ACMedical's FutureDocs

ACMedical's FutureDocs

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ACMedical's FutureDocs episodes

  • Episode 20: Why You Should NOT Waive Your Rights to See Your LORs

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    Letters of Recommendation (LORs) should serve as a supporting document that helps demonstrate your medical competence for U.S. residency. Because of this, what is stated in your LORs is important, and is even more so depending on what type of NRMP Main Match applicant you are (medical student, medical graduate, or international). When LORs hold such weight, waiving your rights to see such documents, means you may potentially be giving up your right to catch any clerical errors (wrong designated specialty), or worse yet, a generic letter. 

     In today's episode, Dr. Mizani and Cody Phan discuss the pros and cons of not waiving your rights to see your LORs, and how "limiting" it is on your application. 

    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    6 min
  • Episode 19: Addressing the Red Flags in your Application

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    The NRMP Main Match is an integral part of the process for our FutureDocs in becoming a future licensed physician. To ace this process, you must qualify your ERAS Application accordingly. For those with repeated application attempts, or applicants with general concerns, the key to success is understanding and addressing your shortcomings.   

    In our recent webinar '2022 Main Residency Match Step by Step' (available on our YouTube channel), we briefly discussed the common red flags often seen in NRMP Main Match ERAS (U.S. residency) applications. In today's episode, Dr. Mizani and Cody Phan discuss in-depth how to address the common red flags in your ERAS application.   

    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    9 min
  • Episode 18: Establishing Your Medical Brand

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    How do you stand out from other NRMP Main Match applicants? Why should we select you for our program? These are residency interview questions that you FutureDocs are going to hear, and will have to answer uniquely. This is why ACMedical strongly recommends you explore your medical brand. Too often, we hear 'I love taking care of patients, I am a great listener, I love puzzles (for internal medicine applicants). Establishing your medical brand will help you clearly dictate what you bring to the table to a residency program, or medical work thereafter.  

    Join Dr. Mizani and Cody Phan on this episode as they cover how to differentiate yourself from your medical colleagues, creating a medical brand that is distinct to you.

    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    9 min
  • Episode 17: How to Choose Your Medical Specialty

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    It is a fact that physicians enter the medical field with the goal of helping and positively impacting a patient's life. Deciding how you intend to make this imprint in a dedicated specialty can be difficult. Choosing the medical specialty that best suits you can be difficult as there is an abundance to select from, and how you approach each specialty matters. What if I am interested in a sub-specialty, what do I do then? Being able to take a step back, and knowing what your skills are and how you represent each perspective specialties will help solidify your decision.

    Dedicating a commitment to specialty, will help your overall application and raise your chances of matching. For today's episode, Dr. Mizani and Cody Phan discuss what to consider when selecting your medical specialty and how to best actualize your passion within your application.

    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    13 min
  • Episode 16: Unmatched U.S. Medical Graduates

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    As the dust begins to settle we must address the issue facing the unmatched U.S. medical graduates that are a constant every year. Looking at the numbers, upwards of about 20,000 U.S. MD Seniors and 7,000 U.S. DO Seniors participate in the annual NRMP Main Match (these numbers reflect the most recent 2021 Main Match Cycle), however, the truth of the matter is not all of these students will match. Although a small percentage, it is still a sizeable ~2,000 students that are now essentially unemployed as a result. Not all of these students have issues with 'red flags' and may have submitted a Rank Order List, but have still found themself in this situation. For these students, now graduates, there is a lack of qualified support in place from their alma mater. The next steps you take are important, as you are in a vulnerable mental state, where you seek mentorship will affect how you proceed from March until September (the next Match Cycle).

    Tune in to this informative episode as Dr. Mizani and Cody Phan discuss understanding your situation as a setback, not a failure, and share the tools to seek proper advice to continue forward.

    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    10 min
  • Episode 15: Understanding ACGME Core Competencies

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    A FutureDocs familiarity and performance in ACGME Core Competencies can determine your fate before and after the Match. There are 6 competencies, all of which you must master to simultaneously utilize to meet hundreds of milestones to becoming a practicing US physician; they are: Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Systems-Based Practice, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, and Professionalism. For those looking to apply to U.S. medical residency, knowing how you will be evaluated based on these competencies enables you to better position yourself for a positive outcome. Highlighting where you land on each perspective Core Competency within your ERAS Application, to supporting documents such as Letters of Recommendation (LORs), Personal Statement, and Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE), will show residency programs how ready you are to start next July. 

    In this episode, Dr. Mizani and Cody Phan address the importance of the ACGME Core Competencies and how to address deficiencies where needed.


    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    10 min
  • Episode 14: Building a CV

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    The impact your medical brand will have on securing US medical residency interviews and a Match is a topic we will cover extensively in a future episode, and it all begins with compiling a curriculum vitae (CV) that demands the right type of attention. 

    Listen in as ACMedical's Dr. Pedram Mizani and Cody Phan challenge you to view your CV in reverse: not as just a retrospective documentary of your life‘s work, but as a foundational blueprint for your medical brand that minimizes red-flags as you prepare to ‘Match’. This episode is equally advantageous to medical students fresh on their path to the Match, and medical graduates who have taken a few wrong turns and don’t feel competitive anymore.


    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    13 min
  • Episode 13: The Different Types of Clinical Rotations

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    Whether you're thinking of securing your next postgraduate subinternship, observership, shadowing, or clinical externship, it is imperative that  FutureDocs understand the various types of clinical opportunities available to them within the U.S. healthcare system, and the legal implications encased in your responsibilities and title at each clinical site. Moreover, this all will greatly affect the quality of your residency application, and how you interview.

    In this episode, we learn more about the pros and cons of every type of clinical experience and discuss the limitations that some states hold for medical graduates participating in healthcare. Dr. Mizani highlights what he recommends FutureDocs do to not only bolster their applications but your overall candidacy as a soon-to-be physician. 


    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    14 min
  • Episode 12: Best Plan to Schedule Clinical Rotations

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    As we set our gears toward the 2022 NRMP Main Match, it is important for our FutureDocs to understand the best plan to schedule clinical rotations. Understanding your timeline, and how to make the best use of it, starting today, April 1st, will get you ahead and prepared. Whether you are a medical graduate looking to garner strong letters of recommendation (LORs) from recent residency relevant clinical experiences, or a medical student registering for vocational clinical experience in a specific specialty, your approach matters.

    In this 12th episode, Dr. Pedram Mizani and Cody Phan discuss how many months you truly have left before September to complete clinical experiences, and why right now is the time to start. Learn how to avoid the bottleneck of clinical rotations, and requesting LORs in a timely manner to strengthen your overall application.


    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    14 min
  • Episode 11: Did Not Match Into Residency? Take these 7 Steps

    **PODCAST VIDEO OF THIS EPISODE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE.COM/ACMEDICALORG: Listen here, then watch on YouTube**


    Did you not match? Do not waste another year. Do not be embarrassed. Do not hide out if you did not match into medical residency. The unmatched candidate should begin moving towards their juncture of success and what caused them to fail at matching.

    Episode 11 is based on this week's webinar: “Survival Guide for Unmatched Medical Students & Graduates”, and discusses the 7 steps you should take NOW, if you are unmatched. Learn more about what to do now that Match week has come and gone, how should you contact unfilled programs now, and how to prepare for NRMP Main Match 2022.


    Have questions? Contact us at [email protected]

    9 min

About ACMedical's FutureDocs

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Since 2007, our team at ACMedical has helped over 1,000 FutureDocs become licensed U.S. physicians, treating 20,000 patients daily. These success stories are our success stories, and we will use this podcast to share them with you.