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FMGS Lose One Way to Stay In The USA "Is The J1 Waiver Program Really Phasing Out"?

According to the recent issue of AMA
news J1 waivers are being phased out
by the USDA . The main one available now is the 20 docs sponsored by 44
states..experts expect healthcare in
rural areas to suffer (of course about
everyone can see that expect the policy makers. This is in  the Vol 45 No. 16 issue of AMA news. Read about USDA partipation in the J1 visa program HERE. and read about the Appalachian Regional commision about the J 1waiver issue HERE
Club IMG has formed a memorial for the benefit of all the fallen American heroes of the September 11 tragedy. CLICK
HERE for the memorial page
For those of you who would like to submit their articles regarding all things IMG you are welcome to email me the abstract or the complete article and I would be glad to post it online for you.
Also you can send me essays of your experiences, thoughts, opinions regarding international medical graduates issues.


                          jc_img
                   (Editor-In Chief)
The physician is one who cures sometimes, alleviates often, but comforts always.
                                                                                                    -Aphorisms-
                                                                                                                           
                                                                      
April 13, 1999
          Added a LINKS section so that all IMGs surfing the site can add their own URLS that might be useful to IMGs. Currently I am working on a MEDICINE page where all medicine links can be found and accessed, FAQS compiles the most frequently asked questions of IMGs under one site. And lastly the latest project of Club IMG!!! is Club IMG Deja News whose goal it is to archive all the posted messages of the club (around 4,000) into one searchable database. We are currently building another extension to house the database over at deja-news which has a community integrated with the homestead website. Due to my busy schedule I haven't had time to archive the posts myself but please feel free to email me if you want to volunteer for the task. Club Associates especially those who have had prior experience in webpage building are most welcome to volunteer their expertise, and it would be much appreciated by the Club if you do.

April 14,1999
          Designed "THE ROCK" music page, containing search functions for CD's and cassettes, artists, information for live interview webcasts of entertainers, newly released music videos,  interviews of your favorite musical artists!.

April 15, 1999
          Created "IMG STORY" , story of an IMG's application process told in a light hearted way..

April 16,1999
          Created  for the CLUB IMG Text only site "PERSONAL" for homecare, gardening, flower search etc. and "TOOLS" composed of all the internet tools and plug ins an IMG must have (like adobe acrobat reader for using universal application. "THE COUNTRY CLUB" is a site linking to online "GAMES" , "TRIVIA", "VIRTUAL CLUB".

May 15, 1999
       Created "STATISTICS PAGE" a collection of questions that will be compiled to benefit all IMGs in order to create a profile of a typical competitive IMG. "CLUB PROJECTS" is currently any projects that the club is working on like indexing the message posts, and lastly posted the IGOR FILES on the exclusive section of Club IMG a collection of IMG friendly hospitals to apply to in the USA in a downloadable format.

August 21,1999
        Added a couple more of pages, GUIDE is all of the websites under one page to make it easier for someone unfamiliar with the site, revised PERSONAL PAGE into a FINANCE page which has stock quotes, brokers etc. added
IMPORTANT which are the most important links an IMG must first visit like nrmp, eras, ecfmg etc. also revised the text only version of club IMG into SCHEDULE which is the tentative meetings online fo club IMG members, FILES which are a collection of IMG documents that is going to be freely shared among members (this will be a member sonly area)
PROJECTS which is the page where currently are tentative club projects are being planned and posted. PHOTOS which are a collection of club pictures. also added THE END page which is a sort of "farewell page" to the casual IMG surfer
also added a copy of DESIDERATA embeded in the THE END page


March 29, 2000
          Match just finished, this year's match more succesful than last year's match with a drop in IMG applications by 40% which might be caused primarily by the implemention of the CSA. Added several pages to the site. CLUB
ARCHIVES operational. A compilation of all the relevant posted messages on the private club at yahoo.com.
RADIOLOGY PAGE by Aristotlevm created.

Welcome to the Club IMG!!!'s UPDATES page. This is where I will
post new improvements to the public Club IMG at homestead whenever I have the time to update it. Also this page will tell of otherupcoming Club Projects including future plans for the public clubsite. Lastly, this page will also contain all new and relevant IMG news and information that is deemed useful to an IMG's residency training in theUSA.
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IMG NEWS
CLUB NEWSLETTER
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Club IMG Newsletter
THE JOURNAL
August 1999 Issue Number One Vol I


Club IMG is now a part of the IMGs In USA webring run by GHETTO for IMGs online. Check out the other IMg sites in the ring!!
The Club IMG's very own newsletter containing discussions,essays,and posted opinions about all important topics for IMGs. submit an article today and
Let Your Voice Be Heard!!
NEWSFLASH!!!
HEADLINES
PICTURE: One of the Club member trying to
save on airfare pictured above.

PAGE 1. CLUB IMG NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 1. USA Pat. Pend.
CLUB UPDATES
Club IMG has just
officially obtained
the logo for our club!
feel free to use this
logo to link to the
homestead website,feel
free to invite as many
friends as you can to
join the club!
This news letter was designed to be an interactive forum for all the club members to gather all info pertaining all things IMG. At some point this will contain all of the updated links to all of the website articles that contains news to imgs planning to recieve training in the USA. All members and surfers are invited to send in their essays, articles on thoughts about all things pertaining to IMGS
Club IMG has formed a memorial for the benefit of all the fallen American heroes of the September 11 tragedy. CLICK
HERE for the memorial page
The Club IMG!!! Logo
FMGS Lose One Way to Stay In The USA "Is The J1 Waiver Program Really Phasing Out"?

According to the recent issue of AMA
news J1 waivers are being phased out
by the USDA . The main one available now is the 20 docs sponsored by 44
states..experts expect healthcare in
rural areas to suffer (of course about
everyone can see that expect the policy makers. This is in  the Vol 45 No. 16 issue of AMA news. Read about USDA partipation in the J1 visa program HERE. and read about the Appalachian Regional commision about the J 1waiver issue HERE
Residency Pool Shrinks For Primary Care Internists.

Jennifer Silverman in the Internal Medicine News April 15, 2002 wrote that there are more and more US grads matching to one year preliminary medicine years, arguing the point that more US grads are going to subspecialties more than primary care. Specialties like anesthesiology, dermatology and radiology require a one year medicine year before starting. The importance for IMGs is that it is going to be harder to match now in those fields but it will probably be easier to match in a categoriacal medicine spot.