hey guys my dream is to do medical school somewhere overseas, near the ocean like somewhere in the carribeans or australia. just wondering though, do hospitals here take the credits recieved overseas? i know i still have to pass the board examinations and everything but i hope i wont study 4 years overseas and its all useless here.
I know a guy that works with my father went to Med School in Australia and is a radiation oncologist at methodist.
My brother is in Dominica right now, attending Ross University. He only has to stay there for a year and a half (total), and then he goes to Miami for clinicals and then residency in NYC. You get your M.D. and all, but it's supposedly more challenging than US medical schools because they have to weed more people out. I talked to him last week and he said it's a lot of work and studying, but not too difficult to make A's and B's.
My dad got his undergrad civil engineering degree from Pakistan in the 1970's and his masters in structural engineering from Ohio State. He was hired by a structural engineering firm here in Houston and has been working there for the past 27 years...so anything is possible.
definately do-able...but if you want to specialize in the uber competitive fields like derm, rad onc, plastics...than you may not have the opportunity as an FMG (foreign medical graduate)...but as far as residencies..just take the USMLE, rock it..and you should be able to land an OK residency in the states...gluck
thx man, i ve been checking out a lot of them, a couple in the carribeans and a few in australia look really good, and are on the california list of accredited international medical schools. also a couple in china looks good, but preferbly carribean or australia.
My cousin is at med school in Antigua. First two years are in Antigua, and next two years are in Miami. They run a 3 semester school year, so you get alot of learning done fast. He stated that 90% of students at his school are American, and mostly of South Asian descent for some reason.
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No, I'm already attending one. My question is if employers will accept me because I don't think the college I'm attending is highly regarded enough.
Why would you want to do med school overseas if you don't have to? It will make your life that much tougher when you come back to the mainland, even if you do your clinical rotations here. You will still be a FMG and, IMHO, should not be somthing you want to consider unless you either attend a 6 year medical program overseas directly after high school, i.e. many European schools, or you have no choice but to go overseas. If it is your dream to go overseas for med school, then I would suggest Europe. There are only a handful of schools in the Caribbean that are even worthy of attending, St. George's and Ross IRC. Europe has plenty of top medical schools that have been around for a long time and therefore well established within the medical field. Still, when its all said and done, you have no guarantees that the overseas med school you attend will even be approved in the US state you want to practice in. Things change all the time, especially in states such as Texas and California. Plus, if you get the grades and have the MCAT to go to school here, why would you want to go elsewhere? Not to say that the Caribbean students aren't has smart as the ones here, but for the majority of them, they went to the Caribbean for a reason. There are WAY too many schools there that are cash cows. They are owned by US companies to make money. Its a business, and I would avoid it for the life of me. My 2 cents. Check out this forum for more info. Value MD
I don't know if it is possible, but you may be able to do a fellowship overseas if you really want to live somwhere else for a while. Better yet, do an exchange program as an undergrad. One more thing, if you want to be exposed to cases indigenous to certain regions, do volunteer work overseas after becoming a physician here. Also, there are lots of programs where you can go overseas to volunteer as an undergrad.
From people I work with now. India and Germany- best engineering training. Germany - Mechanical and Electrical. India - Mechanical and civil. I would seriously like to go to India for some hydraulics-hydro mechanics-civil engineering study-and of course Germany.
I finished med-school in Romania last year. It is a 6 year program and it is well worth it money and education wise. Like another bbser was saying, be prepared to face an uphill battle when coming back to the states. You have to score higher than an average US medical graduate on your USMLE to try to get in any competitive residencies. The easiest residencies for FMG's to get into would be internal medicine, family medicine, and OB/GYN. Just remember that if you do take med-school in another country, be prepared to study your ass off compared to US medical students, try to do a lot of research while here in the US, and try to get an observership from a US hospital during the summer. Make sure your school is listed with IMED before you enroll. You can find a lot of info at http://www.ecfmg.org or just pm me.
As someone who is in med school right now, I agree with most of the posters above me in that by going to a foreign med school it definitely makes it more challenging for you in terms of matching into a competitive residence back in the US. From my experience, most of the people that I personally know who are currently in the caribbean for med school are not there by choice, but more of as a backup plan since they were not accepted in the US schools. For the most part, a MD is a MD, but by going to a foreign med school, it can severely reduce your opportunities and require you to work a lot harder in order to prove yourself. I remember reading somewhere that mentioned that residency positions are typically offered to MD students first, then DO, then the FMG last. You should definitely check out the forums at www.studentdoctor.net since they have a lot of similar threads on this type of topic.
