cupcake

Relatively cheap for HOME students only (that is EU residents). As an 'overseas' student you pay 20x the price to subsidise the home students. that's the way it works. The 'state' of Great Britain pays nowt for you (though you do get all the general perks of being a student in the UK while studying, such as free health care and a work permit of course).

All UK medical schools have a quota for overseas students which usually amounts to no more than 6-7 students per year per school. This is why Americans are not very likely to get in (in fact I have never ever met an American medical student here). The UK National Health Service has to have enough Drs to fill it's posts and only when these places are filled are overseas students admitted (as Lo1603 hinted above).

Also, if you want to practise medicine in the US you will have to take lots of tests again (I'm not a medic so don't ask me which ones) whereas students from most Commonwealth countries will just be accepted as trained Drs back home no problem. So I think this is another factor which makes training in the UK more difficult for Americans. Plus you will be competing with students from countries such as Singapore which have a (High School) education system which is quite similar to the UK (in theory) and are hence probably better prepared for interviews and the application process.

Medicine is a 6 year undergraduate course in the UK too (or 4 year intensive for Eu only, as discussed above).

soakupthesun

I'd really like to study atleast undergrad outside the U.S. Does anyone know any colleges like in Germany, UK, or Carribean area for your undergrad and possibly grad?

Ann.Vandeput

I'm from belgium, and i'm going to med school in the fall. I don't know if anyone's interested in coming to belgium but its this or studying for finals so.

The classes are given in dutch (although almost everyone in belgium speaks english) but the handbooks (at least at my school, UHasselt) are in english.

You just have to pass an entrance exam (also in dutch, wich kind of sucks for you) and you can automatically go to any flemish university you want. But dutch isn't any harder than german or french.

The tuition cost is 500 euros (about 800 dollar), but i don't know how it works for foreign applicants.
It's 7 years, a three year bachelor where you learn how the body works and then a four year master. The first two masters are still theorethical (learning what can go wrong, diseases and all). The 6th year is 12 months internship in different rotations and the seventh year is equivalent with the american internship in a chosen specialty and some classes about that specialty.

And for those people thinking about going to the netherlands: don't!
Belgium is a lot more laid back, we have better food (we have the best french fries in the world), our med school is better, brussels si the most international city of the EU, antwerp is the best city if you want to shop (way better than london!) and leuven is the definition of a student city (drinking age is 16 btw and we have the best beers in the world). And we have the best social security system in the world (i still don't get how things work in america, do they really let people just die if they can't afford a surgery???)

So if you wnat to attend med school in Europe, don't rule out belgium. It's really a lot of fun.

senmash

hi everyone i just got accepted into Weill cornell medical college in qatar (i am not an american so this was the closest i sould get to american medical education) i was wondering if anyone had any idea about my eligibility for residency in the U.S after i gradute from there... thx

zaini

hi. i wanna know dat. after A level wud it b advisable to study medical here in Pakistan??????? plzzz reply

zaini

if not then how can i apply in a foreign medical college?

zaini

and wot is the procedure of making equivalence to A level in Pakistan? is thr any draw back when u get an equivalent certificate ?

zaini

plllllllzzzzz kunfuzzed reply me quick. m really confused....

bluedevilmike

Kunfuzed is no longer taking questions on foreign schools, as he is no longer enrolled in his medical school. He has returned to the US and will not be entering a career in medicine.

Lina CC

Considering I am still in school I couldn’t say if I agree or disagree with you, because I don’t know how colleges work. What I know is that I am a Latin American and I really want to attend to a foreign college and I would really like to be treated equally as US citizens, Canadian or any other nationality. I want to become a doctor, and honestly I would really like to be accepted into a good medical school with no prejudice or trouble. I also don’t think that foreign schools are less supportive to a student who has difficult mastering the material, I think it’s the total opposite, because colleges ware very concerned with their students specially those who don’t understand fully well. Finally I have to say that I totally agree with the idea that a foreign educated physician is able to practice with the same rights as a North American educated colleague, because this promotes the equality of rights and at the same time education.

belevitt

For the most part, I am sure that the statement that where you did med school is irrelevant after residency is true. However, if your aspirations lie in research, a foreign medical training would be a major liability.

bluedevilmike

Assuming you manage to get a residency position.

marcNHS

If you are thinking about a country to go study in, you can check out this AMA website to see which country many IMGs come from

AMA (IMG) IMGs by country

bluedevilmike

To reemphasize -- going to a foreign medical school is a fine option if you are actually FROM the country in question. If you live in Pakistan, have gone to high school in Pakistan, then Aga Khan is a great school. If you live in Cuba, then a Cuban medical school is a great option.

Americans should go to medical school in America. Residency match rates and USMLE pass rates both bear this out.

photon

While i was reading the entrance requirement for university, i chanced upon the term "AS level".
Can someone explains what does AS level means?

Thanks!