I read in your recent post that ability means a lot.

What kind of ability do the residency programs EXPECT you to have as an intern, say your 1st week on the job?

I've been talking to a lot of 4th yr US med student recently (my buddies) and we're very insecure and anxious about July. We can't interpret EKG (that well). We didn't get a lot of practices drawing blood and doing IVs or injections. Can only read simple (I mean simple x-rays). Not much experiences in the actual delivery of a baby.

We feel like we have the basic/clinical knowledge down but just lack real handson...

And I'm an IMG and I rotated with a lot of them for my clinicals.

This is normal? Will the residency program really "train" us?

Thanks.