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Old 05-09-2008, 01:18 AM
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anyone stay on St. Martin?

I've never been on the island, but I hear its a paradise. Anyone know anyone who stayed on the island instead of going back to some crummy residency in the states?
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Old 05-09-2008, 07:23 AM
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I've never been on the island, but I hear its a paradise. Anyone know anyone who stayed on the island instead of going back to some crummy residency in the states?
St. Maarten is far from paradise. But yes, there are people who stay over the breaks to save money. I am not one of them.
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you have to complete your residency in the states, and then if you want you can come back, but i you have to do a few certain things to be able to practice

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Ooops...sorry,mis-read your post. I thought you were talking about leaving over break. I guess I never though anyone would actually consider moving here as a physician! I would assume that if you're able to be licensed in the US, you would be at least qualified to work here as well...not sure what the actual laws are though. Why in the world would you want to do that though?
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I remember talking with a doctor from the St maarten ER who went to Ross U and now lives and works on the island. But she was a local to the Caribbean.

Most of the doctors on the island are Dutch.
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Honestly I do not know the specifics, but I have talked to a student that looked into working as a doctor on the island after residency. The student reported that it was nearly impossible unless that student married a local St. Maarten citizen. You should have seen the look I gave the student when they told me they loved the island so much that they were desperately trying to find a way to immigrate there.
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I think you have to meet immigration requirements and then I think you have to work with a local doctor for 1 year (i remeber this was discussed a long time ago). I think one of the vets on the island is american, granted he is a vet, but he is practicing there, so there has to be a way for someone to work there.

Especially, if you are willing invest in a doctor office and employee locals for certain office work. first you need to do residency and then you can think about where you want to work.

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...and employee locals for certain office work.
Even if I were willing to come back here...that would be the deal breaker!
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The island's only orthopedist practiced in the United States for almost 40 years, and retired to SXM. He tried for many years to start a practice on the island, but despite the fact that they didn't have any orthopedic surgeons, they made it as difficult as possible for him. After a few years of jumping through hoops and bounds, they finally let him. Imagine the "government" would have rather had the citizens fly to Curacao than give this guy a license. Now he has a pretty big practice, and it's practically a charity.
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I think one of the vets on the island is american, granted he is a vet, but he is practicing there, so there has to be a way for someone to work there.


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Good point... but it's he married to a local Dutch St. Maarten citizen?!! LOL! So maybe my previous statement was more true than I thought! hahah Some things about St. Maarten will never change!?!

Another thing I was wondering about... in those stricter states in the US to get medical license, doesn't it state that we must be able to have a license in our "home" country (ie SXM)? I know AUC meets all of those requirements... there MUST be some way that we would be allowed to practice there since the school is there. Hummm Does anyone know of any doctors on the island that went to AUC? If I remember right there once was a local St. Maarten citizen enrolled at AUC. From what I remember that SXM student was the first ever accepted. I’m not 100% sure about those facts.
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