4. Observership / LOR
PS / CV review
Interview skills workshop (SAMA 3rd
annual meeting)
Providing career advice to Residency Match
Applicants through
9. – First come first serve
2. Contact attending
3. Contact applicant after approval
10. Figure 6. Number of observerships by
SAMA since July 2010
50
waiting
40 0
12
10 referred (awaiting
1 confirmation)
2
Number of Observerships
30
unsuccessful
20 successful
31 30
10
0
2010.2011 2011.2012
11. • Obstacles:
– Lack of man power for coordination /
residency (working to improve)
– Communication
– No. of volunteer attending (not all states
covered)
12. • Special thanks for sponsoring observerships
to
– Abdalla
Zarroug, MD, FACS, FAAP, Rochester,
MN
– Khalid Ahmed, MD, FACP, Flint, MI.
– Seif Alasad, MD, Flint, MI
– Tahir Mohamed, MD, Detroit, MI
– Mohamed Elfatih
Bashir, PhD, Chicago, IL
– Dr. Khalid Baashom, MD, Detroit, MI
25. – SAMA Match Applicant Program during
SAMA Annual Meeting Sessions.
26. Lectures in Sudan – Road to Residency
• coordinated by the SAMA chapter in
Sudan led by Alaa Elkhider (TA, Dept of
Medicine, U of K)
27.
28. 1. Research opportunities
– Pre-existing researches
– Sudanese attendings’ researches
– SAMA’s researches
– Short period Vs long term
29. 2. Medical student clerkship
– Great impact on AF
– 1-3 months
– Mayo clinic (step1)
– Attendings help needed
30. 3. Organized schedule for
observership
– Applicants/period
– Period length /attending
– Available months/attending
31. attending Available Periods’ Applicants/ Offered
months length period spots
X Jan, March- 1 week 1 2 (April)
(email) August, 1 (June)
(Phone No.) October 3 (August
(location)
(specialty)
Y April - 2-4 weeks 2-3 1 ( April)
(email) December 2 (July)
(Phone No.) 1(August)
(location)
(specialty)
32. 3. Organized schedule for
observership
– Attending notification
– Facilitate the work (who to contact and
at which time)
– Less efforts, more outcome