 couples from UK so far.

Sincerely,

Vinod K. Sinha ( Prof). Dr. Ajoy Pratap Singh, President
Organising Secretary , NJ PMCH Alumini Association.

Dr. Biod P. Sinha, NJ Dr. Ashok Chopra, Secretary / Treasurer
Member / Organiser PMCH Alumini Association.

Dr. Chitra Sinha
Member / Organiser

PMCH Alumini Association of NA.

thank u boss'
yes he is the same rkp singh, 'but without his moustache'......he did tell us that when he taught rape to previous batches; all the girl students thought he was a likeness to a 'gunda'......its a pity we werent taught rape by him....he just taught us forensic psychiatry etc......

i dunno who will be our cfd president..........no news uptill now!

will surely publicize in cfd magazine...........thats the best i think........i will request dr rashmi singh (wife of dr vijay prakash sir) head of PSM & editor of CFD magazine to publish about u ppl and ur purpose.

hemant boss! please i m not sid 'sahab'; just your junior.....
;-) ;-) ;-) dont mind and good luck with your meet....
wish i could join....

Happy New Year (Belated) to Hemant Boss and everyone out here.

I didn't know RKP went moochless! He would be looking funny for sure :) When I saw him May last year, he still had his whiskers on.

It appears that you all are going to have a gala organizing this alumni meet. It is indeed commendable. I was surprised to know that there is a PMCH alumni association of NA. Would it be a good idea to compile the alumni database and have it up on a website (a PMCH website I mean). It has been a long time but our PMCH website went defunct after opening its shop on the net within a few months. So another effort that we should direct ourselves towards is getting a website up and going. Sid seems to be a web enthusiast and only he has been conferring with us all on this site. Can he take up the initiative and get us a web address. I would suggest that we should pool in some money for that purpose.

If any of us is going to Patna around CFD time, I would suggest an informal meeting with the students out there to counsel them about USMLE and other career options (I though there is a whole bunch of them still preparing for PG entrance exams for last several years). I would encourage people who have recently gone to MMST program in IIT-KGP to also join us.

As a matter of fact,I would be Patna on a 10 day leave in 2nd week of February and would be happy to meet anyone who would want any sort of guidance on USMLE.

Hope to hear from some of you at least.

Many have wanted to build a directory of PMCH alumni. I personally know atleast 30 + friends and senoirs who are settled here. We have enough space on our server to create a large data base program. Our future plans include creating a tab for Alumni directory and a second tab to incorporate all PMCH links available on search engines.

Abhay, it is a good initiative on your end to meet with the students and encourage them of USMLE. Also thanks for talking to Rohan.

We have met two new MAMC graduates and their family. The interesting side to the story is : They are doing Radiology fellowship @ MD Anderson without having to go through a formal radiology resideny in US. If they are able to manage 4 yrs of fellowship training without a break, they will be board eligible to practice radiology. There is so much useful infirmation floating.

Sid, I like your idea of putting this concept on CFD magazine. How is the medicine dept? Any changes since VPS became the HOD. Is he computer savvy. Do you know if he has an email. Does PMCH have a projector and a laptop for powerpoint presentation setup for class room teaching ? By the way we are still waiting for your photographs. Film dhulne mein kafi waqt lag raha hai.... Sid Sahab....

I in fact know of quite a few people who are going through the fellowship only route to get their accreditation with ABNR. I think there is more scope for Interventional Radiology for IMGs with good scores (like 90+) and some research to show for (IR is less sexy than compared to other fellowships in radiology). People have managed to get into Neuroradiology as well.

I guess people in PMCH have also gotten quite net savvy (chat savvy, surf savvy if you may say it). Laptops are commonplace, so is broadband. Digging the right information mine remains an issue and I am sure people like Sid are doing that as well.

I would love to meet the people in PMCH in an informal session if they require any information. Information is POWER and we all need to understand that.

It would be a good idea to get in touch with RKP through local junta out there who could coax him into getting a PMCH website (I was surfing and saw a nearly decent website of Bhagalpur Medical COllege!). VPS being the HOD medicine would understand the idea. and possibly help implement it too.

I had recently been to a Bihar meet in Jacksonville, Florida where I met a few PMCH alumni (from 70s and early 80s) and then it seems there has been a huge gap before between those batches and even now people come in trickles. Getting a directory to show for on this website or the PMCH official website would be helpful in letting the current crop know that you can do whatever you want (including USMLE and get a residency)- in other words, Impossible is Nothing.

dear boss'
it would be a good idea if we have database of alumni.
infact im trying to build an amateur website of out college thru frontpage, that could be hosted free. if it is good then i'll try to look for a good domainname!

previous site pmch.net was built mainly by dr prashant jha. i was in 1st year and approached him for my services. later he was accused of bungling funds(i think it was a false accusation) by his co-workers infront of dr vijay prakash sir. which led to the site's downfall.

i contacted him thru email 2 years ago. he was in canada then. i asked him that i want to carry on his work on site as the site has become defunct. he met me when he came to patna , we had a hat fore 3 hours. he said that if u want to get involved better be careful as money bungling accusations. he told me he had returned all assets( site's ID & PW , a desktop computer etc. to dr vijay prakash sir.

i being an final year medicine examinee, am too scared to meet dr vijay prakash sir regarding website. so i was thinking that i firt develop the amateur website and then approach dr vps sir.

sorry if i discussed a good old campus story in a blog.

dr vps is very motivated for college and academics. medicine dept now has a fully functional endoscopy unit, the new platinum jubilee audi has audio visual laptop lcd system. every dept has its own laptop and lcd and teaches who make ppt slides can use them intheir lectures... very few teachers though use them......hum log ko achcha hai, nahi to notes utarte utarte slide hi next ho jaat hai *smile*

pmch is still not netsavvy. those who are still float around in the world of orkut/ chatting......guys dont know how to dig for info.
i have been motivating most ppl for usmle, even nmch friends so that we can form a study group and do the bestest.

abhay boss! when u come to patna do give me a call. 9835438379
i'll take u to meet some of the boys. and if audi is not busy then we can organise a USMLE AWARENESS SESSION with PMCH ALUMNI in USA
even though i'll be busy in cfd. i'll meet u definately.100%.

....contd

MMST we have an alumni dr atul kumar 97 batch. he has completed and gone to USA. i had a talk with him on orkut.

nice site of bhagalpur, but not developed on frontpage, maybe dreamweaver..... http://jlnmcbgp.org but its professionally developed and pictures of students dont really appear as the real bhagalpurian studs......hmmmmm...........just my tuppence.

actually itna exam chalta hai ki time hi mil paata hai....
my 8th sem will end on 23rd jan. then i'll pay attn to site....
. i'll try to complete it by CFD...frontpage manual bhi parhna par raha hai.

meanwhile if readers here have any idea of freehosting with maximum space then please tell.....agar photo bhi upload karenge to bahut space lega.
bye.....
dr vijay achari sir ko viva dena hai monday ko.

3 years ago in CFD 2005; we had an alumni from USA- Dr Pramod Keshav, he donated 1000$ to the PMCH Alumni Assocn fund. he was called on stage by dr vps sir. he said he is ready to counsel studs for usa and anyone interested may ask for his email id from dr vps sir. he was from 77 batch, i think.....maybe clasmate of dr vps sir.

anybody heard of him?????

one more q from my ever-inquisitive mind!!!!

does doing summer research projects in medical sciences etc carry any advantage in resideny applxn. ICMR sponsors 2 month researcx in home institution... i have done one in dept of path relating to prevalence of head neck cancers in pmch.....planning to do one moe this year.
what i wanted to know is that Are they really worth wasting 2 months on???????
on other blog i heard these 2 months summer researh projects are very very minute things and dont really add to your CV. research in usa is the research the residency ppl consider.! is this true
what if i try to publish them, but i dont think i can do that in indexed journals......
comments awaited!

Sid,

It is so good to see you bubbling with ideas. I know Prashant Jha very well and I would go by your impression of him. He was in Patna when I had last been to India in May and I had spoken with him as well. You could take a cue from him in getting the website up and running. It is a great idea to host a PMCH website. There are several domains which could do so. If we have few netizens in PMCH who could maintain the website the site would work without much professional help. PMCH alumni association should help out with funds if the college administration is apathetic to the needs of getting this done. It is high time they do so besides only helping organize the alumni meet during CFD. You could also mention your experience in building the college website in your CV!

I am wondering if all the laptops/av system provided by the college is through one particular company/organization and if they could help in getting the website done as well.

But you must focus on your final year exam before you go any further. Also every bit counts. By doing the ICMR projects you are doing something very commendable, something that I did not know of at all during that stage of my career. By doing the Head Neck cancer prevalence thing, you could build a database and then start looking retrospectively for local factors causing their incidence. If you are planning on continuing the same project, it would be something to look into. If not go ahead and still do the other project. When you are writing your CV, you can genuinely mention your research experience as this would be funded by ICMR which is more known than many other organizations here in US.

In fact, more students from PMCH should do this during their summers - besides eating mangoes and going to watch movies first day late night shows!

I would be happy to speak with you and other people- in an informal session in the college canteen or in the RSB auditorium (Canteen ki chai abhi bhi utni hi ghatiya hai;). I guess our alumni association should take initiative in getting some USMLE related practice materials for the students out there so that they can read from it in the library itself without having to buy them. We used to have so much of a tough time getting the whole thing.

I would let you know dates of my stay in Patna soon.

Take care and good luck,

abhay

Dear Sid & Abhay,

Very happy to see that you all are using this portal for communication & expressing your thoughts.Keep it coming.

Hi Sid

Can you please give me the tel numbers of the CFD secretary & Dr.Vijay Prakash

Sanjeev

If the pmch.net domain still belongs to college, one could easily get it restored and functional if VPS allows it. Such web site should probably be managed by professional companies purely to prevent what Prashant had to go through. Additionally these are dedicated souls who are expensive. I am also sure the alumni or PMCH campus can afford to sustain this cost.

We had organised LKP '95 and were able to literally rob the streets of ashok rajpath for funds. From the money saved we purchased full audio system, including mikes, speakers and amplifiers etc, so that we did not have to rent it again. Last I heard it was used for commercial purposes. All of us are willing to help as long as IT WORKS.

When we purchased our domain, we bought enough space, so that down the road we could buy subscription for USMLE qs and load it on our domian. Many kaplan books and audio MP3 are available for FREE aka PHREE from different P2P clients.

Sid, your ICMR research project is a good idea. As you have learnt we include 2 Neurologist, 2 Internist, 1 radioloist, 1 Endocrinologist, 1 Infectious disease and 1 Critical care specialist. Some of these are faculty in Univ programs. If you find a case, interesting images, patient pictures, one of us can easily help you get published either as case of week, NeuroImages or communications. Find the cases. It is the intent to publish that counts.

dear boss'

1)abhay boss!, plz do tell abt the domains which could be free hosting type!......i have finished just 3-4 pages till now! but i have devised the framewowrk and i just need to type the pages..........will ask juniors to volunteer......

2) as for laptops/AV systems.............no idea, but most of them have gone faulty(like the kaptop in audi, we have to bring laptop from other place, but the LCD projector works nice)
2 years ago, in CFD 2006, with the help of organising batch-2001, we initiated the CINE SOCIETY with our own funds; in it we used to show 2 movies every evening during the whole CFD week in the audi using DVD player and LCD. and it became the most popular society after LKP. even the common room society and its evening badminton, carrom matches were deprived of their crowds)
.......the company couldnt even maintain their supplied laptops....

* yeah final exams do matter.....im still scared...does marks matter a lot????????

3)abhay boss! give me atleast 2 weeks notice b4 your visit, so that i can spread the word and if possible ask for the use of auditorium..........that would be best...............
during CFD audi would be busy and the environment is anti-studies & full masti; so b4 16th feb would be better.....

canteen ki chai to abhi bhi 'jhel' hai....;-) magar majboori hai, peena parta hai.

4)regarding materials, now in india they r no problem........as AIIMS bookstore makes sure they r supplied pirated at low cost
but even though one set of rare USMLE books, for reference in library in an almirah could be a good idea. i think it is possible to donate an almirah with books, as recently Dr D Singh(OBGYN) had donated alimrah full of OBGYN journals. but it is to be thought of later.

5)the pmch.net domain is active upto 2008/9, i think as prashant boss told me! and it cost a lot to buy it.

6) i have seen the old audio system of audi.......but didnt know its source!.......gr8 of u guys.
now the audi has new audio system, cordles mic, collar mic.
in CINE society, we used the output from DVD player and put it into the amplifier using an self improvised device. the result was excellent......though not dolby stereo with the six installed 'AHUJA' speakers in audi, but our satisfaction was more than what dolby could have given......

CFD president ka abhi decide nahi hua!
Dr VPS sir ka number dekhte hai ki kahi se jugaar karne ka!
Brrrrrrrr..........final exams.......last batch ke liye external AIIMS aur BHU se aaya tha...bahut grill kiya sabke, even PG par bad comment karke gaya.......
there is a recent joke from medicine unit.
3 new interns joined under unit chief....he asked each of them 'tum kahan se ho? and commented on each of them!
one from muzaffarpur. chief replied. "arrey wahan, wahan to khali khidki mein sheesha lagta hai, parhai hota nahin"
second from south. "tumko kya aata hoga!, wahan to clinical seekh hi nahi paata hai sab, language prob"
third from pmch "tumse to poochna bekar! tumhara to janmsidh adhikar hai kuch nahin aane ka!"

will ask for details abt research Qs/case reports/pics later on.........

I will not even comment on the chief who said such words about PMCH docs. Insipte of the unexisting infrastructure....strikes...."pairvi's/pouwa's"....castism....without any help from the administration, the laurels that PMCH grads achieve is commendable. Imaagine the heights they will achieve if they are given an environment similar to AIIMS/MAMC.

Having said that I would only ask from each PMCH graduates once they pass out - "Dont ask what PMCH can do for you but ask what you can do for PMCH" ...... dont give me any accolades for this as I have stolen it from the current political fever in the US....actually it was said by JFK.

I think ab "bahut bhari ho gaya" Keep blogging!!

I am sorry, I was out of the loop for few months.
It appears that there will be a big shortage of Internal Medicine/Primary care physician in next few years as a big chunk of Internal Medicine Doctors are opting to be Hospitalists. Please spread the word that the things in USA is going to be much better for some one willing to take the risk and come here.
However, it also appears that the candidates are getting much higher scores in USMLE these days! So study hard, study right and come over. Humlog hain na.

Blog page kaafi bada ho gaya hai. I will start a new thread. Niraj, welcome back. People are getting good scores purely beacuse they habve the right material. As mentioned before I am trying to get all Kaplan video in an ISO format, and all kaplan reading material in a PDF file. Hopefully this will be good source for the aspirants.

more to come.

boss ko pranam!
thank u for ur encouragement and support, niraj boss!
kaplan video ka naya version 2006 market mein aa gaya hai!
changes in micro and other.......
i am collecting friends to buy and share.......not very expensive.....just 5k for one set.....and if we share then much cheaper/.....i have the previous versions(2003) with me......
kaplan plus goljan material to Ms bookstore mein 2k mein mil jaata hai.

as for scores..........jahan poocho wahan 99 hi goonj raha hai.......maybe all are boasting or maybe all r right.
is baar ke match ka yeh haal hai ki double 99ers ko bhi ,10 interviews..........
scared abt future......im going for 2011 match...final
there is a heavy increase in competitions among IMG themselves for the 3-4k residency seats.....

score sahi mein 99 aa raha hai. isi liye research, US experience ab important ho raha hai. Chapte raho..

Hello aBHAY ,ITS SANJEEV dWIVEDI FRM kATHMANDU.iM DOING RESIDENCY IN RADIOLOGY FRM iom KATHMANDU.mY EXAM WILL GET OVER BY mAY THIS YR.hOW N WHERE R u?RTNOW U MUST BE IN PTNA.dO WRITE BACK

Hi everybody,
A very happy new year to you all.
I am sorry for missing the opportunity to meet our dear SUMO
boss in patna.I am sure of getting another chance. hemant boss ...are not u comiung India in recent time? rest is as good as it was.
prakash.

Hi everybody
how are things going in PMCH these days?
is the sick mentality of boys there still the same :)?

Hello to all
I am Dr.Basant Kumar Gupta passed out in 1992 from PMCH Patna.
I wonder if any of you is from my batch.
Dr.Devendra Agarwal and Dr.Tej Narain Tiwari were my batchmates.
I would love to respond to your emails.
Bye
Basant

wow...good work done.but why only pmch alumini for NRI'S?

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The research sited is indisputable. I must say that tom really need to verify his facts and re-think his conclusion. The authorites have spoken along with the rest of have to to respect that. Thanks for that very well laid out into.

Preserve doing the job ,great job!