IMG Roadmap Series #46: Dr. Buck Parker (General & Trauma Surgery).
What will you do when you become a resident physician? Mentor others? Give back to your home town? Sponsor your family? Whatever it is, this is your time to make this dream come true!
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If you are an IMG who thinks a surgical specialty is out of your reach, then I want you to think again.
Becoming a surgeon is POSSIBLE as an IMG.
If you don’t believe it, then let’s look at the data.
In 2020, there were 328 surgery programs in the match offering a total of 1,536 spots .
Remember all you need is one spot!
80 non US IMG’s matched into categorical general surgery positions.
And another 98 US IMG’s matched into categorical surgery positions
Today’s guest is a graduate of a small foreign medical school in the Caribbean. He is also a media personality, tech entrepreneur and phenomenal Trauma Surgeon in Utah!
He shares tips for applicants into general surgery as a previous member of the general surgery admissions committee at his residency program.
You will learn:
Why he did not match on first attempt and what he did to eventually match
How he landed a pre-lim spot after that
His experience in residency applicant selection and takeaways for current applicants
How to overcome Imposter syndrome as a surgeon, like he did!
His thoughts on going to a Caribbean medical while knowing he wanted to pursue general surgery.
If you are interested in surgery or any “competitive specialty”, you do not want to miss any of his pearls.
You can check out his website by clicking here .
Oh and one fun fact is this: he likes taking goofy pictures for his Instagram.
LINKS to LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE of the podcast:
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
This is brought to you by the IMG Roadmap Course, where I teach students and graduates of foreign medical schools how to create their own medical success stories.