2024-08-03 14:41:33
And Mexican managed to be in the world’s 3% in a US Medical Residency Exam; We tell you more about him and his achievement.
Is about Diego Hernandez Langaricaa student of the Medical Surgeon degree at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG).
The same university highlighted the results of its student, which placed him in the 3% worldwide after making a medical residency exam in the United States.
He is the Mexican who is in the top 3% worldwide in a medical residency exam in the United States
Diego Hernandez Langarica conducted the first two tests of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
This is an examination that is performed young aspiring doctors to validate their knowledge so they can practice in the United States by applying to complete a medical residency.
The equivalent of this American test is the National Examination for Medical Residency Applicants (ENARM) in Mexico, explained the UAG.
In both tests The Mexican got the highest score of the faculty, with 272 points, which positioned him within the top 3% of students worldwide.
Medical Residency Exam in the United States (UAG)
Who is Diego Hernández Langarica, the Mexican in the top 3% of the world’s medical residency exams in the United States?
Diego Hernandez Langarica He became the youngest college candidate to complete the first two tests in the United States, at just 21 years old.
The medical surgeon student is currently at the Ángeles del Carmen Hospital, but His goal is to study Neurosurgery at a prestigious clinic in the United States.such as the Mayo Clinic.
To carry out the US medical residency exam, he Mexican He confessed that he prepared exhaustively for 3 years.
“Always believe in yourselves. People told me when I started studying that passing this test was impossible, that Mexicans can’t pass it. Dr. Juan Pablo Navarro, who is at the Mayo Clinic, was my mentor and he believed in me. Believe in yourselves. I want you to know that it is possible.”
Diego Hernandez Langarica
What is the US medical residency exam?
He USMLE American exam it’s divided in three tests in which knowledge is evaluated of medical students and consists of the following:
- Test 1 (STEP 1): focuses on Basic Sciences and consists of 280 questions
- Test 2 (STEP 2): Clinical aspect, diagnosis and decision making; consists of 220 questions and lasts 9 hours
- Test 3 (STEP 3): final exam that will allow you to practice in the United States
Mexican Diego Hernández Langarica has already completed the first two tests, so he only needs to present the last one medical residency exam in the United States.
2024-08-03 14:41:33