Quote (Bubbler @ Jul 13 2014 10:50am)
there is this thing called google
check it, before contradicting someone.
Foreign grads such as MBBS have 5 years of med school total right after doing their +2 AKA high school for example, in those 5 years the first 2 are all theory, the next 2 are clinical, and the last year is INTERNSHIP, not residency.
After that you come back and take your USMLE's then get matched into a residency program.
The matching goes:
U.S. born/U.S. med school (top priority)
Foreign born/U.S. med school (2nd tier)
U.S. born/Foreign med school (caribbean, abroad, etc.)
Foreign born/Foreign med school (last tier)
so basically anybody that doesn't go to a u.s. med school better damn well score above a 95th percentile (or 90th and hope ur lucky) to get matched to even a halfway decent paid residency program in the united states.
For foreign grads everything is off limits for residency except Internal medicine, family practice, and pediatrics. So basically foreign grads have to do internal medicine a little longer than u.s. med students to get a better career, otherwise apart from the USMLE score and residency choice limits, there is no difference. The end result is the same.
And i'd love to see your credentials.
This post was edited by ViviLOL on Jul 14 2014 01:17am