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If you’re writing your first systematic review, PRISMA is going to come up fast. Most journals ask for a completed checklist before your manuscript even reaches a reviewer. Some reject

Before you screen a single study, register your protocol. That’s the short version. PROSPERO is a free public database where you write down what you plan to study and how,

Step 1 doesn’t give you a number anymore. Just Pass or Fail. If that leaves you unsure where you stand as an IMG, you’re in good company. The same questions

If you’re an IMG staring down Step 1, your head is probably full of questions. Where do you even start? Three months or six? How many UWorld questions is enough?

Let’s be honest. Getting on a research project as an IMG is tough. Most of us don’t have a US mentor on speed dial or a big-name institution behind our

Matching into a US residency is the goal for thousands of international medical graduates every year. The training, the pay, the career it opens up. It’s worth chasing. But here’s

Introduction: Every year, thousands of international medical graduates ask the same question after their exams: should I spend a year doing research before applying to residency? It’s a fair question.

Research experience carries real weight on a residency application now. Directors want to know you can sit with a study, follow the methods, and pull your weight on a team.

Introduction Spend ten minutes on any IMG forum and the advice sounds settled, get research or you won’t match. What nobody clarifies is what “research” is supposed to mean. Are

Introduction Here’s something nobody warns you about when you start doing research: your final paper is only as good as the sources you dig up. Thesis, literature review, a quick