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Yes, and that focus is intentional. The Caribbean path has its own curriculum rhythm, its own clinical timeline, and its own reality when your application lands on a US or Canadian residency program’s desk. Coaching built for US MD students can miss the things that matter most to your situation. Dr. Bansal is a Saba University graduate and valedictorian who matched into a top-5 cardiology fellowship and later served as Chief Medical Officer. What you get here is guidance from someone who has actually walked your path, not someone estimating it from the outside.

USMLE tutoring teaches you content. Dr. Bansal teaches you strategy, context, and what to do with the content once you have it. A tutor will explain why aldosterone rises in heart failure. A coach will tell you which question types are draining your time, when to schedule your exam given your Caribbean clinical calendar, how to interpret the score you get, and what it means for the specialties you are still targeting. The two are complements, but only one of them keeps you from being unmatched.

Yes, particularly if you are weighing fellowship applications, navigating a probationary evaluation, rebuilding after a transfer, or planning the transition to attending. Caribbean graduates carry the IMG signal into residency and into fellowship selection, and the playbook that got you through the match is not the one that gets you into a competitive fellowship. Dr. Bansal has coached residents at every stage of that transition.

Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3. Each is scoped differently. Step 1 coaching is diagnostic and calendar-driven; Caribbean basic-science schedules do not align cleanly with US MD study timelines, and your plan has to reflect that. Step 2 CK is the score residency programs weigh most heavily in the match era, so our approach is built around the clerkship year you are taking it in. Step 3 coaching focuses on timing: when to sit, when to report, and how the score fits inside your ERAS narrative.

Match support is a suite of services, not a single deliverable. It engages at different stages: IMG Career Strategy sets the roadmap, Personal Statement and Application Narrative engineers your ERAS, Residency Interview Coaching prepares you for the interview season that decides the outcome, and Re-Applicant and Rescue Coaching is there if a cycle needs rebuilding. Most clients use two or three of these in combination, typically starting six to twelve months before ERAS opens. The free strategy call is where we scope which ones fit your situation.

The Question Bank is in development. Clinical vignettes are being written specifically around the patterns Caribbean students consistently miss on Step 1 and Step 2 CK, and we are intentionally not committing to a launch date until that content bar is met. Join the early-access list on this page and you will be notified the moment it opens, with founding-member pricing reserved for that list.

Yes. CaRMS has different timelines, different evaluation weights, and a different structural reality for IMGs than the NRMP, and Dr. Bansal has coached Canadian applicants through both paths. If you are Canadian-bound, the free strategy call will help you make the decision most Canadian IMGs need to make early: whether to apply US, Canada, or both, and in what order.

A thirty-minute one-on-one video call with Dr. Bansal (not a sales representative) to review where you are in your training, what you are worried about, and what the realistic next twelve months look like. You will leave with a written summary of the most important actions for your situation. There is no obligation to enroll afterward, and we will tell you honestly if we do not think our program is the right fit for where you are.

Virtually. Sessions are held over secure video, scheduled around Caribbean, US, and Canadian time zones, and recorded with your permission so you can review them later. Occasional in-person meetings are available around major conferences and rotation hubs, but the program is built to work from wherever your training takes you.

Most engagements run six to eighteen months, depending on where you enter the program and what you are working toward. A pre-clinical Caribbean student building a Step 1 plan looks different from an MS4 preparing for interview season, and both look different from a re-applicant rebuilding after an unmatched cycle. The free consultation is where we scope the realistic timeline for your situation before either of us commits.

The first call is diagnostic, not promotional. We read your ERAS, your personal statement, your letters, your interview record, and your match trail, and we give you an honest answer about what signaled weak and what is recoverable. From there we rebuild: gap-year plan, specialty-fit evaluation, re-submission strategy, and a new narrative for this cycle. Reapplying without that diagnosis is the single biggest reason IMGs go unmatched twice.

Yes. Personal Statement and Application Narrative is one of our six core services, and it is where most of our clients see the largest visible improvement. The approach is narrative coaching, not templates. We build your ERAS around the story a program committee will actually use to decide on you, and gaps, attempts, and time off are addressed directly rather than hidden.

Engagements are scoped to your situation, not sold off a shelf. During the free family strategy call Dr. Bansal will walk you through the services that fit your case, the realistic timeline, and the investment range. Most engagements combine two or three of our six service tracks. You receive a written, itemized quote before you commit to anything, and no payment is collected on the free call itself.