Free IMG Clerkship Opportunity

by rrosa (Posted Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:20 pm)Hi. Yeah, I am an IMG from Mexico and just recently finished up a "clerkship" with Essen Medical. It was totally free. They asked me if I wanted to do 3 days a week for 5 months or 5 days a week for 3 months. I chose the 3 days a week because I was living kind of far away from the Bronx locations. But 3 days a week I would work with an endocrinologist. After a couple of weeks I learned the ins and outs of how he did things, and eventually I was able to see patients by myself and do a focused physical, with the patients and doctors consent of course. And of course, he would supervise and check my work. But I learned how to use the EHR (electronic health records) very well, practiced a lot of PE, not to mention reviewed/learned all kinds of clinical and theoretical knowledge. I would still definitely be "interning" there, if I didn't need the money, to... you know... live. Otherwise, very cool opportunity.
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