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yn1031	fellowship as an IMG w/o having residency in the US	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (02/09/03 20:46:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None thanks for taking the time to read my question... I am an IMG-to-be in a year and will be taking USMLE around the time I graduate...i would like to do my residency in my own school in my country(s.korea) however i would like to do my clinical fellowship in the US preferrably in the state of NY. I have heard that if you do not practice in ?7 years after having passed your USMLE, the license expires. is this true? is fellowship going to be included in the term "practice"? and is it possible and if so what are the chances of getting a position as a clinical fellow (i'm thinking of medicine) w/o having done my residency in the US. I speak english fluently from my high school education in the us. i would like to know if this is a very rare case or if i can look forward to doing it w/o too much difficulty and also the procedures i need to take in doing this...(ex. whether I need to have a NY state licensure, etc.)and what would help me more in my acquisition of position (like a Ph.D?) please help me..thank you
flash277	help for you	#1	[-]
Posts: 8 (05/22/03 06:43:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ok here it goes there are some exchange programs which will take for training as a foriegn exchange doctor/scientist. one of the places that i know , and it is a very good place (like #1 in the states) is Mayo clinic. get on their web site and look for the foreign scientist/doctor training programme. you will find it. i spoke with them once and they are extremely nice people. morever, the training is second to none. all the best. if you get it don't forget to send me some 'kim chi' (did i dpell it correctly) spicy cabbage that is. i love this stuff. good luck and all the best
meng67	i dont get it	#2	[-]
Posts: 122 (07/05/03 12:26:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I dont get it. Why would you want to do residency in S Korea and repeat it in the USA in NY. To answer your question, once you enter residency, your ECFMG certificate is permanently validated and so you would ot have to take this examination again. --Nirmal
whitetulip	Re: i dont get it	#3	[-]
Posts: 2 (08/30/03 21:26:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You will not be eligible for practice or license in the US after taking USMLE. For the most of the states you have to take USMLE Step 1, 2, and 3 within 7 years. If you take only Step 1 and 2 and wait for 8 years, then you may have to retake Step 1. If you take all 3 steps within 7 years they will not expire. Some states, for example, NY don't have any limitations in regards to time between Steps. You can get into fellowship in the USA without having residency in the USA. Usually, non-invasive fellowships take IMGs without residency. Completion of a US fellowship without US residency will not give you right to practice as a doctor in the USA. You will not be able to get a MD license in the US after US fellowship without US residency.
gm2ganglioside	to yn1031	#4	[-]
Posts: 35 (01/15/04 21:24:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	have you made up your mind by now? if you really want to practice medicine here in the US, it would be better to have your residency here then do fellowship later if you still want to. if you do your residency there in korea and do fellowship here, as the last post said, you still won't be able to practice medicine here in the US UNLESS you redo your residency here. do you wanna do that??? i know of several people who did fellowship here as IMGs but had to go back to/redo their residency in order to get their licenses to practice medicine. best of luck.
lisa	Re: doing fellowship w/o residency in the US	#5	[-]
Posts: 34 (02/16/04 13:06:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I looked on Mayo Clinic website and all I found was Visiting Clinician Program (a sort of observership for 1-3months to maximum 12 months). Where can I find the exchange specialist program for foreign doctors who did their residency in their country and are interested in doing a fellowship in the US? What are the requirements to get in such a program? Thanks.

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