What about residency in Puerto Rico? I'm lookin' for a lil' fun and adventure, a lil' beach time and fun in the sun. 😎 Hawaii is too expensive - plus, they don't have a great variety of residency programs (oh no, the Rainbow Warriors are going to descend on me now) - and not exotic enough for my taste, so why not Puerto Rico?
One resident told me, "If you're lookin' for adventure, why not train in sub-Saharan Africa?"
Truth is, I'd like to, but they don't have ACGME-accredited programs. Puelto Lico does.
My question, to any of you out there who might know, is: will it be tough to find a job in the U.S. post-residency?
Even though Puerto Rican programs are ACGME-accredited, do hospitals in the U.S. see "Puerto Rico" residency and automatically think to themselves, "Caribbean grad, FMG"? 😕
I'm an American 3rd-yr student at a U.S. med school, but I have a foreign-sounding (but not Latino) name. Might that, coupled with a Puerto Rican residency, do me in?
My particular interest is anesthesiology, so if anyone knows about PR's anesth programs, or about PR programs in general and how they're looked at in the U-S of A, please let me know.
Many thanks in advance.
One resident told me, "If you're lookin' for adventure, why not train in sub-Saharan Africa?"
Truth is, I'd like to, but they don't have ACGME-accredited programs. Puelto Lico does.
My question, to any of you out there who might know, is: will it be tough to find a job in the U.S. post-residency?
Even though Puerto Rican programs are ACGME-accredited, do hospitals in the U.S. see "Puerto Rico" residency and automatically think to themselves, "Caribbean grad, FMG"? 😕
I'm an American 3rd-yr student at a U.S. med school, but I have a foreign-sounding (but not Latino) name. Might that, coupled with a Puerto Rican residency, do me in?
My particular interest is anesthesiology, so if anyone knows about PR's anesth programs, or about PR programs in general and how they're looked at in the U-S of A, please let me know.
Many thanks in advance.