Dont come under the spell of your parents or relatives. Think rationally. Do some research. Those good old days when foreign medical graduates used to come and do residency in Cardio surgery or Dermatalogy are over. Now a majority of them manage to enter only primary care residencies. I can bet a $100000000 that in 6-7 yrs, even that will be hard. I dont have anything against Indian Medical Schools or Primary Care Physicians.
Now only IMGs have a hard time to match in Derm, Cardio, Ortho, Surgery,etc. I dont think you all wanna be Family practioners or IM or Pediatrician. Dont you wanna be a top surgeon or someone who is really in demand.
In the next 5-6 years. with more new Osteopathic Colleges opening in USA, and more harsher rules applied. Its gonna be really bad for IMGs.
You guys are just in high school. Go study hard get a 28 or above in ACT and apply for 6-7 yr md programs offered by Medical Schools in USA to high school students.
You guys have the potential to be the top most physicians why do you wanna be a bunch of Internists or Family practioners. Already in every lane you get a board of Dr. Patel (Internal Medicine), MD or Dr.Shah, MD (Family Practioner) or Dr.Khan (Pediatrician). There are like hundreds out there like cattle in a grass land. Even if you bcom a a MD in primary care, its gonna be a tough market competition for you guys. Just do a Physician search in your area and see how many IM or Family practioners are there. In 6 years another 10-20 will be added. There will be so many doctors with so less patients.Who will come to your clinic except your family. he he he!
The future holds good for specialities. Primary care is good only for areas where there is a shortage. And guys, plzzzzzz keep in mind. Getting residency is not as easy as it looks. Its very very hard for IMGs. And day by day its getting more harder. There are constant laws and bills trying to be pass to stop flow of IMGs as the local MD & DO population is increasing.
