True?? In India, people accepted into med school from high school, and Dr.s after 4-6 years college?
I'm a nurse, and a friend of mine, who's also a nurse just heard this. That the reason so many doctors in the US from India is because they are accepted into medical school right out of high school (no 4 years of college and a BS first) and become doctors after only 4-6 years (total) of college. Is this true???
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A lot of countries have different educational systems than ours. In some European countries, after secondary school you pick from a bachelor's, masters, or PhD program and that is what you get for life. I have coworkers who were doctors in China. They only had 4 years of medical school, focused on what kind of medicine they would practice. They did not take all the prerequisites that pre-med students take in America, and as such their Chinese medical degrees are not good enough to be a doctor here. I would assume that the medical schools in India are pretty good, since they are based on British education. But also, many Indians born here grow up to become doctors.
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