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[mrdr]

I am a US citizen and am wondering what options I have for foreign medical schools, if I want to practice back in the US. I have done plenty of searches and have found that carribean schools (SGU, Ross, SABA, AUG) are the best alternative to US med schools and that it is fairly painless in getting back to the US to practice, but have not come across many other schools outside of the carribean. What other school options do I have? Are there any schools outside of the carribean that are comparable to US schools? Will I be able to come back to the US and practice?

[microphage]

Originally Posted by mrdr

I am a US citizen and am wondering what options I have for foreign medical schools, if I want to practice back in the US. I have done plenty of searches and have found that carribean schools (SGU, Ross, SABA, AUG) are the best alternative to US med schools and that it is fairly painless in getting back to the US to practice, but have not come across many other schools outside of the carribean. What other school options do I have? Are there any schools outside of the carribean that are comparable to US schools? Will I be able to come back to the US and practice?

Mexico, European schools(eg Ireland), Australia, Israel just to name a few. Most of these don't have 3rd year clinicals in the US though. That's one of the better upside to the Caribbean schools.



BTW, its AUC not AUG.

[Chemist_11]

Hi Micro, just a question, if i were a student at an EU school, if passed the USMLE's what problems would i face trying to get employed as a graduate in the US from a czech school, seem as though im a UK resident (British).?

Thanks

[microphage]

Originally Posted by DR_DGB_NYQ

Hi Micro, just a question, if i were a student at an EU school, if passed the USMLE's what problems would i face trying to get employed as a graduate in the US from a czech school, seem as though im a UK resident (British).?

Thanks

Seems like you'd have VISA issues when applying for a residency. You'd need to find a program which would sponsor h1b or j1 visas. And if u wanted to stay in the US... then you'd definitely want the H1B visa. I'm not an expert on the visas so i'm not much help.

[mrdr]

microphage, do you know any specific schools in europe and australia that have 3rd year clinicals in the US? and what are some of the better schools there, so that i may do some more research on them...

[Chemist_11]

Australian National University
http://www.anu.edu.au/
42 Frank Fenner Building
CanberraTel: +61 25 10 88, Fax: +61 25 07 58

Flinders University, School of Medicine *
http://som.flinders.edu.au/
G.P.O. Box 2100
Adelaide, SA 5001
Tel: +61 8 8204 5794, Fax: +61 8 8204 5675

James Cook University, School of Medicine
http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/medicine/
Townsville, QLD 4811
Tel: +61 7 4781 6232, Fax: +61 7 4781 6986

Monash University, Faculty of Medicine
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/
Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168
Tel: +61 3 9905 4318, Fax: +61 3 9905 4302

University of Adelaide, Faculty of Medicine
http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/
Frome Road, Adelaide, SA 5005
Tel: +61 8 8303 5193, Fax: +61 8 8303 3788

University of Melbourne, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences *
http://www.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au
Medical Building, Parkville, VIC 3010
Tel: +61 3 9344 5894, Fax: +61 3 9347 7854

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine
http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/
Office of The Dean, Corner Botany & High St., Sydney, NSW 2052
Tel: +61 2 9385 2454, Fax: +61 2 9385 1289

University of Newcastle, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences *
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/medprac-pop/
University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308
Tel: +61 2 4921 5000, Fax: +61 2 4921 7165

University of Queensland, Mayne Medical School
http://www.uq.edu.au/health/
Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006
Tel: +61 7 3365 5316, Fax: +61 7 3365 5433

University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine
http://www.medfac.usyd.edu.au
Edward Ford Building, A27, Sydney, NSW 2006
Tel: +61 2 9351 4579, Fax: +61 2 9351 3196

University of Tasmania, School of Medicine
http://www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/
GPO Box 252-71, Hobart, TAS 7001
Tel: +61 3 6226 4860, Fax: +61 3 6226 4816

University of Western Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry *
http://www.meddent.uwa.edu.au/
Nedlands, WA 6907
Tel: +61 8 9346 3876, Fax: +61 8 9346 2369



There are the schools in Oz, why not have a look through at the clinical section for each uni, im sure you will find something.
Im also guessing that you are looking at 4 year courses, if that is the case, you will most probably be looking at poland, take a look


Jagiellonian University, Medical College
http://www.cm-uj.krakow.pl/
Ulica Sw. Anny 12, PL-31008 Kraków
Tel: +48 12 422 5444, Fax: +48 12 422 4006

Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine *
http://www.usoms.poznan.pl
10 Fredry Street, PL-61701 Poznan
Tel: +48 61 852 0342, Fax: +48 61 857 0455

Medical University in Bydgoszcz, Faculty II
http://www.amb.bydgoszcz.pl/
Ulica Jagiellonska 13, PL-85067 Bydgoszcz
Tel: +48 52 211 818

Medical Academy of Bialystok
http://amb.ac.bialystok.pl/
Ulica Kilinskiego 1, PL-15230 Bialystok

Medical Academy of Lublin
http://www.am.lublin.pl/
Al. Raclawickie 1, PL-20950 Lublin
Tel: +48 81 209 21, Fax: +48 81 289 03

Medical Academy of Warsaw *
http://www.amwaw.edu.pl/
Ulica Zwirki I Wigury 61, PL02091 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 572 0219, Fax: +48 22 572 0280

Medical Centre for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw
http://www.cmkp.edu.pl/
Ul. Marymoncka 99, 02-813 Warsaw
Tel: +48 22 834 6847, Fax: +48 22 834 0470

Medical University of Gdañsk, Faculty of Medicine
http://www.amg.gda.pl/
Ulica Sklodowskiej Curie 3a, PL-80210 Gdañsk
Tel: +48 58 3478 222, Fax: +48 58 3016 115

Medical University of Lodz
http://www.am.lodz.pl
Al. Kosciuszki 4, PL-90419 Lodz
Tel: +42 632 51 00, Fax: +42 632 23 47

Medical University of Silesia
http://www.slam.katowice.pl/
Ulica Poniatowskiego 15, PL-40952 Katowice
Tel: +48 32 514 964, Fax: +48 32 511 410

Military Medical University
http://www.wam.lodz.pl/
PL-90001 Lodz

Pomeranian Academy of Medicine in Szczecin
http://www.pam.szczecin.pl/
Ulica Rybacka 1, PL-70204 Szczecin
Tel: +48 91 336 303, Fax: +48 91 336 303

Wroclaw Medical University *
http://www.am.wroc.pl/
Pasteura Street 1, PL-50369 Wroclaw
Tel: +48 71 784 1001, Fax: +48 71 784 1009

There has to be some info on clinicals.


Good luck.

[mrdr]

DR_DGB_NYQ, thanks for the multitude of information...in your opinion, since i do not yet know much about these schools, which 3 in australia and which 3 in poland are the most respectable?

[Chemist_11]

Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Is thought to be the best school in poland for international students, students at other polish schools say so, and is that in my personal opinion also. (However people disagree - always happens on here )

Flinders University SOM, University of NSW SOM and the University of Sydney SOM are the best three medical schools in Aus, in my personal opinion in no particular order, however if you ask in the 'Australian medical schools' section on VMD, about the schools in Aus, im sure you will be pointed in the right direction with regards quality and admissions,

Good luck!

[Tyson]

There is also the international program at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. There basic sciences are all taught in English and the program focuses on USMLE prep. The biggest advantage I see to their program is that you graduate bilingual in Spanish and English which will be an increasing advantage as a US doctor as the Spanish speaking population increases.

Just so you know I talked to them, but I have already applied elsewhere so I wont be at UAG. Their program sounds pretty cool though.