The IMG Roadmap is the only podcast dedicated to guiding International Medical Graduates (IMGs) with success blueprints for this unique pathway. This podcast offers practical tools and equips IMGs with applicable strategies to achieve their “US doctor goals”. I do so by bringing information from successful physicians with first hand experience to students who are still in the process of becoming resident physicians. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ninalum/support
123. From Latin America to Harvard : The Inspiring Story of Dr. Angela Banks Paulino's Determination (IMG Roadmap Series #114)
Quick Pause!
The IMG Roadmap Program is back, bigger and better in 2023! Click here to join the 2023 cohort as you build your medical success story.
*****
Today, our guest Dr. Angela Banks Paulino, an IMG from the Dominican Republic, shares her inspiring story of how she scored internal medicine residency and subsequently a fellowship at Harvard!
Here are some highlights of this episode:
Ever wondered if you can do the USMLE in 1 year? Dr. Paulino took her USMLE exams while working as a practitioner in the Dominican Republic, starting with Step 1 and Step 2 CS and CK over the course of a year and a half. She also purchased high yield books in English and did practice questions to prepare.
Money problems holding you back? Despite facing challenges such as limited guidance and financial costs, Dr. Paulino strategically applied to programs with a higher Hispanic population and more suited to her demographic, ultimately scoring 14 interviews and matching on her first attempt.
Do you think your life need to come to a hold while on your IMG journey? Dr. Paulino emphasizes the importance of networking and knowing where to apply, finding joy and grounding in personal relationships and activities outside of medicine. She also encourages others to showcase their hard work and present themselves confidently when applying to programs.
You can reach out to Dr. Paulino using the following:
Instagram: @doctor.banks
Twitter: @drangelabanks
And her youtube channel here!
*****
Follow us on Instagram for supportive content and download our targeted planner from our website!
Subscribe to our podcast and newsletter and consider joining our program in the spring to kick start your IMG journey in 2023.
As always you can click on the following links to listen to more episodes of our podcasts on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts and Spotify.
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ninalum/support
4/23/2023 • 37 minutes, 19 seconds
52. IMG Roadmap Series #67: Dr. George Tabi, Family and Sports Medicine
Serving as a family medicine physician with a sports medicine specialty, and as a successful entrepreneur, Cameroonian-American Dr. George Tabi proves that IMGs can do it all!
Born and raised in New York City to Cameroonian parents, Dr. Tabi grew up seeing the challenges that the people in his area faced. After his father moved back to Cameroon because of work, he witnessed his mother working hard to support their family which eventually led her to become a nurse.
While he was always encouraged to become a doctor, Dr. Tabi had a keen interest in sports which led to his obtaining a basketball scholarship to attend Reinhardt University. After sustaining a leg injury, Dr. Tabi’s focus pivoted into medicine and eventually to Poland where he enrolled in a six year medical program.
He noted that while there were drawbacks to studying outside of the US, the training he received in Europe was highly beneficial, especially due to the fact that his professors were highly passionate practicing physicians with lots of clinical experience. Additionally, the assessment methods used there were sometimes oral-based and overall very different from the methods he was used to in the US. As a result, during residency, his perspective and approach to issues faced within the medical field differed significantly from that of his US-trained colleagues.
In the final year of his medical program, Dr. Tabi started applying for US residencies all over the country and scored 15 interviews. However, he only ended up attending 3 of them because the third offered him a pre-match residency position on the spot!
When asked how he did it, he admitted that he did not go into that interview with the best of mindsets at first, but pulled it together keeping the following tips in mind:
Go into every interview like it’s your last
Always exude positive energy
Be honest and authentic, don’t over exaggerate who you are
Be punctual, serious and respectful
Some key takeaways and inspirational nuggets that Dr. Tabi leaves us with are:
Fall in love with being wrong while you have the luxury of not being held accountable: don’t be afraid to appear to not be the smartest in the class, students are meant to learn, not to know it all.
Collaborate and grow with your classmates instead of only debating and competing: the people who are your colleagues now will be your fellow doctors later. We do better together!
Do not put yourself in a box and always be true to who you are. IMGs can be successful doctors and entrepreneurs or whatever they strive to be.
You can get in touch with Dr. Tabi on his Instagram @AskTabs and on his website asktabswellness.com.
Listen to the full podcast episode here:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-img-roadmap/id1490731292
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45NNJ7ewtqynqyssbwm1xz
Google Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mOGMzY2EwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1490731292/the-img-roadmap-podcast
RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/the-img-roadmap-GE0MMg
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ninalum/support