<p>Does the location of your residency mean that that is the only location that you can work as a doctor in after residency? Can doctors choose any hospital to work in throughout the US?? If not does this mean that students that went to the Caribbeans for med school because they coudlnt get into a US school can only go to limited residency locations; thus, limited working locations? I'm just scared if your medical background is not as superior like Caribbean students, that you'll be stuck working in hospitals in undesired locations...</p>
<p>1.) No.</p>
<p>2.) Wherever they get hired.</p>
<p>3.) That's a legitimate concern with Caribbean doctors, yes.</p>
<p>so even though Caribbean doctors can only qualify for limited residencies, they can still TRY getting hired at any hospital they like? If so, how hard is it to getting hired at a desired hospital?</p>
<p>also, does the residency u get into mean that that is your specialty?? how exactly do u get to pick your specialty?</p>
<p>See the thread <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=252828%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=252828</a>
which includes a link the AMA site detailing how to become doctor <a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2320.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2320.html</a></p>
<p>You pick your specialty by applying only to residency programs in that field. From there you are invited for interviews, then submit of your top choices in order of preference. The residency programs you interviewed at rank all the applicants they are willing to extend offers to in order, and then a computer matches your preferences with the programs preferences trying to find the highest matches possible for the student. So the process is one of mutual selection.</p>
<p>While there is freedom to move about after completing a residency or fellowship (see the jobs posted in the back of JAMA), I do believe that I've read articles that say most physicians end up practicing within 150 miles of where they did their residency.</p>
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so even though Caribbean doctors can only qualify for limited residencies, they can still TRY getting hired at any hospital they like? If so, how hard is it to getting hired at a desired hospital?
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<p>I wouldn't use the word limited. They might have a harder time getting into the top tier programs, but they can still get into a program if they have the credentials that program is looking for. </p>
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<li>Yes. </li>
<li>Depends on how good there resume is.</li>
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<p>Not all foreign medical schools are recognized by licensing agencies. California, for instance, scrutinizes foreign medical schools (<a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/01/16/prl10116.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/01/16/prl10116.htm</a>) and their graduates very carefully. See <a href="http://www.medbd.ca.gov/Applicant_Schools_Recognized.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.medbd.ca.gov/Applicant_Schools_Recognized.htm</a></p>
<p>The NRMP identifies six different independent applicant types: Student/graduate of an osteopathic medical school, U.S. citizen student/graduate of an international medical school, Student/graduate of a Canadian medical school, Non-U.S. citizen student/graduate of an international medical school, Student/graduate of a Fifth Pathway Program, and Previous graduate of a U.S. allopathic medical school.</p>
<p>For matching purposes in the US, graduates of US or Canadian schools fare best. See the 2003-2007 match statistics for US and all other grads at <a href="http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/tables/table5_2007.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/tables/table5_2007.pdf</a>.</p>