Program helps Hispanic IMGs qualify for U.S. residencies – Officials say UCLA’s innovative three-step course will increase the number of Spanish-speaking physicians for California’s underserved.
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The University of California, Los Angeles, has started a one-of-a-kind program that may start a trend among medical schools serving large Hispanic populations, experts said.
The pilot program prepares international medical graduates who speak English and Spanish for family medicine residency by coaching them through the multistep U.S. Medical Licensing Exam and giving them clinical observerships.
Gilberto Cota, MD, who graduated from medical school in Mexico, is one of the first to go through the 14-month program. He had been in the United States for two years and was studying for the USMLEs when he heard about the pilot through Welcome Back: International Health Worker Assistance Center, a program that helps international health care professionals prepare for U.S. health careers.”*
*From: www.ama-assn.org
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