France or Bust

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Hello,
I have a question for a colleague of mine. She is a citizen of Europe (European Union Country), and has completed a 6 year MD PhD program in Europe. She will also finish a fellowship (Endocrinology) in the US this July.

The question is, can she work in France after her fellowship. She is interested in moving to Nice France. Personally I do not know the status of the French heal care situation, and how they take in foreigners.
Any info regarding to this topic I would be happy to pass this along to my colleague.

Thanks,

 

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does anyone really care about france? does anyone actually know anything about french healthcare?

 

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Well a large majority of our meds here in the US came from France, so if you like your job I would say YES. The US is stronger in your basic life science, and France is very strong in clinical research and development.

 

[Apollyon]

Well a large majority of our meds here in the US came from France, so if you like your job I would say YES. The US is stronger in your basic life science, and France is very strong in clinical research and development.

That would mean "much more than half"; I would settle for half. Name, say, 10 medications that are routinely prescribed in the US that were conceived and developed in France.

I think to say "a large majority" is foolhardy - I would say a large majority of meds in the world are from the US (or, at least half). I don't see any American companies generically producing Chinese brand name medications (not that the Chinese don't have their own share).

 

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That would mean "much more than half"; I would settle for half. Name, say, 10 medications that are routinely prescribed in the US that were conceived and developed in France.

I think to say "a large majority" is foolhardy - I would say a large majority of meds in the world are from the US (or, at least half). I don't see any American companies generically producing Chinese brand name medications (not that the Chinese don't have their own share).

Well first off, France produced the first Insulin Pump. Also, God forbid you ever get stuck with a hypodermic; that "little" shot you get in the hospital was also produced in France. I am not from France, nor do I live there.

 

[quasimodo]

The French were the first to use psychotropic medications (thorazine) back in the 50's. They also invented the stethoscope. More recently, they were the first to succesfully treat an inherited disease (SCID) with gene therapy.

 

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The French were the first to use psychotropic medications (thorazine) back in the 50's. They also invented the stethoscope. More recently, they were the first to succesfully treat an inherited disease (SCID) with gene therapy.

I never realized that they invented the stethoscope, good to know(trivia)...
US docs think that we are the best, and the rest of the world follows us, but as you know this is not always true.


I still have not had my question I posted answered though. Funny how we get on these "other" topics.

 

[Nirvana]

does anyone really care about france?

What? Do you have something against the French?

 

[BellKicker]

Hello,
I have a question for a colleague of mine. She is a citizen of Europe (European Union Country), and has completed a 6 year MD PhD program in Europe. She will also finish a fellowship (Endocrinology) in the US this July.

The question is, can she work in France after her fellowship. She is interested in moving to Nice France. Personally I do not know the status of the French heal care situation, and how they take in foreigners.
Any info regarding to this topic I would be happy to pass this along to my colleague.

Thanks,

In these situations, I tend to think like this:

1) Does she speak French?

2) Will she have immigration problems? (obvisouly not)

And then waaaaay down the list......

3) How will she get licensed.

She should probably contact the national, erm, board of health or whatever they call it in France. She shouldn't expect the process to be anywhere as smooth as in the US, though.

Hey, try the international forum. There are Europeans (including myself) and sometimes a few Frenchmen over there.