Medicine in foreign language

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Hello everyone,

I got a full scholarship to study medicine in Russia, I know it is great and I am very very grateful, but I will have to study in RUSSIAN language. My English is fluent, and I am from an Arabic country. I have been thinking about this for too long and I don't know what to do. I don't want to miss this scholarship but on the other hand I don't know how I will be able to study in Russian language even after the 1 year of Russian language learning course, basically I am afraid to fail.

Another question, if I did study in Russian(may God grant me the courage to), and I want to then move to an English speaking country after finishing all 6 years so that I can do post graduate studies or to work, would I be able to understand all the medical stuff and actually be a successful doctor and understand diseases and diagnoses and all since I have studied in a foreign language? or would learning in Russian language be a barrier? Because I don't know if medicine is a united language in the terms and diseases or not.

Thank you so much, please help me cause I am at the maximum level of confusion.

 

[Hillo]

Are you sure you have to study in Russian?

For the US residencies, you'll have to take the same mandatory exams (of "diseases and diagnoses") as American students, so you shouldn't be that worried since you're already fluent in English.

It would take more effort learning everything twice (in Russian and English), but if you're determined, take the full scholarship! 😀