The document provides information on career pathways, improving one's CV, and pursuing medical training in the US/UK. It discusses popular countries for post-graduate medical training, important CV components, USMLE exams, obtaining US clinical experience, average physician salaries in the US, US residency programs and requirements. It also provides information on BHO, an organization founded to help vulnerable communities in Sudan through education initiatives.

1. Presented by:
Dr. Moiud Mohyeldin

2. Objectives:
•What are the popular career pathways as a medical graduate.
•How to improve your CV as a medical student/graduate.
•How to pursue medical training in the US/UK.
•How to study for the USMLE step exams.
•What is BHO and how to join.

3. What are the popular countries for pursuing
Medical training following graduation?
• US
Pros: High-quality training and research, good salaries.
Cons: Exams are challenging, expensive, highly competitive, some specialties are very hard to get in.
• UK
Pros: mostly high-quality training and research, less challenging basic exams (PLABs), the possibility of
getting British passport
Cons: Average salaries, time consuming, some specialties are very competitive.
• Germany
Good quality training, less competitive but you have to learn German.
• Australia
• Ireland
Easy to get there (Housemanship and OET only!), training jobs are scarce.
• Qatar
Good quality training in the region and good payment, less powerful certificate (Arab board).

4. What are the important parts of my CV and
how can I work on them?
• Exams (e.g. USMLE steps, PLABs)
• Published Research
• Teaching experience
• Quality improvement projects (Audits)
• Post-graduate certificates (e.g. Diplomas, Masters)
• Attending/presenting at conferences.
• Volunteering
• Extra-curricular activities/Awards and honors
• Relevant courses (Basic life support, Advanced life support..etc)

5. Exams
•By country
US: USMLE step 1, USMLE step 2 CK, and OET. (Step 3 is not
mandatory for applying but preferred
UK: PLAB 1, PLAB 2 and IELTS or OET.
alternatively MRCP, MRCS,..etc (according to the specialty)
Qatar: iFOM or USMLE step 2CK exam and IELTS.

6. Research
• Vital part of your application regardless of the targeted pathway
My advice:
- Learn the basics of research properly
- Make use of the UMST staff (prof. Nouma)
- Take your graduation thesis seriously and try to publish it (before or after
graduation)
- Work on independent research projects and find a supervisor who can help you
publish your work (it’s a team work!)
- Join research groups (SAMRA, Daoud research group..etc)
- Attend courses (online or offline)
- Work with others on their projects to get co-authorship like masters or PHD
students or even MD doctors. (data collector for example)

7. Teaching:
• Following graduation try to work as a teaching assistant or any other
medical teaching job.
• Keep evidence of any informal teaching activates like workshops or
tutorials you did (helpful for those going to the UK).
• Get a degree in teaching like medical education master or relevant
courses.
Quality improvement project:
• Try to do some clinical audits.
Post-graduate certificate:
• Post-graduate certificate, diploma, Masters or even PhD.

8. Conferences:
• Attend national and international conferences (shows interest in your specialty)
• Present your research (as poster, abstract..etc) in conferences.
• Most of the international ones are now virtual, some of the useful organizations (most of them has free
membership and resources for medical students):
- Royal college of physicians Edinburgh (also London and Glasgow)
- European society of cardiology
- American college of physicians
- American academy of Neurology
- American college of Cardiology
- American college of surgeons
- Pan African society of cardiology
- Sudan medical specialization board
And many others!
Courses:
• Basic life support.
• Advanced life support.
• Trauma course (ATLS or ETC).
• OR any other relevant course to your field!

9. • Being part of organizations: BHO, Association of medical students..etc
• Any awards or honors whether they are academic or not (e.g.
graduating with a distinction)
• Show some other aspects other than academic achievements.
Extra-curricular activities:
Volunteering:
Join some volunteer groups:
- BHO
- SAMA (Sudanese American Medical Association)
- Sadagat
- USCI (UMST students initiative)
And many more!

10. US residency
Different Residencies:
• Internal Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Family Medicine
• Psychiatry
• Neurology
• Physical Medical and Rehabilitation
• Emergency Medicine
• Anesthesiology
• Pathology
• Dermatology
• Radiology
• Radiation Oncology
• General Surgery
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Neurological Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Otolaryngology
• Urology
• Plastic Surgery

11. On average across all specialties

12. Average U.S. Physician Specialty Pay:
• Allergy and Immunology: $296,705
• Obstetrics & Gynecology: $315,295
• Occupational Medicine: $229,450
• Oncology: $341,701
• Ophthalmology: $343,144
• Orthopaedic Surgery: $535,668
• Otolaryngology (ENT): $369,790
• Pathology: $302,610
• Pediatric Cardiology : $303,917
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine: $273,683
• Pediatric Endocrinology: $157,394
• Pediatric Gastroenterology: $196,708
• Pediatric Hem-Onc: $192,855
• Pediatric Infectious Disease: $163,658
• Pediatric Nephrology: $183,730
• Pediatric Pulmonology: $218,106
• Pediatric Rheumatology: $200,027
• Pediatrics: $206,961
• Physical Medicine/Rehab: $278,283
• Plastic Surgery: $407,709
• Preventive Medicine: $270,888
• Psychiatry: $227,478
• Pulmonology: $317,323
• Radiation Oncology: $418,228
• Radiology: $404,302
• Rheumatology: $244,765
• Thoracic Surgery: $471,137
• Urology: $381,029
• Vascular Surgery: $428,944
• Anesthesiology: $357,116
• Cardiology: $436,849
• Colon and Rectal Surgery: $343,277
• Dermatology: $400,898
• Emergency Medicine: $320,419
• Endocrinology: $217,610
• Family Medicine: $227,541
• Gastroenterology: $379,460
• General Surgery: $360,933
• Hematology: $376,660
• Infectious Disease: $205,570
• Internal Medicine: $223,175
• Medical Genetics: $158,597
• Medicine/Pediatrics: $205,610
• Neonatology/Perinatology: $290,853
• Nephrology: $306,302
• Neurology: $243,105

13. Requirements for Residency
• USMLE Exams:
1. STEP 1
2. STEP 2 CK
3. OET (for now)
• USCE
• ECFMG CERTIFICATION
• Letter of recommendations (LOR)
• Personal statement (P.S)
• ERAS

14. What are the important things to focus on?
• Steps scores
Mostly step 2 CK score for now as step 1 is becoming pass/fail.
• US clinical experience (USCE)
Electives for medical students, obervership or externship for graduates.
• Research
Published research papers (not necessary to be a first author).
• Year of graduation
Fresh graduate have better chances of matching.

15. USMLE
• STEP 1:
7 subjects, 8 hours : Behavioral sciences/Biostatistics, Anatomy, Physiology,
Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pathology
• Step 2 CK: CK= Clinical Knowledge,
5 subjects, 9 hours : Int.Medicine, Surgery, ObGyn, Peds, Statistics.

16. Step 1
Main resources:
• First Aid
• Uworld
• Pathoma
Other recommended sources:
• Boards and beyond videos
• Sketchy videos
• Anki (Anking deck)
• Divine podcast (rapid review series)
• Other textbooks mentioned at the end of First aid.
• Qbanks: USMLE Rx, AMBOSS
• For assessment:
NBME self-assessment and Uworld self
assessment

17. Study plan?
• There is no rigid study plan that you have to follow.
• Start as early as possible.
• You have to be consistent and serious (a small percentage of those who start
studying actually end up taking the exam)
• The main resources must be well understood and memorized
• Other resources are mostly used to make the main ones easier to deal with
• Rereading is not an effective method of learning. It’s better to do more MCQs and
Anki than going through first aid a couple of times.

18. Step 2 CK
• The single most important resource:
Uworld
• Other resources:
OnlineMedEd
Divine podcast
Amboss (learning cards and Qbank)
Anki
• For assessment:
Uworld self-assessment

19. USCE
• United States Clinical Experience: Any work or volunteer
experience within the U.S Health System. Includes:
Observerships, Externships, Research, Internships.
• Observerships: You act as an Observer, cant interact with
patients directly. Weakest form of USCE but easiest to find,
can be very good if you form good bonds with the physicians
at the hospital or clinic, so you get a good LOR (Letter or
recommendation).
• Research: Exactly what it sounds like, work on research
projects with physicians and patients, strengthens your
application and can also provide good LOR’s.

20. USCE
• Internships: Are paid and are actually preliminary years of
residency in actuality, and takes the whole match process to
get one. EXTREMELY STRONG, needed for some of the
competitive specialties.
• Externships: Can be free or paid for, Hands on experience
that is also VERY strong on your application, costs on average
1500-2000 for about a month of USCE, can get the best
LOR’S. Difficult to find and requires planning.
• Core Clerkships: Done during medical school and can only be
done during it, technically counts as an externship, is just as
strong if not better than an Externship.

21. USCE
• The amount of time spent in US healthcare is always a
plus, MORE IS ALWAYS BETTER. Something is better than
nothing.
• Some hospitals require it for their Residency Applicants
and will decline any applicants without it, some place it
but don’t follow it strictly.
• The site of the USCE varies in its strength: Hospitals are
better than clinics and Inpatient are usually better than
Out-patient (depends on specialty you're applying to).

22. USCE
• You have to do your search as due to COVID, a lot has changed.
• It’s easier for medical students, just apply early and plan ahead.
• It can be done during the summer but most of them require step 1.
• You can use the links provided in the following slide or you can contact
universities and programs directly!
OR
• Agencies (paid):
https://brooklynusce.com/
https://www.ace.md/
https://app.amopportunities.org/
https://www.usmlesarthi.com/
https://fmgportal.com/
https://chicagoclerkships.com/

23. Useful links
• Sudanese Doctors Road To US Residency
https://web.facebook.com/groups/839750299414196
• ‫السودانيين‬ ‫االطباء‬
‫بالمانيا‬
https://web.facebook.com/groups/1864827857075658
• Sudanese Doctors Union of Ireland
https://web.facebook.com/groups/1075404212504633
• Road to Ireland
https://web.facebook.com/groups/413284099235811
• United States Clinical Experience (USCE) for Egyptian students
https://web.facebook.com/groups/205342866175905
• Daoud Research Group
https://web.facebook.com/groups/DaoudResearch
• Egyptians for US residency and research
https://web.facebook.com/groups/eamtarmaingroup
• US Residency Match 2022 (Main Group)
https://web.facebook.com/groups/221619686305337
• USMLE - Electives, Observerships, Research, externships USCE Forum
https://web.facebook.com/groups/USMLEObservershipElectiveResidency
• SJDA UK
https://web.facebook.com/groups/SJDA.UK
https://www.sjda.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/c/SJDAUK
• USMLE Residency Match 2022 and 2023 (In loving memory of Dr. Shivani Bhatt)
https://web.facebook.com/groups/usmleresidencymatchbestgroup
• All USMLE Step 1 Materials
https://t.me/usmle_materials
• Usmle In Arabic
https://t.me/usmle_in_arabic
• Uworld
https://t.me/U_world
• Sudanese Medical Research Association – SMRA
https://web.facebook.com/SMRAssociation
https://telegram.me/SMRAssociation
• Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/ https://www.reddit.com/r/step1/
https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschoolanki/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IMGreddit/
https://www.reddit.com/r/JuniorDoctorsUK/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Step2/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Residency/

24. Planning to go to the UK?
• STAY TUNED!
• Another comprehensive session sponsored by BHO is coming up
soon. Presented by one of our expert affiliates in the UK.

25. Ready to start studying?
• You can find the materials in the telegram link provided on the previous page OR
You can contact: Shahd, batch25 +249 11 751 2869
• For more info you can contact me at +2499187 14 725 or
moiudahmed@gmail.com
• You can also reach out to Raheeg, batch23 who’s the top of her batch and also
done with step 1 and step 2 : +249 96 935 8365
• Omer Alsheikh, batch 19 he recently finished his internal medicine residency and
was an inspiration for all of us as he did his exams during uni and matched the
following year after graduation: omeralsheikh0@gmail.com

26. BHO who are we?
• Was founded in 2019 by a group of young Sudanese women and men who mainly
graduated from UMST.
• An idea that sparked amid the Sudanese revolution. In June of 2019, during the
country's state of emergency, this small group decided to help. It started the
"Mobadarat Kahrabtak wa raseedak 3laina" initiative, supplying the community with
free electricity and calling credit. Shortly after, we began the winter clothing campaign
providing winter clothes to the homeless.
• Moved by the revolution's slogan to rebuild, we decided to redirect our efforts to the
most vulnerable sector of the community, children.
• By rehabilitating and rebuilding schools in the outskirts of Sudan, BHO aims to make a
difference by ensuring access to education for all. We strive to be catalysts for change
to improve access to education for all children.

27. Some of our work

28. How you can help?
• By donating to our campaigns.
• By providing transportation or accommodation for our volunteers.
• By sharing our posts and encouraging others to donate.
• By joining our organization and expanding our outreach.
• By joining the BHO'S UMST OFFICE.
• Directly through UMST'S OFFICE
• OR You contact us through
1. Email: hanabnihobraana@gmail.com
2. Social media: @braana_hanabneiho WhatsApp: +249991111497
How to join?

30. ANY QUESTIONS?
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