International medical graduate

International Medical graduates (IMGs) study five to eight years in their country to become doctors. When they come to the Unites States, they often struggle with a new language and standardized tests. For this reason, many foreign doctors like myself, decide to explore alternative pathways into a healthcare career. Nevertheless, even if a foreign medical graduate speaks the language and passes all the test, there is still a 50% chance that they cannot advance their careers compared to the 94% chance Seniors in US medical schools have (Bailey, 2016). Both international medical graduates and US medical graduates learn the same conceptual information. However, there is a point where IMGs are learning practical clinical skills and US graduates…

Nursing career requirements in the US are inconvenient for students with previous educational experience and international medical graduates. Regardless of their educational credits from other colleges and universities, their previous medical knowledge and skills, besides the cultural diversity needed to take care of the growing minorities; these national and foreign nursing students face many barriers in their attempt to continue studying a professional health career in the US. One of the…

accept any bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, but some programs may only accept health care related degrees. Official transcripts must be submitted that reflect a GPA of at least 2.5 to three on a 4.0 scale. For example, a Bachelor of Science in health care management is a good degree choice because it combines the business acumen and medical background needed to be an effective leader in health care environments. Students learn how to make care, quality and operation decisions to…

health care system in this project, I saw that providing a more affordable medical device can only solve one of many dimensions of the problem. Becoming a…

I entered Clark with an understanding that in my senior year I would be taking both undergraduate and graduate-level classes. For that reason, I attempted to complete as many of my requirements, especially the ones I perceived to be the most difficult, earlier on in my academic career. The Community Development and Planning track requires undergrads to take two courses their senior year therefore I scheduled each semester so that I could take these required courses during my senior year. I have…

There are many years of training that a surgeon must go through. To even be eligible to start a surgical residency, one must have 4 years of medical school, and after that the student would have to complete 3 to 8 years of a surgical residency. If a student does get into medical school there are many skills that one would need to posse to graduate. “No doctor will be able to make it through medical school without rigorous study and understanding of the concepts of the human body”, this quote,…

National and foreign students with previously earned credits face many barriers in their attempt to continue studying a professional health carrier in the US. One of the bigger obstacles has been supported by the private’s nursing schools, which routinely reject academic credits transferred by these students, despite their high level of medical knowledge and skills, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity suited to meet the demands of the patients. Nursing career requirements in the US are…

It would have been an easier assignment if you had asked me about what I am not concerned about in college. How can I pick one thing? Between balancing classes, work, trying to make new friends, extracurriculars, and my mental and physical health, college has been a whirlwind. You see, the thing about college is that I have more to lose. In high school, I studied, but not as much as I should have. I maintained A’s and B’s, but high school didn’t seem like a huge stepping stone towards my future.…

have seen in the previous paragraph. However the GMC ignoring other important factors which play an important rule in doctors performance. Particulary for PLAB candidate who are mainly are international medical graduates outside the EEA, not familiar with cultures, hospital setup, patient expectation. An online survey was done by http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/Difficulties_for_international_medical_graduates_working_in_the_NHS#ref1 to look into the hurdling issue the IMG face in the NHS.…

I have complete my High School in United States of America. After my High school completion, I joined community college for my Associate Arts degree but while I was doing Associate Arts degree I started to have passion of working in hospital so I joined Heald College for Medical Assistant. I have achieved Diploma in Applied Science in 2012 and I received opportunity to do externship in one of the good hospital Kasier permanente,where I worked for three months as a medical assistant.After…