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Panday Pera · May 1, 2010

Not able to pass the USMLE is not the driving force for doctors becoming nurses. It's just an easier pathway to get to the US with an immigrant visa and therefore easier for nurse/doctors to be closer to the training programs they want to go to. Having an immigrant Visa is more attractive to prospective training hospitals because they do not have to deal with the immigration hassle. What good will it be to any doctor to go to the US as a nurse if they cannot pass the USMLE anyway, unless of course they just want to go to the US to live there and work as a nurse.

Most training hospitals in the US have doctors in training that are graduates of those hospitals I mentioned earlier. Once in a while you hear of a graduate from an unheard of Medical school in the Philippines getting in, but very seldom. There are quite a few graduates of Southwestern University and Cebu Institute of Medicine, both in Cebu, that I've met so that is a good option for you. Lately I've seen graduates from Western Visaya Medical Center in Iloilo, so again that may be an option. Have not met anybody from Siliman University, as of yet. Does not mean they do not exist, just have not met any and I've seen many doctors that join our missions, majority from UST, UP, FEU, CIM, SWU, MCU, etc. None from Siliman.

ecelle · May 1, 2010

Panday Pera;49073 said:

Ecelle, welcome to DI. My two cents about choosing a Medical School. If you are planning on staying in the Philippines forever then your choice of Siliman University is fine.

If however, you are planning on going back to the US for further training, I suggest you consider these pointer.

I know you have been through this in the US since you are already in your senior year and realize that getting into a good or even a mediocre medical school in the US is very difficult. Has nothing to do with how smart you are, there's just not enough medical school available to enroll new graduates.

Applying for residency training after medical school is just the same. To get into a good, competitive, specialty training,(opthtalmology, dermatology, orthopedic, etc) you almost have to be a US graduate. Once in a while exceptional foreign graduates do get in, but rarely. So consider what you want to do. If you are thinking of going into general practice, family practice or internal medicine, then good luck competing with other foreign graduates who will come in with impecable credentials and USMLE score around the 98th percentile.

"Impecable credentials" - that's the point of my response to your post. Consider the international reputation of the Medical School you are getting into. Is it considered to be at par with US schools or schools in India, Middle East, Canada or Europe or recently the Carribean Medical schools. Will you get the training you need to get to the 98th percentile USMLE score?

International reputation results from the cumulative experience of US hospitals training programs from training graduates from various medical schools from the Philippines and other countries. How many Siliman graduates are successfully trained and practicing in the US compared to graduates from the University of the Phlippines, University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University, University of the East, etc..all in Manila. I wouldn't be surprised if the number is much smaller. There's a lot to consider here so get busy and
good luck on your future and eventual choice of a Medical School and on your planned move to Duma.

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Hi,
Thanks a lot for the info. I am still on my pre-med classes, so i have a long long way to go. However, i wanted to finish in a credited institution just in case i decided to come back in the US to finish up med school. I love the university that i am in right now because they especialized in D.C " Doctor of Chiropractic" which you cannot find in the philippines. Although they have pre medicine classes or courses, i still believe that i can finish quick with my pre med if i will go back to philippines and come back for med school. However, there is going to be a lot of conflict because i realized that i end up having interest in studying human bones structure and brain. I guess being in a DC university can change your interests. But, i have atleast a yr to think what path i am going to take when time comes, D.C or M.D, doesn't matter as long as i will be able to help and feed my interest. If siliman isn't that great, then i have no choice but to come back here to finish up:-)

My cousin graduated in UP med school and she end up pretty well in New York doing her practice with other doctors..

weena · May 5, 2010

ecelle;48943 said:

Hi.. My husband and I are planning to move in the Philippines this year. I was born and raised in Iligan City, however, my husband and i would prefer to live somewhere in cagayan de oro or dumaguete. We have to city to choose from. Cagayan de oro's land price is kinda pricey but closer to my folks, dumaguete somehow got more american or foreign people. We have four kids ages from 8, 7, 5 and 4. I need a good school for them where they can easily get along with. Also, I am currently studying in the US , finishing up my pre medicine. I would like to find a good medicne college in dumaguete. i heard Siliman is really good. Any suggestions will be helpful and much appreciated...

thanks,.

lorieclle
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HI.. I'm Weena.. I have been in Cagayan De Oro City once.. it was nice and kinda small... Well that was like a few years back then.. Anyway I had fun being there with some college friends who were from Mindanao..I'm not saying Dumaguete is bigger.. or smaller though..He he.. I'm very poor in calculating how big or small and how wide things are..What matters to me is that wherever i am .. I am always having fun!!!!!

You were talking about what school to go to to finish your Pre-Med..and with that I highly recommend Silliman University for that..If and ever if you're gonna live in Dumaguete City.I'm not saying i'm perfect but i graduated High School and an undergrad in college in the same university..It is a very good School..:D

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