Med4ever
07-18-2004, 07:40 PM
Hey, can you become a doctor in the u.s with a canadian residency?
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View Full Version : Becoming a U.s doc Med4ever 07-18-2004, 07:40 PM Hey, can you become a doctor in the u.s with a canadian residency? white daisy 07-20-2004, 10:39 AM yeah i believe you can. i personally know several people who did that. all you have to do is to pass the USMLE part 1,2,3. then you should be ok. ribsandbbqbeef 08-11-2004, 12:19 PM don't you also have to redo a US residency? or does that only apply to non north american foreign grads? moo 08-11-2004, 06:09 PM depends on the specialty. for ex, neurosurgery in the US no longer accepts canadian trained neurosurgeons (this is the last year where they allow canadian trained neurosurgeons) ribsandbbqbeef 08-11-2004, 11:21 PM ic, thanks for the heads up moo. Didn't know that it was specialty dependent and controlled. I thought that an overall ruling organization like AAMC regulates that kind of thing. |