Hi everyone,

If you want to practice in Taiwan, is it mandatory to do residency there?

or

Is a North American (US / Canada) residency sufficient for you to be board certified in Taiwan as well?

I would appreciate any informaiton.

Thanks.

Ewon, thats a good question. my dad practices in taipei and ive asked him several times but he doesnt really know. will get back to u if i find out.

NTU officially doesn't accept foreign students to enter its medical school. You can check it through here:

http://www.aca.ntu.edu.tw/English/gra/regulation.pdf

you'll need to download the tradition chinese support language package from windows to view as well as an updated adobe reader software. good luck.

I was chatting with a relative who works in a med school in TW.

He wasn't too sure, but he told me that if one is board certified specialist in a US / Canada board, one should be able to be board certified in TW too without doing the residency over again. There may be an interview or some kind of paper exam depending on the rules of a particular board.

I'll investigae further..