Hello. I've read some negative story about returning to US and practice medicine. (at least in CA) I'm from NY and not 100% sure that if that's the same case in NY. Can anyone give me some tips?
Thanks alot.

CA requires that your school be on their approved list

NY license is no problem. you just cannot do more than 12 weeks of rotations there if you are not on their list. you also cannot do residency there if you have more than 12 weeks of clinicals "outside the home country of your school". going there after residency for licensing is no problem if you have avoided all the above

Wait, could u plz explain in details when u say no more than 12 weeks of clinicals "outside the home country of your school"? I thought we were supposed to do the mandatory clinicals in Juarez for 16 wks.

i am not familiar with the rules of your school in particular but if your school is in mexico and you do rotations in mexico, then that is the home country of your school. whereever your school is registered i guess.

you can always get licensed in NY after residency....just follow NY's rules.

the thing about NY is this... if you are not on their "list", you can only do up to 12 weeks of rotations in NY, if you do more, you're in big trouble. supposedly the packet of info requesting them to evaluate our school has been in the works for quite a while now, and it takes them a long time to approve the school. I don't know if this is true, it's just what i've heard.

And technically, you are not to do a residency there, but people do residencies in NY all the time from our school. Our Pharm teacher, Dr. S*, left to go to Kingsbrook Hospital, NY, Internal Medicine, on an off cycle match in January 2006. Lots pf people match in NY, because there are so many positions available, and they are typically IMG friendly.

I have a question about Cahsu, I was told that we must do 1 semester of clincal in Jurez mexico, so does that jeporadize our chances of doing residency in the US?

no it does not jeopardize your chances for residency, and licensure too one day. This is something to keep in mind... when you do rotations INSIDE the US, you should make sure they are what they call "green book" or in other words, listed in the ACGME catalog as a teaching hospital for whatever rotation you are doing. When you are outside the US, in England, or Mexico, they do not evaluate the rotation, because there is no authority to do so. There are some good Mexico rotations, and some not so good. If you speak spanish, more power to you. Doing some rotations in Mexico was a good chance for me to keep up on the spanish, because it needs brushing up. Some docs speak english just fine, some have a tuff time with it. But most importantly, 95% of the patients speak spanish, so you should also. Don't feel bad if you don't speak spanish, just realize that you won't get as much out of the rotation, and try to get to the US or UK as soon as you can. My last rotation in Mexico I was on call 2 days/week, and worked pretty hard at it (OBGYN), did 400+ colposcopies, assisted in surgery, etc. Some are not this way. The US rotations are better structured, and you will get more out of them, so do as much in the US as you can.

The UK rotations are very good, but they are also expensive. If $$$ is of no concern for you, go to the UK or US. The US considers these UK rotations just as good as US rotations, and you don't have to worry about them being green book or not, it doesn't matter.

So if CAHSU requires 16 weeks of mandatory rotations in Juarez, that means we can't do Residency in NY?

Also, what are the "green book" hospitals in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut? After the 12 weeks in NY, maybe I can goto one of these other places. I heard there's a hospital in Connectictu where you can do ALL of your rotations.

i don't know where you got that impression. people do residencies in NY all the time from our school.

Hey, I'm considering this school. So for the clinicals you MUST do a rotation in Mexico? So that means that you can't complete the whole 3rd and 4th years in US?