fellowship for dermatology

[chinky]

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I am an international student working as 3rd yr resident in dermatology department in india, what are the pre-requisites to apply for fellowship in dermatology in USA? are Usmle steps mandatory?? is there other option without appearing for Usmle?

 

[N-Surge]

[EDIT] Incorrect, I am aware of such fellowships. Had just not put two and two together...

Thanks dermathalon!

 

[dermathalon]

Actually, dermatology offers fellowship slots to those from abroad too and so the original poster is right to ask for such positions. Many fellowship training sites will have rules such that the trainee cannot practice within an x mile radius of the training institution after completion of training and international trainees make sense since they will likely return to their original training country and use the skills from the fellowship back in their original training country of origin. For example I know a trainee for procedural derm that was from overseas that then returned to their original country of training after finishing the fellowship.

That said, I'm not sure what the requirements are to get such a position.

 

[N-Surge]

My bad. We even have one such individual in my program. I guess I was confused with regards to the questions about STEPs. I can't imagine not being required to take all STEPs 1, 2, and 3. But I could be wrong.