Psychiatry - What you need to know before you apply

Psychiatry is another IMG friendly specialty that like Pediatrics and Family medicine requires the applicant to show genuine interest in order to get good interviews and match in a decent program. Applicants frequently apply for Psychiatry as a back up specialty and that is just a waste of their money if their CV does not show any evidence of previous psychiatry training. Below are some screenshots of the oreientation presentation I made about psychiatry . Thre are more videos from psychiatry residents below. (most videos are in Arabic)

M.Soliman

Psychiatry overview by Mohamed Soliman

Psychiatry by Karim Lotfy (How to find your Goal & plan your Career )

This is the session by Karim Lotfy at the US embassy IRC. Karim is the chief psychiatry resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,TX. He is a very intellectual person and a deep thinker, and his talk was very inspiring to everyone that attended. The topic he discussed was
"How to find your Goal & plan your career", with a special emphasis about what is "Psychiatry" and things you need to know about this specialty This video is important for everyone interested in doing residency abroad, specially if you don't know much about psychiatry. ( in Arabic)

Questions and Answers by Karim lofty for the US embassy sessions

Psych101 by Karim lofty (voice is low so use a speaker or headphones)

Ahmed ElMaadawi - Psychiatry - Experience of US trained Egyptians

Dr.El Maadawi is a Psychiatry attending in Indiana. Trained at Mayo Clinic and University of Louisville

Another video by Ahmed Elmaadawi discussing residency training in the US, electronic medical records and Psychiatry training