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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine International Practice Rights, United Kingdom: unlimited
http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-a.../Pages/international-practice-rights-map.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Osteopathic_Medicine#International_practice_rights
http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-a.../Pages/international-practice-rights-map.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Osteopathic_Medicine#International_practice_rights
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I am not quite sure if there is anyone else here who thought about this issue before, but I'll give it a try.
I know I saw somewhere in Boston Med, where Mass General physicians collaborate with those in UK with something about organ transplants. I don't remember quite exactly, but from that episode I learned that practicing in the U.S. doesn't mean you cannot travel or collaborate with others overseas.
With that said, I think that you should improve your app as much as you can at this point and apply for MD only. There will be time you will be able to go back to the UK for whatever reason, and when that comes, I feel that you won't be happy with your DO degree at all.
Look into the requirements on practicing in UK vs. US and what should be done to "transfer" to another country to practice. Maybe that will be one of the first steps to figure out.
EDIT: just saw the post above. Looks like DO might be fine, after all.
I know I saw somewhere in Boston Med, where Mass General physicians collaborate with those in UK with something about organ transplants. I don't remember quite exactly, but from that episode I learned that practicing in the U.S. doesn't mean you cannot travel or collaborate with others overseas.
With that said, I think that you should improve your app as much as you can at this point and apply for MD only. There will be time you will be able to go back to the UK for whatever reason, and when that comes, I feel that you won't be happy with your DO degree at all.
Look into the requirements on practicing in UK vs. US and what should be done to "transfer" to another country to practice. Maybe that will be one of the first steps to figure out.
EDIT: just saw the post above. Looks like DO might be fine, after all.
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Go to med school in the US. If you are British anyway you wont be disadvantaged by having a US degree when it comes to job applications. If you go to a UK school and end up wanting to work in the US you will have all the issues that come with being an IMG. Also, at least in some specialties the UK will recognise US training. You couldn't move back halfway through but once you're a board certified attending it would be possible, the reverse isn't. If you go to the US for med school though you really should stay in the US. The practice of medicine is very different between the two countries. Behaviours that are commonplace, totally accepted or even expected in 1 country would have you in a lot of trouble and hated in the other.