Where should I apply???? Help!!!!

[Ramandnb]

Hi

I am a brit student desperatly seeking to study medicine abroad. I have been advised to enter so many different schools. From Europe to Asia.

I want to go to Poland as my first choice and secondly i would love to go to SGU. I would like to be as close to home as I possibly can.

Can anyone help me please?? I have 9 g.c.s.e's and A-levels in chem, bio, business, psycology and general studies. I have also worked in a hos for 3 yrs.

[caroline]

Hi, i just joined this forum today and I am in the same sitaution as you. I am thinking of charles in prague. I a currently with IUHS but after reading some of the stuff posted am thinking of getting out although they have been really good so far! I have 13 gcse's, a levels in biology chem history and english and a Bsc in biomedical science from kings. I have tried to apply through ucas but gave up after my second year of knock back. I have the grades it just seems that no one wants to know. I hope I don't smell!

[PathOne]

Would definitely recommend a European (EU) school, due to licensing issues. If you go to Carib., you'd have to sit for the PLAB in the UK, which you can probably avoid if you are a UK national and graduate from an EU school. (due to mutual recognition of docs in EU - tho' not sure if it matters that you went to a school in a country where you're not a citizen. GMC can answer that quickly).

[OLDPRO]

Originally Posted by Ramandnb

Hi

I am a brit student desperatly seeking to study medicine abroad. I have been advised to enter so many different schools. From Europe to Asia.

I want to go to Poland as my first choice and secondly i would love to go to SGU. I would like to be as close to home as I possibly can.

Can anyone help me please?? I have 9 g.c.s.e's and A-levels in chem, bio, business, psycology and general studies. I have also worked in a hos for 3 yrs.

Is Poland EU? If not they will have to sit for the PLAB. But Poland is a good option to be close to the UK. They have decent schools too.

[McGillGrad]

Originally Posted by whuds

Is Poland EU?

Yes it is.

[mo5225md]

what about SMU...it is on the british west indies...so it wouldnt be as hard for you to come back

[PathOne]

Originally Posted by mo5225md

what about SMU...it is on the british west indies...so it wouldnt be as hard for you to come back

Wouldn't work... SMU is chartered by the gov't of the Cayman Islands, and is thus NOT considered an EU-school... So even as a UK-citizen, you'd need to sit for the PLAB and will only receive a limited license...

[mo5225md]

really...what do you mean by a limited license?

[renwick]

What about Saba?
The island of Saba is suppose to become a part of the Netherlands by July of 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles). Since the Netherlands are part of the EU would that work?

[PathOne]

Regarding limited registration in the UK, see:

http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/how_to...actsheet.asp#5

Highly doubt Saba etc. would qualify as EU-schools. While the Netherlands Antilles do seem to revert to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, they would retain their own government. So that will be essentially the same situation as with the (UK) Commonwealth: That the country would nominally accept the King (or Queen) of the UK/Netherlands as their sovereign, but in reality remain independent countries, including the right to charter medical or other schools, and thus remain ineligible as far as EU-regulations are concerned. Same status also applies to Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but has self-rule and isn't part of the EU, so lots of precendents for that... (no med school in Greenland, tho')