soon to be undergrad looking for a place to work

[alroykris]

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hi i am in my 5th year of med, and in a year i would finish my education in ukraine and would receive a md.i am studying under bologna system.i speak english,tamil, bahasa malaysia, and russian. i am a citizen of malaysia.i am not very good with studies and my basic are shaky.i would know where can i do my housemenship in europe and also pay me salary.i am looking for a place to start.i am not willing to give any entrance examination.continue doing post grad can be an option

 

[shreypete]

Sorry there, but your options are limited. You have to take some sort of an "entrance exam" along with quite a few language exams to prove your command of the language in the country you want to work. Unfortunately none of the languages you mentioned will really help except for Russian (it might help if you're learning one of the Slavic languages spoken by an EU country).

You can do a PhD if you want but residency or housemanship is an entirely different story. Non-EU medical grads do have to go through a rigorous exam process before they can even apply for registration.

 

[smallworld]

Hey shreypete!

Could you elaborate on the PhD thing you mentioned about in the last post. I'm just wondering how a PhD would be possible without having what is considered in Europe as a 'completed' medical degree. If it is though, I'd really be interested to know how 🙂 As I'm pretty much in the same S-h-i-t, as the person above.

After the PhD though, what are the options on the job horizon? Anything medically related?

 

[shreypete]

If you're ultimately interested in "practicing medicine", then applying to university research programs are your best best This is of course just the starting point. Perhaps while doing research, you can get into grips with the language and prepare for the Bergen test as well as the OSCE exam. Secondly, you also do not have to take any exam to get into a research program. This is perhaps the best option I can think of as there is not exam needed to get into a research program.

However, as there might be a few problems regarding getting a visa, joining a PhD program would be more ideal. Even though a PhD is primarily meant for those hoping to work in academia (as professors) later on in life, it can still be beneficial, in that you will have time to learn the language and find out how the Norwegian system exactly works. You can apply for a PhD program after medical school.

Despite the fact that Norway has a lot of vacancies for doctors, they're still not very open to non-EU medical graduates. Most of their graduates from what I hear, are from the neighboring Scandinavian and a few continental European countries. Nevertheless, if Norway is where you really want to end up, then there's no harm in working towards it.