Is this wise spread....studying medicine abroad for reduced fees as possibly lower entrance requirements then getting a job in the UK?

[mids2019]

A colleague of mines brother has went to Georgia to study medicine with vastly reduced costs and I believe less competition and lower entrance requiremtnsr.

The brother then intends to get a job in the UK as they believe there is equivalence with UK university degrees and we have a history of employing doctors with qualifications world wide.

Is this a reasonable thing to do or is it trying to get into medicine in a questionable fashion if their A levels etc. weren't quite there?

Anyone with a qualification obtained outside the US has to sit the USMLE which is a series of exams and then they have to do a type of internship job.

Thanks, not really the point of the thread but DS looked into it 10 years ago, so I’m curious. Cost is prohibitive for USMLE, $15- $20K currently.

The internship type job is called a residency. It is roughly similar to the Registrar position in the UK. It takes up to three years.

However now a handful of states including Arizona, Colorado Idaho, Illinois, Virginia (and others) have relaxed the requirement to do a residency. Usually there is an alternative choice to work under supervision for a period of time in a shortage area, or similar, instead.

@YellowAsteroid
It might alarm you to know that standards of training in the UK aren’t that great. Medical students ( still at university) with placements at some of the so called top hospitals in the U.K. have no structure to their training - it’s often the case that they wander around looking for a doctor who is willing to train them or even talk to them and will not tell them to ‘F off’ as has happened to several med students of my acquaintance.

It’s naive to think that the pressure on the nhs from doctors being overworked doesn’t impact on student teaching. Add to that the hierarchy that makes the senior doctors untouchable and you have a very unhealthy dynamic.

@EvelynBeatrice which Unis ? As this is not an experience I've heard about from my students. Occasionally the wards have not been able to train them but it's the exception not the rule. All students have to get they Kecks signed off do they have to complete the competencies to add their degree.

And if any doctor is telling them to F off please tell them to report it.