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The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) is an organization that designed the USMLE and is dedicated to developing high-quality assessments for health-care professionals. The NBME created the IFOM – International Foundations of Medicine exam in 2010, dedicated to assessing the core knowledge of international students taking the exam. The USMLE traditionally has included many
Interested in studying at an English medical program in Italy? Beginning in 2012, the Italian Ministry of Education and the Universities and Research, MIUR, developed the IMAT exam for international students who wish to matriculate into an English medical program at an Italian medical school. Below is how you can prepare for the IMAT exam
In 2014, Missouri, Indiana, and Kansas have signed a bill that would allow medical graduates that were unmatched to a residency program to prescribe medications and work as an assisting physician in rural and underserved areas. Due to the physician shortage, states are pushed with a difficult decision in increasing the physician workforce. Missouri decided
Whether you are a Malaysian student interested in studying in the USA, a U.S. student interested in attending medical school in Romania, or a student interested in studying outside your home country, here are the top five considerations before attending medical school in a new country. Do you have a natural skill in learning foreign
Prior to applying to medical school, I believed that in order to see if I was really cut out to be a doctor, I should first become a medical scribe. At the time, in 2008-09, medical scribes were not prevalent across the USA and only mainly in major cities. However, months passed and medical scribe
The short answer is YES. There has been a growing number of US citizens going abroad for medical school and returning for residency and to ultimately practice in the USA. Why do US students go abroad for medical school? The top common reasons for going abroad to medical school is: Cheaper tuition (in some cases):
If you are interested in applying to medical schools in Texas, there is a different method of applying to medical schools using the TMDSAS, Texas Medical & Dental, Application Service. The state of Texas does not use AMCAS, the centralized Medical School application service, but utilizes their own application service in order for students to
Once medical students graduate and become doctors, they enter the dreadful phase of RESIDENCY. Residency is mandatory in order to become a licensed physician and the shortest residency is 2-3 years. The good news is that residents receive a yearly salary. The bad news is that because residents are no longer considered students, they have
The Imperial College of London and Nanyang Technological University launched a joint medical school in Singapore - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. This is the 3rd medical school in Singapore that will launch in October 2017. Students who graduate from Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine will receive an MBBS medical degree. The LKCMedicine is a five-year
Many students who are interested in the healthcare field falsely believe that only physicians make over $100,000. There are many other healthcare professionals that easily make over $100,000, including nurses and physician assistants. However, to be a nurse or a physician assistant making over $100,000, you need years of appropriate training and certification. CRNA –
