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Since 1st yr Med school.
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| yoga
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no other language is used
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| angel^Doctor
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| angel^Doctor
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its seems that syria is the only arabian country that still teaches in Arabic
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| Elias
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I didnt make my question clear, I am sorry 4 that, this question is directed to the foreign medical students who study medicine in their native languages not in English.
I think Syria is the only arabic country which is still teach medicine in Arabic language.
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| yoga
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question is directed to the foreign medical students who study medicine in their native languages not in English=> we got ur q,,yes english is not my native language but i started atudying medicine in english since day1
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| angel^Doctor
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i think this post will be very helpful to u :
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/58295
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I think Syria is the only arabic country which is still teach medicine in Arabic language.
In my program, we do have residents from the middle eastern countries and I have been told that Syria still teaches in Arabic, different from Lebanon (French or English), Jordan and some other countries. While it may slow you down at first, continue speaking English every chance that you can (practice, practice, practice). I have Syrian friends/residents who do very well in residency - it just takes a little more effort on your part.
Good luck.
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| Elias
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Thank u angel^doctor for the post, it was really helpful
Thank u ppp for ur support.
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since u are a resident, I am sure u know a lot of information about US clinical experience, I just want to know what do an observership is about, does it count an USCE and the last question (which i think u will consider it a stupid question) what are the following words: rotation and clerkship?
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| virgola82
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I am IMG too (Italy) and I have been in a US clinic only for an observership few years ago. An observership basically allows you just to watch. You are not supposed to directly interact with patients even though some resident can actually allow you to do physica exam or to speak with patients. Aniway it shouldn't count as USCE. A rotation is on the other hand something that every US med student do during his last 2 years of school. During a rotation the student has his own patients that he follows for everything but of course everything he does is checked by a PGY3 that supervises him. A clerkship should be the same thing.
Regarding studying from English books, I started at 2 yr of med school. In Italy all courses are in Italian, and I actually think it is good and reasonable to teach in the home country language (italian for Italy or Arabic for Syria). We have an english exam during first year med school which is really easy and then it's up to you. I started to download some review paper while studying biochem in 2 yr (5 yrs ago) and actually found it pretty time consuming to study in a different language. In the beginning I was trying to read in english and repeat in my own words in italian and then write a summary chart in italian. After few years I found it easier and easier to study in a foreign language. Now I simply read in english and repeat in english, if i am studying for USMLE, but if I am studyng for italian based stuff I still prefer to repeat and write summary plots in my native language.
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| hedieh
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We study in medicine in our native language in Iran, but I started to study in English from the 4th year of medical school ( medicine in Iran is 7-8 years).
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Can I ask which residency are you doing?
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| yoga
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 bbb is NOT resident
she is program coordinator
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i dont think studying in native language is good
i believe english should b the universal language of medicine
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| Elias
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I dont share u ur opinion yoga, medicine should be studied in the native languages but with giving some attension to Engish since it is the language of the world.
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| bbb
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Syrian Med Stud wrote:
bbb
since u are a resident, I am sure u know a lot of information about US clinical experience, I just want to know what do an observership is about, does it count an USCE and the last question (which i think u will consider it a stupid question) what are the following words: rotation and clerkship?
I'm a program coordinator at a large hospital. Every year we hire residents who have never touched a patient in the USA. USCE is not recuired, so I can't give advice on that.
Rotation is a service that you round on for a certain period of time. Month rotation in Cardiology, 4 week rotation in Peds.
Clerkships is a medical student rotation.
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hedieh wrote:
bbb
Can I ask which residency are you doing?
Good luck getting that answer!!
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yoga wrote:
i dont think studying in native language is good
i believe english should b the universal language of medicine
Nothing rong with studying medical in your native tongue. After all there are thousands of physicians who never come to the US to study - why would they need to study in English.
If you are planning on coming to the US, then - yes, you should know English front and back, almost like a native.
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bbb wrote:
Nothing rong with studying medical in your native tongue. After all there are thousands of physicians who never come to the US to study - why would they need to study in English.
it is not about being in us or not it is about u academically & professionally
truth hearts but i found most of literature written in my native language rubbish 
so f i am gonna search med literature or read med journal i would choose it 2 b english
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bbb
I am an international undergraduate medical student, I want to do an elective in USA, does ur hospital except to have students like me , do they consider the elective USCE , can i get LORs in ur hospital, what are the requirements , do i have to pass step1.
if u dont have time to answer all these questions, please give me the website of ur hospital.
thank u any way.
Edited by Syrian Med Stud on 09/01/07 - 08:18 AM
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| Elias
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i found most of literature written in my native language rubbish
so f i am gonna search med literature or read med journal i would choose it 2 b english
i agree with yoga in this point
If i want to understand something i read it in English but to get high marks i have to read my literatures in my native language although i find in those literatures alot of mistakes and alot of unclear information and alot of information that need to be updated
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| hedieh
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Dear bbb:
Can you please kindly guide me what to do?
I am going to register for step 1, I have a question about filling the application forms, my question is about clerkship part, I've done clerkship and also internship in my med school, so do I need to fill the form with the both or only I should write my clerkship?
I'm sorry that I am posting here, I don't know where else can I find bbb.
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