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Here are the most common questions that VietMD.Net received. 1. Is the certificate I received from VietMD.Net valid? Yes. The Certificate of Completion is jointly issued by the University Medical Center, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh City and Board of Directors of VietMD.Net. This certificate has rigorous curriculum and everyone received this certificate has demonstrated his or her capacity in general Medical English. This certificate will enhance your resume and it is a proof to your fluency in Medical English. 2. VietMD.Net seems to offer may benefits for me but it is free. How does it work? VietMD.Net runs by voluntary staff and it is a non-profit organization. Therefore, it is free and open to everyone. However, we suggest you to donate to VietMD.Net if you can in order to raise funds for other activities such as scholarships for medical students and administrative fees. Please go to Division of Foundation and Scholarships for more information. 3. I graduated several years ago from medical school; do I still qualify for the VMGUS division? Yes. You are still eligible to apply for residency training. However, most residency programs prefers recent graduates (less than 5 years). If you are an extraordinary applicant with excellent board scores (USMLE scores) plus other extracurricular research activities, we think you are still a solid candidate. 4. Does VietMD.Net open for everyone? I'm not good in English, can I join? Yes. VietMD.Net program is open for anyone who is interested in learning US medical knowledge. All levels of medical knowledge are welcome. For those who are serious about US residencies or higher medical education, VietMD.Net has a section, resident member, for them. VietMD.Net welcomes all levels of English too. You don't have to be a superstar in English to join us. One of VietMD.Net's main goals is to facilitate learning medical English. As long as you can read simple English, you're welcome to join. 5. Do I need to graduate from the ten medical schools in Vietnam in VietMD.Net, VMGUS division? Yes. Currently, ECFMG recognizes only these schools for the purpose of certificate. If you are graduating from any other medical schools in Vietnam, you're not eligible to be certified by ECFMG but you're still welcome to joint VMGUS division. You are not eligible for US residency. 6. How long does it take VMGUS division members to match into US residency? It depends on the applicant. From our experience with other IMGs who matched into US residencies, it takes any where from 3 to 4 years to match. Keep in mind that you have to apply 1 year before the year you intend to begin residency. VMGUS estimates 2-3 years for recent Vietnamese Medical Graduates to match. 7. You mentioned the word “match” a lot. What does that mean? After third year in medical school, U.S. medical students apply to residency via a national matching system called National Resident Match Program. They will know where they go for post-doctoral training (residency) in March during the last year. Match means “accepted” or “get into" the program.We hope you will “match” when you join VietMD.Net/VMGUS 8. How difficult it is to get into US residency? It is very difficult to get into US residency, even with the less competitive ones. Any IMGs in the world can apply to US residencies and every year, there are an increasing numbers of IMG apply to US residencies. However, it is obtainable if you are work hard enough. Currently, 25% US physicians are IMGs. 9. What are the general requirements? You must have a time to study with us. Many VietMD.Net members are interested at first, then they do not schedule their time and they wane the goal eventually. You do not have to study 4 hours per day, but a small 30 minutes review consistently per day will definitely help. Other technical requirements are internet connection with speaker and mircophone. VietMD.Net materials are e-books in PDF and audio tapes. You should have a strong commitment to learning. US residency is not your final destination but rather a life time learning commitment is what we are expecting from you. Resident membership, for those who are serious in applying US residency, has some special requirements. A detail of these requirements are in our main forum. 10. I heard that there are some USMLE prepared courses offered in the US such as Kaplan or Princeton Review. Should I sign up for these courses instead of VMGUS division? There are USMLE prepared courses for international students from Kaplan and Princeton Review. However, they are expensive (from several hundreds to thousands). Also, there is no guarantee that you will match. Joining VietMD.Net to study USMLE is free. Our recommendation is you should start with VietMD.Net forum first to have some ideas about US medical system. Once you're familiar with the system then sign up for Kaplan or Princeton course seems more appropriate. 11. What is unique about VietMD.Net? We are non-profit organization. Our administrator team already took or would take the real USMLE step 1,2, or 3 tests. We are applying US medical school curriculum's components such as Problem Based Learning (PBL) or Case discussion in our program. VietMD.Net also incorporate ACGME, the main organization supervises graduate medical education, competency standards into its learning goals. 12. Now I'm ready, where I can sign up for VietMD.Net? Go to our main forum. 13. How can I contact VietMD.Net? The best way to contact us is email. Please email us at info@vietmd.net YIM: vietmd.net Skype: vietmd.net
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