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Wanted: A Few Good Advisors! ECGFMG is seeking the participation of qualified physicians in the implementation of a new resource for International Medical Graduates. The IMG Advisors Network (IAN) allows IMGs who are applying for J-1 Exchange Visitor Program visas to communicate directly with IMGs who have successfully entered or completed GME training in the U.S. These individuals will all have achieved ECFMG certification and been offered positions in accredited Graduate Medical Education programs in the U.S. Advisors are invited to serve on a voluntary basis and will be listed in the IAN on-line database by name, medical specialty, U.S. GME program, location in the U.S., country of origin, medical school and other demographics. Qualifying U.S. bound IMGs registered with the IAN program and seeking advice, can log on to the ECFMG website and search the IAN database to find individuals who would be most likely to be helpful in providing information and advice about relocating to the U.S, and related practical advice. Ideally matched advisors might be in the actual program to which the new IMG is coming and might even be from their own country or medical school but even less specifically matched advisors could be of great help. IMG E-mail addresses will be provided to the advisor who can then begin communicating directly with the advisee. The first phase of implementation of this new resource, beginning right now, is to actively recruit qualified advisors in order to build a database of IMGs in or having completed GME training in the U.S. If YOU are an IMG physician in or having completed training in a U.S. residency or fellowship program, and would like to learn more about how you can help newly arriving IMGs more smoothly transition into and become comfortable with living and working in the U.S. by serving as an advisor in the ECFMG IMG Advisor Network, please click on or go to http://www.ecfmg.org/acculturation/ian.html. Information provided by AMA IMG Section and FMA Section Chair. |
