vancomycin Forum Elite
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| | 08/19/07 - 06:09 PM  
 
   
 
|   #1 |
WHAT DOES IT MEAN. My understanding is if someone complete his 3 yr post graduate residency in home country,then he is board certified in that particular speciality. We are not board certified after doing internship. Somone please clarify me. thx
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| rockingdoctor Forum Elite

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| | 08/19/07 - 09:43 PM  
 
   
 
|   #2 |
Board certified in his/her own country , not in US
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| the_holy_man Forum Senior

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| | 08/20/07 - 06:27 AM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
Every speciality has a board which conducts the exam at the end of residency eg. American board of Internal Medicine. If you pass the exam, you are board certified.
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| vancomycin Forum Elite
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| | 08/20/07 - 12:20 PM  
 
   
 
|   #4 |
It means after completing one year of internship in home country I am not board certified .what shud i say in my eras CAF THX GUYS 4 UR RESPONSE
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| medicus_81 Forum Elite

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| | 08/20/07 - 02:25 PM  
 
   
 
|   #5 |
well, you are not board certified...a lot of IMG's aren't
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| azygous Forum Senior

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| | 08/20/07 - 02:38 PM  
 
   
 
|   #6 |
board certification in CAF means certified by any state board in United states...not in ur country
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| vancomycin Forum Elite
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| | 08/22/07 - 11:10 AM  
 
   
 
|   #7 |
ERAS help line said board means ur home country board not the american board
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| bbb IM Program Coordinator

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| | 08/22/07 - 12:44 PM  
 
   
 
|   #8 |
Putting in board certification from another country is a good thing.
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