Home > Journeys in Medicine Home > Page 10

Journeys in Medicine

Journeys User4November 17, 2021November 11, 2021Clinical Training Experience, Cross-cultural Experience, My StoryCOVID-19, Illinois, Internal Medicine, Pakistan, PGY3

Human Connections That Travel Oceans

By Dr. Umer Farooq

The COVID-19 patient did not speak English, so we communicated using a translator phone. He taught me a few words and sentences so that I could ask simple questions to other patients who shared his native language. “I can’t breathe” were the last words that I could understand before he was intubated. I wondered if he ever imagined that his last words would be spoken to someone who did not speak his language. Did he imagine that he would be taken care of in his final days by someone born thousands of miles away?

Continue reading “Human Connections That Travel Oceans”

Journeys User4October 13, 2021October 5, 2021Cross-cultural Experience, My StoryCOVID-19, Mexico, Neurology, PGY2, Texas

Life After Cardiac Arrest: Surviving My Intern Year

By Dr. Samantha Fernandez Hernandez

“This cannot happen… I just started my career. Open your eyes. Move your fingers. Wiggle your toes. Do anything you can to let them know you’re ok!” These are the things I said to myself as I heard the commotion around me. As I felt the excruciating pain of the freshly inserted chest tube between my ribs, I heard someone say, “She might need to go on ECMO, let’s call the team.”

Continue reading “Life After Cardiac Arrest: Surviving My Intern Year”

Journeys User4September 21, 2021Cross-cultural Experience, My StoryArgentina, IMG Guest Author, New York, Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGY2, Well-being

The IMG Event

By Dr. Victor Sebastian Arruarana

This year we celebrated a historic day! On August 1, 2021, an original “IMG Event” brought together more than 400 international medical graduates (IMGs) in Central Park, New York City, with hundreds more connecting virtually.

Continue reading “The IMG Event”

Journeys User4September 9, 2021From EVSPCOVID-19

A Conversation with J-1 Physicians: Spring 2021

ECFMG|FAIMER leadership and staff recently had the privilege of engaging in a live panel event with four J-1 physician panelists, all of whom previously contributed to Journeys in Medicine, an ECFMG blog. The conversation included a discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic, their passion for medicine, what drew them to the United States for training, and more. We are pleased to share some of the highlights of that conversation in the video below. Continue reading “A Conversation with J-1 Physicians: Spring 2021”

Journeys User4August 18, 2021August 18, 2021My Story, Words of WisdomCOVID-19, Hawaii, Pediatrics, PGY2, Thailand

Home Away From Home

By Dr. Kornkanok (Yui) Saringkarisate

Living abroad alone is never easy. Neither are the physical and mental demands of becoming a new intern. For international medical graduates, there are also added pressures. At times, you feel like you must try “extra hard” to prove yourself, that you are worthy of this opportunity. After a long day at work, you go home to find yourself alone, and it can be lonely. You need someone with whom you can share your silly joke, your bad days, your good days, or just to be there. People who can be your family and your home. When interviewing for residency positions, apart from getting to know the program, you hope that you will find such people in your future co-residents. However, especially with the current Zoom interview process, you can’t know for sure until you really start the journey.

Continue reading “Home Away From Home”