<p>what is the avg salary of private practice doctors who work in hospitals, also are their work hours shorter than a non private practice doctor? Is it hard for doctors who did premed in the us but did med school overseas to become a private practice doctor in US hospitals?</p>
<p>In most cases, you won't be licensed to practice in the US.</p>
<p>really? thats not what i heard....i heard that goin overseas will jus give u a disadvantage in competitive residencies.</p>
<p>Even if you have a foreign MD, you will have to take the USMLE's. Until you do that, you cannot practice medicine in the US with a medical degree granted by a foreign medical school.</p>
<p>ok what if after u pass it...</p>
<p>The average match rate for International medical school graduates who are US citizens hovers in the 50% range. Check page 3:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nrmp.org/advancedata2007.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.nrmp.org/advancedata2007.pdf</a></p>
<p>Compared to the 93%+ rate for US 4th years, that's a huge disadvantage...</p>
<p>@Bigredmed where did you get that from? what page? The difference i see is very minimal: around 3-4 percent.</p>
<p>In 2007:</p>
<p>Match for US 4th year med students: 93.4%
Match for US FMG's: 50%
Match for non-US FMG's: 45.5%</p>
<p>More than 3-4%, I'd say. This is not surprising as many of the American students who leave the country for med school are not strong students to begin with. Plus, foreign med schools (with the exception of Carribbean schools) do not teach to the USMLE's. The USMLE's measure proficiency in what is taught by American med schools so students who attend US med schools have an advantage over those who go to foreign med schools. Combine those two facts and you'll see why FMG's have much lower USMLE pass rates.</p>