DO's cannot practice medicine outside U.S.?

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Is it true that a DO cannot practice medicine outside of the U.S. except in certain government programs?

I am in a DO school. I am considering transfering to the Caribbean so I will be able to practice medicine abroad.

If you know about this, and/or where I can find definitive info. please advise.


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Howdy,

X,

Just buy that MD degree in your fourth year from the Carib.

Stay in your DO school it is the only way to be a certified US trained Doctor, (DO = US trained; MD = ?)

http://www.uhsa.com/pstudent/four/resdt/

"Thank you for your request for information and application materials for our Medical Curriculum leading to a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree for individuals who are Doctor of Osteopathic in training.

The applications are selectively screened and processed as we receive them in contrast to the 5 to 6 months allotted to the admission process at most institutions.

Please be informed that our institution has available tuition support for the provision of professional services either as a Osteopathic or a Medical Doctor in the rural / medically under-served areas in the United States or other parts of the world. The service obligation commences at the completion of the M.D. degree requirements. This is in response to global needs accentuated by demand of several nations calling for the increase in the critical mass of medical doctors available for practice in the rural / medically underserved areas where about 60-70% of the world's population live.

The Admissions Committee has decided on May 5th, 2003 as the next entry date for the program. If you wish to be considered for the above session, please complete the enclosed application form and return with the all the required documents to our Admissions Office as soon as possible. Please do not submit an application for the program unless you have your finances well in order.

To expedite the application process, unofficial transcripts (student copies) will be accepted pending the receipt of the official transcripts from the institutions attended.

The mail from United States and other foreign countries to Antigua takes between 2-5 weeks to arrive in Antigua. To expedite the application process we would suggest that you use Federal Express, DHL or other Air-Courier Services for fast and reliable delivery. Second day delivery and Priority Mail Services provided by the U.S. Postal Service does not apply to foreign countries for they usually arrive as First Class Mail.

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Originally posted by xan
Is it true that a DO cannot practice medicine outside of the U.S. except in certain government programs?

I am in a DO school. I am considering transfering to the Caribbean so I will be able to practice medicine abroad.

If you know about this, and/or where I can find definitive info. please advise.


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Not entirely true. Here's a link to a thread with some info. The countries listed are from an old list. Right now I can't find a more recent one.

You can also do a search on SDN as there are many threads addressing this question.

Also, some of the countries that don't allow US trained DOs also don't allow US trained MDs.
 
I feel it is also important to point out that DO's can do missionary work with groups like Doctors without borders, etc. Some people tend to correlate not being able to practice in other countries with not being able to do missionary work. Just thought it was important to point out.
 
Originally posted by Pikevillemedstudent
I feel it is also important to point out that DO's can do missionary work with groups like Doctors without borders, etc. Some people tend to correlate not being able to practice in other countries with not being able to do missionary work. Just thought it was important to point out.

Thanks for the clarification! I wouldn't want to "practice" anywhere else but the US, but I can't wait to do mission work.
 
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