Posted by Cam W. on February 20, 2000, at 22:43:56
In reply to Re: Medical Training in the U.S., posted by Abby on February 20, 2000, at 20:59:16
> If you were a physician with years of experience, you would still have to spend a lot of time training as a resident. I don't know how they handle visiting world experts.
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> Medical school in the U.S. is an almost exclusively post graduate training.
> (Boston University has a B.S./M.D. program) Itis very expensive and increasingly difficult to get in.
> I believe that it requires 4 years of school plus further training when they start paying you a low salary.
> I think that the 4th year is spent working on different rotations.
>
> Expect to budget about $45,000/yr for tuition and living expenses at a top ivy league school. Some place like Baylor College (an excellent school in Texas) would be a lot less.for tuition and living expenses. You have to take a long test of basic biology and chemistry called the MCAT which is usually given in the Spring and summer.
> I'm sure that the schools would evaluate foreign credentials differently. In the States people get University degrees in History or English before training as doctors.
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> These are the requirements for U.S. Students. At my school the average course load was 4 classes per semester the equivalent of 16 year-long courses.
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> 1 year Biology
> 1 year chemistry
> 1 year organic chemistry
> 1 year physics
> basic calculus.
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> You could take the physics over a summer in an intensive course.
> If you are an Oxbridge student, then they would look at your course differently.
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> Good luck, though.
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> AbbyChris - For a well rounded education, you may want to take some courses in medical chemistry, and pharmacokinetics/pharmacoldynamics to be able to get a job ( outside of reaseach) in Canada, If you do make it in, do not forget the problems faced in the real world ( eg non-compliance, substance abuse, and chronic lying, to name a few. Good luck with your endeavors and hope to meet you soon. Sincerely - Cam W.
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