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Previous Issues
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 2013

April 18, 2013
  • Ask the Experts: Physicians and Social Media
  • Learn more about EPICSM
  • IMG Performance in the 2013 Match
  • Survey: Getting to Know You!
  • News You Can Use:
    • Elimination of USMLE® 2-digit Score
    • FAIMER® Sponsorship Opportunity: Projects That Work
April 4, 2013
  • ECFMG Launches EPICSM, a New Career Development Tool for the World’s Physicians
  • Getting to Know You
March 8, 2013
  • EPIC: A Powerful Career Development Tool for Physicians
  • Trends in Medical Education
  • Survey: Getting to know you!
  • January/February Survey Results
  • Highlight: One Dozen Things and A Day in the Life
February 4, 2013
  • Submitting your Rank Order Lists
  • Ask the Experts: The Supplemental Offer and Acceptance ProgramSM (SOAPSM)
  • Please Visit: The IMG Advisors Network (IAN)
  • News you Can Use! FAIMER® Distance Learning (DL)
  • November/December Survey Results

 2012

December 20, 2012
  • Ask the Experts: The NRMP’s All-In Policy
  • Communicating with Programs after the Interview
  • Spotlight: AMA Mock Interview Pilot
  • News You Can Use: USMLE® Step 3
    • Delay in Score Reporting for Step 3 in 2013
    • Changes to Step 3 Examination
  • ECHO Connects with…
    • the physicians of RAMA
    • the medical education community
November 28, 2012
  • Ask the Experts: Finding a Mentor
  • Writing about Your Research
  • Extension of Conrad 30 Program to 2015
  • Interview Season
  • ECHO Connects... with the Young Physicians of APPNA
October 12, 2012
  • Immigration and U.S. GME
  • Telling Our Stories
  • U.S. Idioms and Slang
  • Publishing Your Research
  • ECHO Connects... at the AMA IMG Summit
September 13, 2012
  • IMG Advisors Network
  • Ask the Experts: Mastering the Residency Interview
  • Medicalese Glossary
  • August 2012 Survey Results
August 14, 2012
  • A Day in the Life
  • IMGs in the 2012 Match
  • Ethnic Physician and Medical Specialty Organization Lists
  • July 2012 Survey Results
  • Showcase your Research!
July 18, 2012
  • Letters of Recommendation
  • Personal Statement “Do’s” and “Don’ts”
  • Guide to Organizations Involved in U.S. GME
  • June 2012 Survey Results
  • ECHO Connects... with Ethnic Physician Organizations

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