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EngineerMike
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I don't believe Emi could do her social service time in Mulege, per se. The Salud clinic in Mulege is better than it was (much enlarged after
Hurricane Jimena), but isn't really a full time charge for a doctor. I believe the "station" would be the "hosiptal" so called in Santa Rosalia (I've
been there delivering donations, and its not exactly a real hospital). As the county seat, the Sta.Rosalia station would mean she makes rounds to the
various Salud properties in the Municipio (equivalent to a county).
If Emi wants to pursue her initially intended specialty in brain surgery, she has to first become an accredited surgeon, then do a specialty in
neurosurgery. With the best brain practices proliferating in the United States, to do a U.S. residency would be a fairly basic requirement for
consideration for any of the high end brain practices (can't practice in the U.S. if not licensed here, and residents need to be able to practice).
Finishing at Lemar, Guadalajara, will get Emi licensed, but the specialty elements will take continued focus, and Emi has her vision set well out in
the future. As far as the MLE's, her biggest challenge will be medical English IMO. But with her study ethic, capacity, and indomitable attitude,
I'd say Emi has as good a shot as anybody attempting residency from Mexico, including at least most naturally English speaking students.
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EnsenadaDr
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The sad thing, is, Mike, is that the Mexican schools are not preparing the students, American, English Speaking, or otherwise to pass the United
States Medical Licensing Exam. This is the prerequisite and the ticket to getting residency in the US. The pass rate in Guadalajara is extremely
low, through mostly the fault of the Mexican medical schools. From the mouth of a Mexican that went to my medical school and passed the exam, but with
a low score, the residency exam in Mexico compared to the residency exam in the US is a "joke". Finishing in Guadalajara will NOT get Emi licensed,
she has to pass the exams, and there are 3 steps of the exam. Then and only then will she be able to work in the US. The students that do pass the
exams have results that are so low that many do not find residency programs in the United States through the MATCH program.
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comitan
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Emi
I believe she will complete her medical school here in Mexico, then will make her decision as to her next goal. Whatever that may be she will
accomplish that goal.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Jaybo
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I just sent a few dollars in hopes she uses it to go out to a nice dinner or some other fun activity since the funds needed appeared to be already
reached..
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EngineerMike
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Education in my experience is about how much you put into it. While I have seen great schools lift the performance of marginal students to some
extent, I also see lousy schools fail to hold back the determined.
Emilia in my estimation, is an outlier. She does not ask what is needed to succeed, she asks what is needed to excel. And her approach to the MLE's
will be much improved by her experience with the tuition scholarship at Guadalajara (initial failure followed by dogged perseverance). She has
started preparation for the exam with appropriate lead time, and the right materials, and is consulting appropriate advice about how to proceed. More
importantly though, Emi is pursuing an appropriate overall trajectory at school so as to exceed the average by as much as possible (outlier), and
building a fat safety factor into the level of her preparation. I'm sure when she meets the MLE's that it won't be like hitting a tack with a sledge
hammer. But she go prepared.
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You are wrong. I have seen the best and the brightest in Mexico fail miserably with the US boards. The US Medical schools start preparing their
students from day 1 till they take Step 1 of the Boards. The Mexican medical schools does about 10% needed to pass the Boards. Reading and studying
on your own is not enough, especially if you are still in Medical school in Mexico and have other classes demanding most of your time.
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EngineerMike
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Fortunately I've been wrong a lot before, so I have prior experience at it. 
(maybe I'll finally get good at it?)
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Sharrone
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Good luck Emilia! Just sent a few bucks.
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Emi will need the money though. To be honest I don't know how Mexicans make it through medical school. There are no loans available, and I worked my
first five years and had government US loans, so I think it is wonderful you are helping her.
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EngineerMike
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" To be honest I don't know how Mexicans make it through medical school."
In this instance, to paraphrase Pogo: "It was us." The community of Nomads.
Reminds me of the story of the great storm that washed thousands of starfish up on the beach. A small girl was going along the shore, tossing
starfish back into the ocean. A man remarked to her, "why are you doing that? You can't possibly make a difference here, there are too many
starfish." The girl replies, "I'll make a difference to this one," and she tossed another into the sea. True story, but the names have been changed.
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Cypress
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Emilia, Hang in there! It's gonna be worth all your trials and tribulations when your dream finally comes true.
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Posada-BushPilot
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Need Laptop Delivery
I have a late model laptop that Emily could use. Is anyone headed down soon?
I could ship it to you pronto.
U2U or email: randykephart@yahoo.com
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Posada-BushPilot
I have a late model laptop that Emily could use. Is anyone headed down soon?
I could ship it to you pronto.
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WOW !!!! Outstanding
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akmaxx
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Paging Doctor Villavicencio...An update from a Nomads success story...skip to the end for the update
A young shining star of Mexico continues to light up medical school with high grades and a plan for success.
Emilia is teaching courses for students prepping for the USMLE (admittance to residency in the USA) with the goal of using the teaching for four
semesters as a method to prep for the test four times as much as your average student. The university pays her a pittance to teach but it is
obviously a more economical method than paying to take the class for one semester.
Emilia's stated goal now is to perform her residency in the NW (most likely Portland) with a focus on neurosurgery. Emilia has found some generous
Nomads and others to help her financially in Portland when she passes the USMLE (fingers crossed). She is focused on knocking out a few more years in
Mexico and then passing the US exams.
For those of you who have read this whole thread you remember that premature Baby Lino had health problems when he was born. Recently Baby Lino had
to travel to La Paz to see a kidney specialist and I was lucky enough to see Emilia in action as she reviewed their findings and gave her opinion. It
was in spanish too rapid for me to follow but I believe she concurred with most of their findings and added some insightful commentary as well.
Emilia did this on her very short spring break while visiting family in the Baja.
I am pasting her most recent update to her many Nomad patrons here because I may have not forwarded your email information correctly to Emilia (She is
very conscientious in updating her many patrons whether they gave $5 three years ago or $1,000 recently - you know who you are :saint. Those of you not on her patron email list may just want to follow a long-shot
feel-good story through to the residency and diploma
I feel very lucky to be a witness to the hard work, intelligence, and determination of this young lady and wouldn't hesitate to be the first under her
knife when she completes her training.
Peace,
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From Emilia Villavicencio -
I’m in 6th semester now! It’s amazing! And I’m very happy
Now, 6th semester is a very hard one, I knew this before the semester started because my friends from 7th semester told me, at first I refuse to
believe them but after a week I was so tired and so sleepy and had so much to do! So then I realized it was true, it hard, very hard… and as usual, me
a lover of the challenge with a pinch of very naïve decided to take the hardest block (which is a denomination of a group of professors you get to
choose) and now I’m learning a lot but sleeping a little.
I’m taking the following classes:
Obstetrics and gynecology
Pediatrics
Neurology
Infectious disease
Palliative medicine
Geriatrics
Rehab medicine
Basic surgical techniques
My favorites are neurology, basic surgical techniques and palliative medicine, but the ones that require most of my time (because of the program,
because they are something absolutely new) are obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics.
So as you can see the difficult part of this is the time as you only have a semester to learn everything there is to know about birth, about
pregnancy, about woman’s health, about children from when they are born to when they become adults, about the brain (anatomy, physiology,
physiopathology, pathology, and all the vary many syndromes that can affect it), about palliative care and how important it is to know that death is
just a part of life and that we will all end there, about infectious diseases and what bacteria causes what and you treat the patient with that, about
geriatrics (I love that one too btw) and the care in the end of life, basic surgical techniques is about operating on a dog in a small room that is
set up as an Operating Room, and so on.
After all of this as you know I have been teaching physiology, pathophysiology and therapeutics for a year now, and I’m also in charge of the
conferences that go on once a month.
If that wasn’t enough I have also been helping a group of doctors that go to the community of those in the most need of medical care a deliver it for
free, so once a month in a Saturday I go to a small town outside of Guadalajara and among other doctors help all the people we can get medical advice
and sometimes treatment.
So that is the reason why I’m tired, some days very, others barely, but ALWAYS happy!
Thank you very much for standing behind me among this journey, thank you for helping me become the doctor I have always dream to be, thank you for
giving me the opportunity of changing from being a little girl from a little town with a lot of hope and good intentions to a medical student who is
acquiring more knowledge everyday, thank you for never letting me down, thank you for thinking of me and sending me good vibes, thank you for your
help, thank you so very much, you are my angel and because of you is that I get to be where I’m right now, I keep you in my prayers every night.
Sincerely,
La Doctora Emilia
...Action expresses priorities...
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EngineerMike
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To me that looks like 2 hard classes, 6 dam hard classes, teaching, & volunteering for two activities a month!!! That's what I call a schedule.
We should harness a generator to Emi & see if she could power a small town at the same time!!
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
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akmaxx
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The little girl who IS becoming a brain surgeon
Those of you who have been following this thread for three years and those of you who have just finished reading up to this point should be in awe of
the accomplishments of this amazing woman.
Emilia has deadly earnest focus on doing her residency in the United States, probably Portland, and has overcome gigantic hurdles to become a star in
her university.
Please join with me and renew your pledge to keep her in school, in noodles, in a safe place, etc so she can continue burning the candle at both ends
to achieve her goals.
Help her by re-reading this thread and witness all the people who have become patrons and been touched by her strength and determination. It also
would help to comment or forward this thread for more visibility if you know someone who likes a feel-good story with such enormous potential.
She will be a doctor, brain surgeon, and maybe your lifesaver one day. Not too shabby for a Mulegena from down by the lighthouse.
Paypal donations have been the most economical way of becoming a patron and the hundreds of little donations (and a few big ones) were messing up my
Paypal so Emilia has started her own account (egvbuckovecs@gmail.com). Every patron will still receive a thank-you and an update every semester of
the exemplary student they are supporting.
Emilia has lived a very frugal student life up to this point and needs to keep the momentum going to keep the excellent grades.
Peace,
M.
P.S. Paypal is egvbuckovecs@gmail.com
The Latest Note for the Patrons of The Little Girl Who Would Become a Brain Surgeon.
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I'm very happy to share with you the big news! The dreaded sixth semester is finally over!!! It was by far the hardest semester after the first
semester and the traditionally hardest semester in medical school but WE made it!
I could have never done it without your help, thank you so much for being behind me in every step. You are the reason I'm able to become a doctor and
I always keep you in my prayers, I thank God every morning for making you my angels.
I can't wait to go home and see my family and friends because I really need a break to prepare for the next semester.
These are my notes this semester and let me assure you I worked as hard as I have ever worked to get them....The average is 92 or an A- (Converting to
US grading in preparation for my US residency - fingers crossed).
Basic Surgical Techniques ---------- 95
Infectious Disease -------------------- 80
Palliative Medicine ------------------- 98
Pediatrics ------------------------------- 86
Neurology ------------------------------ 100
OB GYN ------------------------------- 85
Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine ------- 100
Like I said it was very hard but not impossible! So here I am. Ready for a little rest and then back to school!
Next semester I will have classes in oncology, hematology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, etc and it will be another three months buried in homework
but I now get to volunteer my skills in hands-on clinics around Guadalajara so my training is being developed.
For those of you that heard about the third burglary you will be happy to know that my roomates and I have decided to try and live in a safer part of
town (since the third burglary which cost me my utilities monies). Guadalajara is indeed the big city and as medical students we aren't home enough
to really protect our belongings in this part of town. It will be better once we find an apartment with better security.
I want to thank you once more for everything you have done for me, your donations have been making this dream possible. It is hard to believe that
three years have passed since your help got me into medical school and your continued help has made it possible for me to maintain the some of the
highest grades in the whole university.
So I tell you thank you! Really, THANK YOU!
Sincerely,
la Doctora Emilia G. Villavicencio B
[Edited on 7-14-2013 by akmaxx]
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I just got this via email ... And it brought tears to my eyes! What an amazing future doctor! One day, i want to meet her .....
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EngineerMike
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Emi continues to be one of the best return-on-investment places to put money that I know.
Emi- you have both my contribution, and my continued confidence. Keep up the good work. One thing the thieves cannot steal is your expanding
accumulation of knowledge & skills.
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Ricardo
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Hi could someone let me know the paypal name for donations, I noticed one ended with Hotmail, the other ended with gmail. I need to know which one is
correct.
Rick
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