PSYCHIATRY IMG Friendly Residency Programs List

IMG Friendly Psychiatry Residency Programs List

 

What are IMG Friendly Psychiatry Residency Programs?

These are a group of psychiatry programs that typically invite, interview and highly rank foreign medical graduates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). You can find the full list with programs requirements in this page.

 

How many years is psychiatry residency?

Psychiatry residency is a 4 years program, including a prelim year.

 

What are the average scores for AMGs and IMGs wh match in Psychiatry residency?

The average scores for AMGs who matched in Psychiatry in USMLE step 1 and 2 CK are 214 and 225 repectively.

For IMGs who matched in Psychiatry the average scores in USMLE step 1 and 2 CK are 209 and 211 respectively.

What are the match statistics for Psychiatry?

About 60% of positions offered in the match go to AMGs and about 40% of positions go to IMGs. About 96% of AMGs who apply do match and about 43% of IMGs who apply do successfuly match.

 

 

What should IMGs do to increase their chances in matching in Psychiatry?

1- You should apply to the same programs where IMGs matched in the previous years, these programs are found in many states as described in the below mentioned list. This is the full list of the IMG friendly internal medicine residency programs with full selection criteria and requirements in PDF form that you can easily download to any computer or device from:  Psychiatry IMG Friendly Residency Programs List

2- Make sure your LORs (especially from overseas) are written in a nice way so program directors will read them till the end. To help you with this task take a look into this guide: Psych LORs

3- Doing observerships and getting US LORs is an important part of your ERAS application where program directors will be looking for such information. 

I matched already, what should I do to survive Psychiatry residency?

To survive psychiatry residency you will need to get some books which are needed to build up your knowlegde and other books to help you pass the inservice and board exams. These books are traditionally recommended by program directors and widely used by residents, you can find them here:
** Recommended Psychiatry Books **