USA DO and International Recognition Question

[MikeSmith]

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I heard that a USA grad from a DO program, may have difficulty working in foreign countries because they don't recognize DO type of a degree.

If I do a US residency, say in internal medicine or any other specialty, and get board certified, will I still have difficulty practicing in other countries?

Countries of Interest are:
1. UK
2. Canada
3. UAE
4.Jordan
5.Saudi Arabia

Thanks
Mike

 

[Archer]

I remember reading about international practice rights in a section of the AOA website. There was also an update recently from them on the progress that individual DO's have made in going through the process to get licensed in various countries.

Good Luck!

 

[DrMidlife]

In countries where there's a tradition of strict osteopathy (vs. osteopathic medicine), you can't get full physician practice rights. Great Britain's good, but not Ireland. Canada's good except Alberta. Every year more countries grant full practice rights - Germany & Chile recently came on board.

There's a map and list in Wikipedia with current per-country status.