Where should I go for medical school?

WayOutWestMom
Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:40:50 +0000

The best place to go to medical is in the country in which you want to eventually practice. Most countries place multiple roadblocks in the licensing process for anyone who is not a citizen of that country or hasn’t trained in that country.

It’s true that US medical schools are very expensive for internationals (in the $250K-$350K range, with the funds placed in escrow before matriculation) and only 100-150 positions are offered each year to internationals. Most of those seats go to Canadians since some US med school give special admission consideration to Canadian applicants and Canadian government offers loans to its citizens who attend med school in the US.

[Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools by State of Legal Residence](https://www.aamc.org/download/321462/data/factstablea4.pdf)

There are a number of medical schools in the Caribbean, Ireland, and Eastern Europe that accept internationals. In fact, they’re basically set up for US, UK and EU students who couldn’t get accepted to med school in their home countries. These programs are taught in English and generally follow EU & US medical curriculums. There are also medical schools in the Middle East and China that accept internationals.

There is website and forum for international medical schools here: [url=http://www.valuemd.com]ValueMD[/url]

The problem with all of these schools is that it’s extremely difficult find a residency position once med school is finished. You cannot practice medicine without completing residency training. Most countries require a high level of language fluency in the locally spoken language and passing a series of standardized exams dealing with medical knowledge. Each country has its own set of standardized exams and you cannot test for one country and have it accepted in a different country. Even if you meet these criteria, strong preference is still given to native citizens/permanent residents and those who have attended med school/trained in-country.