What international medical schools allow you to practice in ALL 50 US states?

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My pre-med adviser refuses to talk to me about the option of international/foreign medical schools. I already know what specialty I would like to go into, psychiatry, which is supposedly one of the less competitive fields to get residency in (this is what I have read anyway). What schools allow you to practice in all 50 U.S. states? Besides the four SGU, Ross, AUC, SABA in the Caribbean. Are there any other foreign medical schools that are less competitive than U.S. schools and allow licensing in all 50 states?

Thanks!

 

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My pre-med adviser refuses to talk to me about the option of international/foreign medical schools. I already know what specialty I would like to go into, psychiatry, which is supposedly one of the less competitive fields to get residency in (this is what I have read anyway). What schools allow you to practice in all 50 U.S. states? Besides the four SGU, Ross, AUC, SABA in the Caribbean. Are there any other foreign medical schools that are less competitive than U.S. schools and allow licensing in all 50 states?

Thanks!

Hi,

To my knowledge the most limiting factor in 50-state approval is California Medical Board's criteria. If the school is on the approval blist of CMB, then its taken as a 50-state approved school (but still for state-specific conditions, you will need to check the med board of the state you are especially interested in). If it doesnt take place in CMB approval list, then that school is not recognized not only in Calfiornia, but in some other states as well which are following CMB approval list. This means you cant get licenced and cant find a residency position in those states.

To see which schools are approved by CMB:
http://www.mbc.ca.gov/applicant/schools_recognized.html

Please be careful about the programs languge: if its not explicitly written "in English", then the program approved is the one in native language, not in English. So, sometimes but not always, you may see some schools take place twice, one for native program and one for English.

I have made a little research about some of those schools (their programs in English) and have summarized in this blog:
http://medical-schools.blogspot.com/
(there are some more schools in the next page of the blog)

And yes, they (the English programs) are all less competitive than US schools.