Matching into residency as an old graduat

Abstract

Matching into residency is challenging, but it
is more difficult for many international
medical graduates when they have an old
year of graduation. A few years before,
most programs had the cutoff for the year
of graduation at five years or less. But
recently, we have noticed that many
programs have reduced it to 3 years or less.
This has made it challenging for images as
they don’t always have plans to get into a
residency in the UNITED STATES from the
start; a lot of times, after a few years of
practice, they feel like doing a residency in
the UNITED STATES, and they find
themselves in a situation where their year
of graduation has become a red flag for
them.