How to become a doctor in the USA?
I began to slowly find out information about how to confirm a medical diploma in order to earn from $100 to $000 a year, to be the most respected person in the area and to allow myself to shut up Aunt Natasha at a family feast, who said that nothing would come of you.
To obtain a license to practice medicine in America, a doctor must pass four tests that make up the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). Testing, practical part, analysis of clinical cases, interaction with patients, interviews, medical skills. documentation. Clinical disciplines tested: therapy, surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology. A good level of knowledge and clinical thinking will allow you to successfully cope with tasks, and six months of training will be sufficient, but subject to a high level of proficiency in medical English. It should also be possible to travel to the states to take practical skills; the test can be taken from Vladivostok. Keep in mind, having at least $3000 just for the exams themselves is just the beginning of spending money.
If nothing scares you, you have time/money/language and a desire to practice medicine in the USA, register an account on the ECFMG website and send documents: translated transcripts of grades, identifying documents, confirmation of funds to live in the USA during the exams and other documents for a visa. More details and in order - on this site.
Next, residency, which is paid for, takes from 3 to 7 years. You can forget your entire internship/residency. You can’t choose the state, they will send you wherever the hospital takes you, where you will spend 80% of your time. Well, the specialty will also be the one for which there will be places. A doctor I know wanted to do a residency in neurosurgery, but went into neurology. Overall, he’s happy, he’s paid $4000 a month, he lives alone, it’s enough for him, and his studies are interesting and exciting.
Then you can generally narrow your specialization as much as possible to a neurologist for the facial nerve, but that’s another story. And one of the secrets that no one will tell you: after 40 years, not a single residency will take you. There are no age restrictions for nurses; you can start studying there at least at 80.
Source: Telegram channel “Lukova & Lyubimov in USA”
