smalley
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hello
i have a question,
a person gets im residency an then he wants to go for super specialisation eg in cardiology,neuromedicine etc in usa what exam he has to take?
i have seen most doctors in usa writing their degrees as MD so even if i go for superspecialisation will my degree be still be MD or something else ,since in our country we have a degrees like DM etc after MD
thanks
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| plastic_surgery
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Smalley,
MD stands for Doctor of Medicine and is equivalent to MBBS or any other medical school degree. After completing residency, most will apply for board certification exams for their individual specialty board. This is equivalent to MS or MD in India. Board certification is not essential for fellowhip application but is important for medical practice. After fellowships in specialty or residency you do not get any named degrees.
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| Miradautas Vras
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Everyone's MD here and that bothers me a bit because people who come from countries where the British system is followed might have a bit of difficult time when they decide to go back for practice, because you have separate degrees for fellowships in the brit system [ DM for medical superspecialities and MCh for surgical ones] .
I mean how do you explain to people that your MD is actually a surgical degree, or that that FA*** is equivalent to that DM/MCh?
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| bbb
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Residency and fellowship in the USA are not degrees - they are certification programs.
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| smalley
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hello bbb
so u mean to say that after residency people dont get any degree?
so what if people want to go back an practice?
how will residency in usa improve a persons' credentials?
also what is equivalent to post doctoral degree in usa ?also what is equivalent to frcp in usa?
how will a layman differentiate between someone who has done im residency from some one who has specialised in cardiology?
am sorry for asking all these but am just short of info i guess an trying to get the rt person to answer this question
thanks
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| Miradautas Vras
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Well bbb, but the level of training is equvivalent to degrees in Brit system. difference is just the nomenclature. aren't it?
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