HOW TO GO FROM REAPPLICANT TO CHIEF RESIDENT
When Dr. Andre Morgan graduated from Howard University’s internal medicine residency program earlier this year, he was also inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society.
AOA inductees are chosen for the honor because they have displayed a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service. It’s a great honor in and of itself,, but it was the icing on the cake, considering that Dr. Morgan was also a Chief Resident of his program.
However, Dr. Morgan’s life over the last decade hasn’t been exclusively filled with lofty roles and selective awards. Rewind a few years and you’ll find a younger Dr. Morgan, determined not to give up on his goal of matching into residency in the United States, because he didn’t match after his first or second attempt.
How did Dr. Morgan go from being a 3-time match applicant to being a chief resident of his dream program? We get into that and much more in the Season 1 finale of The IMG Residency Match Podcast.
- This episode is for you if you want to learn about:
- The role that mentors played in Dr. Morgan’s career choice
- Why young Andre didn’t realize that he could be a doctor
- Where Dr. Morgan began his medical journey, and some of the countries he has worked in
- His most memorable patient experience (it’s a heme-onc tearjerker)
- Why he pulled out of his local residency program in Internal-Medicine and decided to apply to the NRMP match
- The mindset you must possess once you start thinking about applying to the match
- The social pressure that comes with not matching (you know, while all your classmates are moving on with their careers)
- The one piece of advice someone gave Dr. Morgan that encouraged him to apply a third time to the match
- How you can know when to give up on your match dreams if you’re an IMG who has applied multiple times
- What needs to change every time you apply to the match
- Dr. Morgan’s experience interviewing at his dream program the year he matched
- What it’s like to be a chief resident
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Thank you so much for tuning in to Season 1. I thank you for your time and attention, and your feedback… Please join us for future seasons!
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