Preparing for PGY-1/Intern Year- US residency programs

Yetena Weg USMLE webinar serious, webinar 2 for 2022. In this webinar we will discuss and have a question and answer session with attendings and residents who just finished their intern year on how best to prepare for Intern year in US residency programs. Guests Dr. Terhas Asfiha Weldeselase , MD Howard University Hospital, General Surgery Resident Dr. Ephrem T. Sedeta MD, MSC Internal Medicine Resident, at Brookdale University Hospital , New York Moderator -Dr.Melaku Tesafye Dr. Melaku Tesfaye is a board-certified internist. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He completed his residency training at Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Currently, he works as a hospitalist in New Jersey, USA. He is extremely passionate about networking and mentoring among the diaspora healthcare professionals and he is the creator of the Habesha healthcare professionals Facebook group. He also volunteers as a career mentor with Selamta Family Project, an organization that works to bring children living in unsafe environments and orphanages into a family-oriented living arrangement in Ethiopia. He also believes in a good work-life balance and if not busy working at the hospital, he tries to spend as much time as possible with his family and friends. He spends his spare time listening to music, writing poetry, and watching sports. Finally, he is very excited about being part of this YetenaWeg-EMSA collaboration webinar series; hoping it will make someone’s career path to success a little less stressful. Time Stamp: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:45 Fun things outside of Residency program 00:08:44 Personal Journey through the USMLE process and Residency Matching 00:16:24 July 1 Experience 00:23:30 Summary of Intern year 00:37:55 Typical day for a Surgical intern 00:39:50 Resources for a Surgical intern 00:41:17 How Hard is it to join Surgery as an IMG 00:44:56 What is an Ideal intern for you (Dr.Terhas) 00:48:52 Handling “Getting Called on your day off” 00:55:08 Work-Life balance 01:01:56 In-service exam 01:09:22 Typical day for an Internal Medicine Intern 01:15:35 How is the interpersonal relationship in the wards 01:22:05 Q & A sessions 01:22:19 Is Externship a must do? 01:27:06 Thoughts on Extracurriculars 01:34:00 Scut Work in intern year 01:37:40 Socio Economy of an intern 01:40:07 Final Words (Dr.Ephrem)