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BECOMING A MEDICAL SURGEON |
| Message Name: |
You will have a difficult time |
| Date Posted: |
10/28/2001 |
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deep down inside i'd like to be a doctor.
i just love watching ER and watching the surgeons do their job.
i'm not even in college yet so i thought i'd plan ahead.
i'd like to be a medical doctor, i know it for sure, i just want to confirm how long it takes till i finish studying in college.
i'm in the uk,lets say i enter uni at 18, what age am i likely to finish.
what effects will studying in the uk have on getting a job in the states somewhere on the east coast. how can it be done.
can anybody who understands the british education system tell me what kind of a-level grades i should be looking to get for those all science a-levels.
how does school ranking effect job applications, sorry about all the questions, please try to answer some. |
| Message: |
You will certainly have the opportunity to practice in the United States. However, you will initially be at a disadvantage next to U.S. graduates both MD, D.O. and Carribean MD graduates in acquiring a surgical residency.
I would say your chances of acquiring a surgical residency in the U.S. is next to impossible for a foreign graduate considering that even Carribean grads rarely get surgical residencies.
I would encourage you to attend a medical school in the U.S. if you can. You will have to complete a residency in the U.S. regardless if you have already undergone a residency in the U.K. I would hate to undergo two residency periods. Basically, if you graduate in the U.K., don't expect to be a surgeon in the U.S. It's not going to happen. Your questions regarding levels is ambiguous to us. The British educatonal system is different than our system.
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