Shifa College of Medicine USMLE pass rate?

[Arthur]

Can somebody studying in Shifa College of Medicine tell me that from the graduating classes of Shifa College:

1) How many students were able to get residencies in US?
2) How many students were able to clear all the three steps of USMLE?

[MastahRiz]

Arthur! Welcome aboard!

I hear that the first graduating class of Shifa all scored really well on their USMLE, but I'm not sure what their scores were, most of everyone keeps that stuff private. If I hear anything about the residencies though, I'll be sure to get back to you.

[maik7upurz]

Who knows man, this kinda news becomes known after a while when many students do good and get residencies, like aga khan, no one knows exactly wat the individual scores they get are, but I'm sure most of the class takes it, gets good scores, and land good residencies.

Shifa is too new, I'm sure out of the few students of the first graduating class, only a few took the usmle and maybe a few of those got high marks and then we hear about someone from someone else that someone got a residency somewhere else. Who knows! Some even wait a while after graduating before taking it.

[Dr.Eevil]

yeh ,..but most of the students who graduated in the last 3 years took the exam,.... it's cuz the atmosphere is very MLE/PLAB oriented. we actually have teachers who set us questions keeping that part in mind ,....... i dont think alot of students wait anymore ,...and personally i think you shouldn't,..the more u wait, the more the competition gets tough.

[Rehan]

Here's some of the USMLE Step 1 scores that have came in so far from Shifa College of Medicine.

Class of 2003:

99, 99, 99, 97, 92, 80

Class of 2004:

92

Class of 2005:

97, 95, 93, 80, 74

More information about one Shifa graduate's method of preparing for the USMLE and how well he did on it.

We're expecting a few more scores to come in within the end of this month -- I'll update as we get more information.

[docsak03]

2 of the '03 graduates started residency in july 06 ... one of em is doing peds in NY and the other is doing IM at UT memphis ... 1 of the '05 grads and 7 from '03 have applied for the '07 match .. out of those going for the '07 match, one of the '03 grads accepted a pre-match in IM at one of the hospitals in NY and is now back in pakistan ... the rest are going to match ...

[Rehan]

Sweet! Thanks for the update docsak03

[docsak03]

here are some of the scores that i know ...

step1/step2 a '-'means that they havent taken an exam yet and '?' means i dont know what they got ...

2003;

99/99 applied to IM
99/98 PGY 1 peds
99/94 applied to IM
99/? applied to IM
97/92 prematch IM
92/83 applied to IM
92/? PGY 1 IM
90/84 ?
80/? applied to IM/Neuro
76/84 applied to IM & FM
75/79 applied to FM
89/- ---------
85/- ---------

2004;
92/- ---------

2005;
95/88 applied to IM
97/- ---------
93/- ---------

[maik7upurz]

How come when I google to find any information on Shifa graduates you never find anything. For example most hospital websites have information on their employees/internships etc and college of graduation. IE for RMC, just type in quotation marks "from rawalpindi medical" and you will find information from a ton of medical graduates. But if you type "from shifa medical" or "from shifa college" basically this site pops up only.

[MastahRiz]

Those things take time to show up on a Google search. You can't just put something online and expect Google to find it right away.

Information on residents of a hospital isn't as widely available as the information on full-time doctors. Residents don't get their own web pages, because there's nothing to write.

I disagree that most hospitals have information for as far as even their interns. They do for the doctors who have finished their residencies.

[maik7upurz]

hehehehe

[Jamal]

Shifa is 3 batches old. That would explain it, yoseph.. That would explain it.

[Rehan]

Originally Posted by Jamal

Shifa is 3 batches old. That would explain it, yoseph.. That would explain it.

Good point.