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Testimonials from
International Medical Graduates from
Russia

July 2, 2009

Dear Dr. Swartz,

I participated in your course in April and passed the test in May. Thank you very much!

Mikhail Barchugov, M.D.
Native of Russia

February 3, 2009

I passed the exam on April 21, 2008 in Philadelphia (one week after the workshop).  It was my second attempt.  The first attempt was in March 2007 in Atlanta.

The exam was not too difficult.  I felt more confident after the C3NY Workshop, and after the accent reduction course.

I should have taken your workshop earlier!

Thank you very much.

Natalya Goryunova, M.D.
Native of Russia

December 12, 2008

Hi Anna!

I received my score report on 12/10/2008. I passed. I’m very happy!

Again, I thank you all and Dr. Swartz for the tremendous help in understanding this exam.  The C3NY class showed me a whole new perspective of medical practice.

Respectfully,

Dmitry Mezentsev, M.D.
Native of Russia

Oct 13, 2008

Dear Dr. Swartz!

Thank you and your team for good work!

I passed my Step 2CS Exam!  As you told us, I had not absolutely any idea about this exam at the end of exam's day.  Of course, I forgot to do a lot of things, but I tried to listen to every patient.   And I was successful!

I'll recommend your workshop to all my friends.

Thank you again, I wish you the best.

Marina Tilich, M.D., July Workshop participant
Native of Russia

March 26, 2008

Good morning Dr. Swartz and Ms. Lank!

Your mornings should be good when you receive thankful messages from your students. I promised you on our last day that I'm going to pass, and I've kept my promise.

Without you, it wouldn't have happened. You are marvelous team and I'm speechless about Dr. Swartz. I couldn't even picture this level of professionalism, creativity, love to what you doing and such respect to every student, your incredible patience. God bless you all.

Sincerely,

Anna Pudinak, M.D.
Native of Russia

P.S. I would take your course again, but it is not necessary anymore.

October 18, 2006

Hello Dr. Swartz, Anna and Ginny,

I took my exam on July 21 and got result back yesterday!!!!!!!! I passed it!!!!!!!!

Thank you for you help! I took my exam in Atlanta. I didn't find the exam to be very difficult after your wortkshops, but I was a little bit nervous.

Thank you for everything!

Irina Boldt, M.D.
Native of Russia

October 13, 2006

Dear Dr. Swartz,
  
This is message from Natalia Vojtovich who had a pleasure to participate in Clinical Workshop on May, 2006. My trip from Chicago to New York wasn't useless: I passed Step 2 CS! I wish I would take your course earlier. In that case I would have passed my exam without failure on first attempt.

You and your team are doing great job. You help us, FMGs, to gain more confidence, to adjust our knowledge and skills to US medical environment and eventually pass the exam. After your clinical workshop everything on the real exam was predictable, time wasn't so pressuring and almost all patients encounters were more easily manageable.

Thank you a lot for helping us to make first steps towards getting to medical field in U.S.!
  
Sincerely,

Natalia Vojtovich, M.D.
Native of Russia
January 23, 2006

Good morning Dr. Swartz.

I am Tatiana Sinitsina, if you remember me from the September C3NY workshops. I took the exam on November 7 and finally got the result. I passed!!!!

I appreciate every minute of your course and your comments. In three days we got the most valuable, compact information needed to succeed on CS. After the course, I followed your advice and practiced my English with "American English Pronunciation Program" and also prepared the cases. On the exam, the most difficult part for me was time; the rest, due to your workshops, I felt quiet comfortable and confident.

Thank you, Dr. Swartz, Mrs. Anna, and your SPs! I would be happy to have my comments on your web page. And one more time THANK YOU!

Tatiana Sinitsina, M.D.
Native of Russia

November 7, 2005

Dear Dr. Swartz,

Please forgive me for such a long silence. Endless waiting for the CS result began to get the best of me, so I decided to abandon the temptation of checking Oasis every five minutes and escaped to an Oasis of my own. I got back yesterday - replenished and much more sane and elated to discover my passing CS report! It took more than eleven weeks! (my exam was on July 30 in Philadelphia ). But all is well that ends well.

I know that your CS workshops are just the beginning of what the Clinical Competence Center is meant to be. Your work answers a call that would otherwise fall on deaf ears. I also hear it resonating and would consider it an honor to be of help to you in any way.

You rekindled in me the excitement of knowing that everything I embrace as truth today is just a small part of what I will eventually be able to recognize. Thank you for your kindness, your devotion, your care.

Sincerely,

Elina Tsyvkin, M.D.
Native of Russia

August 31, 2005

Dear Dr. Swartz and Ms. Lank!

I took my exam on July 26, and felt pretty terrible afterwords. Thanks to you, I knew damn well what I had to do, and how. But, as Dr. emphasized, this is not a perfection they're looking for. For me it was hard to believe, but I've realized this when received my report two days ago - and it says - PASS!!! I'm so happy, and grateful to you. You're doing an exellent job, helping IMGs like me to get through this ordeal. Please pass my very special thanks to Charles and the other SPs; their feedback was invaluable.

I wish you all the best,

Yuliya Perch, M.D.
Native of Russia


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