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Did you know that in 2018, 33 IMGs applied into Urology and 8 of them matched?

This created a match rate of 24% for IMGs! You can find full stats on the American Urological Association website HERE.

Before you run off saying “Nah Dr. Lum, that's too slim of a chance” … Dr. Milhouse thinks this is good news for IMGs because Urology is generally a very small sub-specialized and closed off field, so in her books the stats are fair for the competitive IMG!

In this episode she share details on:

• The Urology match (which is different from the usual NRMP match)
  
• How to match urology (like she did)
  
• Her perspective of IMGs in urology (she also dishes out that her co-resident was an IMG). 

As you know, once you start residency a majority of your preceptors and attending physicians will be US graduates. Thus, it is fitting that we entertain non-IMGs on the podcast for several reasons:



1. During the match process the US graduate or US student is our major competition (not in a bad way but in a statistical manner).

2. During our interview process we are more likely going to encounter program directors, faculty etc who were previous US graduates.

Let’s just call this IMG Roadmap Series # 27 with Dr Fenwa Milhouse.

If you enjoy this episode, please rate, comment and subscribe to this podcast. You can also find me (Dr. Lum) at drninalum.com