Hi Mikols,

Let’s be honest or rather realistic that we cannot compare the Medical Schools in Caribbean with those in Poland or other countries of the world. We all know that most of the Universities in Caribbean are well organized, and are designed with the standards to help students excel on their USMLE. Furthermore, their selection criteria, unlike medical schools in other countries are extremely competitive. While a student might be able to gain admission at Poznan, Lublin, Silesia, and few other universities without having a bachelors or the MCAT, the schools in Caribbean, and mainly SGU, Ross, AUC, and SABA are strict about the admission criteria. (MCAT, Bachelors, Volunteer work, and interview). Furthermore, the crowd that gets selected in Caribbean is extremely competitive and determined with keen interest in medicine. (Most of them were in the first cut-off in the US applicant pool), whereas the accepted students for a six-year program in Poland lack the exposure to college education and the intense medical school education, and the ones that are accepted for a four year programs have yet not taken the MCAT and don’t have their bachelors.

LEAVING ALL THAT ADISE, we are in this forum for those who have not been able to make into the US or Caribbean medical schools, and are considering applying to Poland, Hungary, or some other European medical school. Our focus is that… if they plan to get their education in Poland, what are their chances to get the residence position upon graduation.
As a matter of fact, you yourself have seen that there are many places that are IMG friendly, and the IMG even though will not be able to gain the residence in most competitive field, will at least be able to do residence in either internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, or psychiatry.
And I think this should be helpful to many students considering to go to Poznan, Lublin, Silesia, or some place else that YES! The IMG’s are able to get a residence position in the US at some hospitals, but, most likely you will be able to gain a position in a less competitive field and would struggle for specialties such as dermatology, neurosurgery, cardiology, and many more.


Please talk to every single person who you think will be able to guide you before making a decision to go to a medical school in Poland.
Contact the residence directors at the hospitals nearby to see whether they consider an IMG for a residence position, and if they do what factors will be in your favor (USMLE score) and what factors will be against you? (Need bachelors? Need the MCAT? Where you did your rotations?)

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