I'm not sure I'm into "studying for tests." I'm just trying to learn medicine. Life isn't multiple choice its all about helping patients get better and make healthy choices.
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You can be a great doctor and care really well for your patients and also do well on exams like the USMLEs. These aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.
What a false dilemma. Please don't think that you can learn medicine without spending the thousands of hours necessary pouring over all the details.
If you just want to "help people", become a social worker. If you want to "make healthy choices", become a dietician. If you want to heal the sick, spend 4 years studying your ass off and another 3-6 years refining and applying that knowledge in clinical practice.
Exactly.
To paraphrase the legendary bodybuilder Ronnie Coleman,
"Everybody wanna be a [doctor], but don't nobody wanna [read] no heavy ass [books]"
Are the USMLEs even needed in Canada? I thought they had to sit their own exams (MCCEEs, if I remember correctly).
Of course, it should come as no surprise that the United States medical licensing exams aren't a factor in other countries!
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I thought Canada would accept the USMLE in lieu of MCCEEs if you are a practicing physician wishing to immigrate? Is that wrong?
For residency, though, Canada only accepts citizens with MCCEEs.
Sorry, I don't really know, but that sounds like it could be possible. Although if they're already an attending migrating to Canada, then that probably helps a lot too (vs a recent US med school graduate hoping to get into a Canadian residency for example).
