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ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THE OPTION , I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A BASIC OUTLINE OF WHAT TO EXPECT .
THE BASIC COSTS INVOLVED ................ETC......
BACKGROUND :
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A MEDICAL TRAINIG PROGRAM , WHATERVER THE REASON ........MONEY ....GRADES ...ETC.......
CAN LOOK INTO STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD .
SADLY FOLKS , PEOPLE TEND TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BECOME A REAL DOCTOR IS IN ........U.S.A. , EUROPE , ETC......
SEE THE WODERFUL THING ABOUT BEING A DOCTOR IS THAT , MEDICINE IS UNIVERSAL . IF YOU BREAK YOUR ARM IN THE U.S.A. , OR IN RUSSIA .........IT IS THE SAME THING ( a broken arm ) .
Now of course ......on the latter side things may differ from the equipment aspect . If you are in harvard med school , you will have acsess to the latest and gratest , versus being in the COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND GENERAL SURGERY ..MED SCHOOL IN DAVID , CHIRIQUI , PANAMA REP. OF PANAMA . But in the end you will walk away with you M.D. .
Now I know that is is hard to cross over ( go back to the U.S.A. ) With a foreign M.D. . WHY ? I would gues that part is in the fact that so many bogus degrees come from UNCLE SPANKYS SCHOOL OF WITCH DOCTOR MEDICINE .
BUT , happy campers...........the facts are these .
IF YOU GO TO A REPUTABLE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY , YOU WILL HAVE TO STUDY ...........AND PASS . AND IF YOU HAVE TO STUDY AND PASS ..........THEN YOU SHOULD NOT FEAR THE USMLE ANYMORE THAN A LOCALLY EDUCATED MED-STUDENT . THERE ARE USMLE STUDY GUIDES , AND I AM SURE THAT EXTRA TUTORING IS AVAILABLE .
ANYWAY , STUDYING IN THE U.S.A. IS NOT A GUARENTEE THAT YOU WILL PASS THE BOARDS ANYWAY ( look at J.F.K. jr., R.I.P. ) .
Now , I am NOT RECOMMENDING THIS ( TO STUDY MEDICINE ABROAD ) . IF YOU OR YOUR FAMILIY HAS THE CASH , OR YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN GET THE LOANS ..........THEN GO THAT WAY . BUT IF THE CAsH IS TIGHT AND , YOU DONT WANT TO OWE HALF THE NATIONAL DEBT , BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE ... ( that is a joke , so smile ) .....there are other considerations . This is meant for those who would like to know , other options .
REMEMBER NO ONE ( ONLY GOD ) CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU CAN CROSS OVER ( PRACTICE MEDICINE IN U.S.A. ) .
THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
NAME :
COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND GENERAL SURGERY
COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY FACULTAD DE MEDICINA Y CIRUJIA GENERAL
HOW DO I GET IN ?
TAKE A BASIC 3 MONTH ACCCEPTANCE COURSE ....WHERE YOU GO OVER CHEMISTRY , PHYSISCS , ENGLISH , BIOLOGY . TAKE A TEST AT THE END OF THE 3 MONTH COURSE . PASS AND THEN GO INTO MED SCHOOL . KIND OF A PRE MED THING .
LOCATION :
THEY HAVE TWO CAMPUS THAT OFFER MEDICINE
1) Panama city , Panama
2) David city, Chiriqui ( chiriqui is a province on the border with costa rica .......David city ...is the main town in the chiriqui province ) .
CURRENCY : U.S. DOLLAR IS THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY ( the pana?s call it the balboa ) But I asure you there is no such thing as the balboa . So if you hear something costs $20.00 balboas you know thats $20.00 u.s. dollars .
Language : SPANISH . BUT WITH A GENEROUS HELPING OF ENGLISH .
COST OF LIVING : FOOD IS CHEAP . YOU CAN GET A " TODAYS SPECIAL " FROM $ 1.25-2.25 U.S. DOLLARS .
TODAYS SPECIAL :
RICE , BEANS , MEAT , SALAD , COKE , EVEN SOUP .
OR IF YOU PREFER YOU CAN ORDER FROM THE MENU , A TYPICAL MEAL WILL COST $ 2.75-5.75 u.s. dollars .
Now multiply that by 3 meals a day . If you decide on going to the capital city ( panama city, panama ) And you have the cash .....there are T.G.I.F. FRIDAYS , BENNIGANS , McDonalds , Wendys , Subway , etc......................
In david , city you only have a Mcdonalds in the way of fast food chains .
LIVING EXPENSES : I WILL MENCION THREE LEVELS .
LEVEL 0NE : THE MOST MODEST
LEVEL TWO : SO-SO
LEVEL THREE : LUXURY
LEVEL ONE : IN DAVID , CITY You can find a room from anywhere from 40-115 dollars a month ( read ; forty-one-hundred-fifteen u.s. dollars ) .
which is liviable.................nothing fancy . Or you could probably find a room and board type deal for like 150.00 per month......that would include laundy and one per day .
Your light bill will depend on if you use air conditioner or not . A typical light bill with air is like $ 80.00 per month .
Without air is like 45.00 per month .
WATER BILL : IS USUALLY FREE , OR INCLUDED IN THE RENT .
RENT IS ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE AND ONE MONTH DEPOSIT .
EXAMPLE : 150.00 RENT IS 150.00 IN ADVANCE AND 150.00 DEPOSIT . SO YOU WILL NEED TO SHELL OUT 300.00 .
LEVEL TWO : DECENT APARTMENT WILL RUN YOU FROM 200.00 A MONTH ALL THE WAY UP TO 400.00 PER MONTH .
LEVEL THREE : HERE IT IS UP TO YOU , I MEAN IT?S WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD . IF YOU CAN PAY $ 2,000 .00 PER MONTH ...........THEN YOU CAN FIND THAT CATAGORY ALSO .
TUITION : COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY COSTS 2,450.OO PER SEMESTER ( THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR NATIONALITY ) .
THERE BEING 2 SEMESTERS PER YEAR . ( EACH SIX MONTH DURATION .
UNIVERSIDAD LATINA DE PANAMA ( ALSO IN panama city, panama ) but only in panama city , panama . They dont have a david, city campus that offers medicine .
I believe that the tuition costs like $ 3,400 per semester .
Now I was studying in the DAVID, CHIRIQUI CAMPUS ( AT COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY ) . SO MOST OF WHAT I AM GOING TO REFER TOO IS ABOUT THIS SCHOOL .
NOTE : THE UNIVERSIDAD LATINA HAS AN EXCELLENT DENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAM .
I SAID BEFORE THAT THE TUITION COSTS LIKE $ 2,450.00 . BUT A DISCOUNT OF LIKE 3 % IS OFFERED IF YOU PAY WITHIN THE FIRST 20 DAYS AFTER CLASS BEGINS .
BOOKS CALCULATE LIKE 250.00 PER SEMESTER , TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE .
POCKET MONEY : WELL THIS IS ON YOU . YOU ALONE KNOW WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD .
LAWYER : ONE IS NEEDED TO SOLICITE A STUDENT VISA . WHICH IS EASY .
TRANSCRIPTS : YOU WILL NEED TO CERTIFY ALL YOUR SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS IN THE PANAMENIAN EMBASSY IN THE U.S.A ( TEHER IS ONE IN MIAMI ) . AND THEY OF COURSE WILL NEED TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH .
SYSTEM : IN COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY , YOU ARE REQUIERED TO TAKE A FULL LOAD ( ALL SUBJECTS OFFERED IN THAT SEMESTER ) . BUT THEY HAVE IT STRUCTURED TO WERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECIVE ALL CLASES .
PANAMENIANS ARE VERY FRIENDLY , AND LOVING PEOPLE . SPECIALLY TOWARDS AMERICANS .
YOU WILL MAKE FRIENDS LIKE WILD FIRE . AND THEY WILL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO HELP YOU .
YOU WILL HAVE A BILLION FRIENDS IN A SHORT WHILE , BECAUSE MEDICNE IS A HARD THING TO LEARN ALONE . UNLESS YOU ARE A BRAIN .
SO YOU WILL WIND UP LIKE ME , IN MY " CLAN " THERE WAS THREE OF US , AND WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER . (WELL YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ) .
DO NOT FEAR IF YOU DONT SPEAK SPANISH LIKE PERFECTLY . MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IS ALMOST THE SAME , SO THAT HELPS . BUT OF COURSE YOU NEED TO START LEARNING .
BUT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SENORITAS ( AND THERE ARE MANY ) , YOU WILL SPEAK IT IN NO TIME AT ALL .
ALL PROFESORS SPEAK ENGLSIH , EVEN THOUGH THEY PREFER YOU TO SPEAK SPANISH .
BEWARE : NOW HERE IS THE DOWN SIDE . MEDICINE IS HARDLY TAUGHT IN CLASS . YOU WILL LEARN THIS IN ONE OF TWO WAYS .
1 ) AFTER RECIVING THE LECTURE .......YOU GO HOME AND STUDY , STUDY , STUDY . EITHER YOU MAY KNOW MORE THAN THE OTEHR MEMEBER OF YOUR " CLAN " . SO YOU ARE THE TEACHER .
2 ) HE KNOWS MORE THAN YOU .....OR BETTER YET HE UNDERSTOOD MORE , AND HE TEACHES THE REST . HE = MEMBER OF YOUR CLAN .
THIS IS THE WAY THAT MEDICNE IS TAUGHT . AND LEARNED .
NOW LETS LOOK AT THIS ASPECT . MOST COUNTRIES TRAIN THERE OWN DOCTORS , SO LIKE I SAID BEFORE ...........ITS NOT LIKE MEDICNE IS EXCLUSIVE TO ONE COUNTRY . NO , THERE ARE EXCELLENT DOCTORS ALL AROUND THE WORLD .
IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED ...........I CAN SET YOU UP ALL YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED . ROOM , BOARD , LAWYER , ETC................. I CAN EVEN ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE TO PICK YOU UP AT THE AIRPORT .
PRECAUTIONS : IN PANAMA YOU SHOULS ALWAYS CARRY SOME VALID I.D. PASSPORT , ETC....... BEACUSE THET HAVE A REAL BAD HABIT .....UNDERCOVER COPS AND THE SORT OF ASKING FOR I.D. .
DURATION : 6 YEARS OR 12 SEMESTERS . THIS DEPENDS ON YOU NOT FAILING ONCE IN 6 YEARS .
my email is [email protected]
********************************************
COSTA RICA
COST OF LIVING : COMPARABLE TO SWITZERLAND , IN OTHER WORDS EXPENSIVE ( compared to panama ) .
FOOD : " TODAYS SPECIAL IS LIKE $ 5.75
So you have a general idea
SCHOOLS : EXCELLENT MEDICAL TRAINING HERE . COSTA RICA HAS NO ARMY , SO THE GOVERMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BIG ON EDUCATION .
THE ONES I CAN RECOMEND ARE THE FOLLOWING :
IN ORDER :
UCIMED .......UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDICINA ANDRES VELISALIO GUZMAN . ONE OF THE OLDEST . BUT EXPENSIVE FOR U.S. CITIZENS LIKE $ 5,800.00 PER SEMESTER .
THEY ENFORCE A STRICT DRESS CODE ( KIND OF LIKE A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY FOR YUPPIES ) . NO LONG HAIR FOR MEN , NO EAR RINGS , ETC.....
GIRLS , NO SHORTS , NO SKIRTS .....ETC......
FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN STUDENTS ITS LIKE : $ 2,800.00 . PER SEMESTER .
THEY ONLY OFFER MEDICINE AND FARMACOLOGY .
2) UNIBE ..............I DONT REALLY KNOW THE COST ...BUT FOR US STUDENTS MAYBE LIKE $1700.00 PER CUATRIMESTER .........LOOK . ITS NOT SEMESTER ( SIX MONTHS ) ITS NOW CUATRIMESTER ( 4 MONTHS ) ..
3) UNIVERSIDAD HISPANOAMERICANA
US. STUDENTS I THINK LIKE $ 2,000.00 PER CUATRIMESTER . 3 CUATRIEMSTERES PER YEAR .
NOW , WHAT AM I BASING MY CRITERIA ON BEING GOOD OR BAD ?
WELL.....................ITS WHERE THESE SCHOOLS SEND THERE STUDENTS TO PRACTICE , I THINK ITS CALLED THE SEMIOLOGY COURSE . WHERE MED-STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED IN A HOSPITAL AND CAN SEE ACTUAL CASES .
NOT ALL UNIVERSITIES CAN SEND THERE STUDENTS TO THE BEST HOSPITALS . BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THAT OFFER MEDICNE , YOU WOULD HAVE A OVER FLOW OF MED STUDENTS .
SO IT IS LIMITED . TO THESE THREE WHO HAVE THE BEST OPTIONS OF PRACTICING . NOW I HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE U.C.R. / WHICH IS THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY , BECAUSE I HAVE NO REAL KNOWLEDGE OF HOW YOU CAN GET IN .
RENTING : FROM $ 350.00 PER MONTH ON UP .
BUT YOU CAN FIND EASILY FAMILIES WHO ARE WILLING TO RENT A ROOM FOR LIKE 150.00 A MONTH , THIS SHOULD INCLUDE FOOD AND LAUNDY . BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO EAT OUT THATS FINE ALSO .
system : here you can pick and choose what subjects you want to take . that does not mean that you can leave out any . it does mean that if you want to take only one subject per cuatrimester , thats fine . if you want to take a full load thats fine also .
sometimes even if you want to take a full load you cant . because your classes will run into one another .
DURATION : 4 YEARS PLUS 1 YEAR IN THE HOSPITAL . YOU CAN OPT TO GO TO THE US AND DO IT THERE ( THE HISPANOAMERICANA OFFERS THIS ) .
NOW I SAY 4 YEARS WITH A FULL LOAD AND NOT FAILING ANYTHING IN THOSE FOUR YEARS .
HOW DO I GET IN ?
TAKING A PHYSCOLOGICAL TEST .
COSTS LIKE $ 15-50 DOLLARS . DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU TAKE IT .
CURRENCY : COLON AT THIS WRITING 327 PER U.S. DOLLAR .
BUDDY SYSTEM : NO " CLAN " SYSTEM IN EFFECT HERE . COSTA RICANS ARE MORE LOANERS . THEY ARE USE TO HAVING BEEN AROUND FOREIGNERS , SO THEY ARE MORE LAID BACK AND INDIVIDUALISTIC . NOW THATS NOT TO SAY , THAT THERE ARE NOT " CLANS " , BUT THEY ARE RARE .
BUT ITS YOUR DESICION .
WHAT DO I NEED ?
AGAIN YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR TRANSCRIPTS TRANLATED INTO SPANISH , TAKEN THIS TIME TO THE COSTA RICAN EMBASSY ,AND CERTIFIED .
COSTA RICA IS EXPENSIVE BUT NICE . BUT NO MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE U.S.A. .
again any help needed
[email protected]
I study at the hispanoamericana university in san jose , costa rica .
THE BASIC COSTS INVOLVED ................ETC......
BACKGROUND :
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A MEDICAL TRAINIG PROGRAM , WHATERVER THE REASON ........MONEY ....GRADES ...ETC.......
CAN LOOK INTO STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD .
SADLY FOLKS , PEOPLE TEND TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BECOME A REAL DOCTOR IS IN ........U.S.A. , EUROPE , ETC......
SEE THE WODERFUL THING ABOUT BEING A DOCTOR IS THAT , MEDICINE IS UNIVERSAL . IF YOU BREAK YOUR ARM IN THE U.S.A. , OR IN RUSSIA .........IT IS THE SAME THING ( a broken arm ) .
Now of course ......on the latter side things may differ from the equipment aspect . If you are in harvard med school , you will have acsess to the latest and gratest , versus being in the COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND GENERAL SURGERY ..MED SCHOOL IN DAVID , CHIRIQUI , PANAMA REP. OF PANAMA . But in the end you will walk away with you M.D. .
Now I know that is is hard to cross over ( go back to the U.S.A. ) With a foreign M.D. . WHY ? I would gues that part is in the fact that so many bogus degrees come from UNCLE SPANKYS SCHOOL OF WITCH DOCTOR MEDICINE .
BUT , happy campers...........the facts are these .
IF YOU GO TO A REPUTABLE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY , YOU WILL HAVE TO STUDY ...........AND PASS . AND IF YOU HAVE TO STUDY AND PASS ..........THEN YOU SHOULD NOT FEAR THE USMLE ANYMORE THAN A LOCALLY EDUCATED MED-STUDENT . THERE ARE USMLE STUDY GUIDES , AND I AM SURE THAT EXTRA TUTORING IS AVAILABLE .
ANYWAY , STUDYING IN THE U.S.A. IS NOT A GUARENTEE THAT YOU WILL PASS THE BOARDS ANYWAY ( look at J.F.K. jr., R.I.P. ) .
Now , I am NOT RECOMMENDING THIS ( TO STUDY MEDICINE ABROAD ) . IF YOU OR YOUR FAMILIY HAS THE CASH , OR YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN GET THE LOANS ..........THEN GO THAT WAY . BUT IF THE CAsH IS TIGHT AND , YOU DONT WANT TO OWE HALF THE NATIONAL DEBT , BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE ... ( that is a joke , so smile ) .....there are other considerations . This is meant for those who would like to know , other options .
REMEMBER NO ONE ( ONLY GOD ) CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU CAN CROSS OVER ( PRACTICE MEDICINE IN U.S.A. ) .
THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
NAME :
COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND GENERAL SURGERY
COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY FACULTAD DE MEDICINA Y CIRUJIA GENERAL
HOW DO I GET IN ?
TAKE A BASIC 3 MONTH ACCCEPTANCE COURSE ....WHERE YOU GO OVER CHEMISTRY , PHYSISCS , ENGLISH , BIOLOGY . TAKE A TEST AT THE END OF THE 3 MONTH COURSE . PASS AND THEN GO INTO MED SCHOOL . KIND OF A PRE MED THING .
LOCATION :
THEY HAVE TWO CAMPUS THAT OFFER MEDICINE
1) Panama city , Panama
2) David city, Chiriqui ( chiriqui is a province on the border with costa rica .......David city ...is the main town in the chiriqui province ) .
CURRENCY : U.S. DOLLAR IS THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY ( the pana?s call it the balboa ) But I asure you there is no such thing as the balboa . So if you hear something costs $20.00 balboas you know thats $20.00 u.s. dollars .
Language : SPANISH . BUT WITH A GENEROUS HELPING OF ENGLISH .
COST OF LIVING : FOOD IS CHEAP . YOU CAN GET A " TODAYS SPECIAL " FROM $ 1.25-2.25 U.S. DOLLARS .
TODAYS SPECIAL :
RICE , BEANS , MEAT , SALAD , COKE , EVEN SOUP .
OR IF YOU PREFER YOU CAN ORDER FROM THE MENU , A TYPICAL MEAL WILL COST $ 2.75-5.75 u.s. dollars .
Now multiply that by 3 meals a day . If you decide on going to the capital city ( panama city, panama ) And you have the cash .....there are T.G.I.F. FRIDAYS , BENNIGANS , McDonalds , Wendys , Subway , etc......................
In david , city you only have a Mcdonalds in the way of fast food chains .
LIVING EXPENSES : I WILL MENCION THREE LEVELS .
LEVEL 0NE : THE MOST MODEST
LEVEL TWO : SO-SO
LEVEL THREE : LUXURY
LEVEL ONE : IN DAVID , CITY You can find a room from anywhere from 40-115 dollars a month ( read ; forty-one-hundred-fifteen u.s. dollars ) .
which is liviable.................nothing fancy . Or you could probably find a room and board type deal for like 150.00 per month......that would include laundy and one per day .
Your light bill will depend on if you use air conditioner or not . A typical light bill with air is like $ 80.00 per month .
Without air is like 45.00 per month .
WATER BILL : IS USUALLY FREE , OR INCLUDED IN THE RENT .
RENT IS ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE AND ONE MONTH DEPOSIT .
EXAMPLE : 150.00 RENT IS 150.00 IN ADVANCE AND 150.00 DEPOSIT . SO YOU WILL NEED TO SHELL OUT 300.00 .
LEVEL TWO : DECENT APARTMENT WILL RUN YOU FROM 200.00 A MONTH ALL THE WAY UP TO 400.00 PER MONTH .
LEVEL THREE : HERE IT IS UP TO YOU , I MEAN IT?S WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD . IF YOU CAN PAY $ 2,000 .00 PER MONTH ...........THEN YOU CAN FIND THAT CATAGORY ALSO .
TUITION : COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY COSTS 2,450.OO PER SEMESTER ( THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR NATIONALITY ) .
THERE BEING 2 SEMESTERS PER YEAR . ( EACH SIX MONTH DURATION .
UNIVERSIDAD LATINA DE PANAMA ( ALSO IN panama city, panama ) but only in panama city , panama . They dont have a david, city campus that offers medicine .
I believe that the tuition costs like $ 3,400 per semester .
Now I was studying in the DAVID, CHIRIQUI CAMPUS ( AT COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY ) . SO MOST OF WHAT I AM GOING TO REFER TOO IS ABOUT THIS SCHOOL .
NOTE : THE UNIVERSIDAD LATINA HAS AN EXCELLENT DENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAM .
I SAID BEFORE THAT THE TUITION COSTS LIKE $ 2,450.00 . BUT A DISCOUNT OF LIKE 3 % IS OFFERED IF YOU PAY WITHIN THE FIRST 20 DAYS AFTER CLASS BEGINS .
BOOKS CALCULATE LIKE 250.00 PER SEMESTER , TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE .
POCKET MONEY : WELL THIS IS ON YOU . YOU ALONE KNOW WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD .
LAWYER : ONE IS NEEDED TO SOLICITE A STUDENT VISA . WHICH IS EASY .
TRANSCRIPTS : YOU WILL NEED TO CERTIFY ALL YOUR SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS IN THE PANAMENIAN EMBASSY IN THE U.S.A ( TEHER IS ONE IN MIAMI ) . AND THEY OF COURSE WILL NEED TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH .
SYSTEM : IN COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY , YOU ARE REQUIERED TO TAKE A FULL LOAD ( ALL SUBJECTS OFFERED IN THAT SEMESTER ) . BUT THEY HAVE IT STRUCTURED TO WERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECIVE ALL CLASES .
PANAMENIANS ARE VERY FRIENDLY , AND LOVING PEOPLE . SPECIALLY TOWARDS AMERICANS .
YOU WILL MAKE FRIENDS LIKE WILD FIRE . AND THEY WILL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO HELP YOU .
YOU WILL HAVE A BILLION FRIENDS IN A SHORT WHILE , BECAUSE MEDICNE IS A HARD THING TO LEARN ALONE . UNLESS YOU ARE A BRAIN .
SO YOU WILL WIND UP LIKE ME , IN MY " CLAN " THERE WAS THREE OF US , AND WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER . (WELL YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ) .
DO NOT FEAR IF YOU DONT SPEAK SPANISH LIKE PERFECTLY . MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IS ALMOST THE SAME , SO THAT HELPS . BUT OF COURSE YOU NEED TO START LEARNING .
BUT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SENORITAS ( AND THERE ARE MANY ) , YOU WILL SPEAK IT IN NO TIME AT ALL .
ALL PROFESORS SPEAK ENGLSIH , EVEN THOUGH THEY PREFER YOU TO SPEAK SPANISH .
BEWARE : NOW HERE IS THE DOWN SIDE . MEDICINE IS HARDLY TAUGHT IN CLASS . YOU WILL LEARN THIS IN ONE OF TWO WAYS .
1 ) AFTER RECIVING THE LECTURE .......YOU GO HOME AND STUDY , STUDY , STUDY . EITHER YOU MAY KNOW MORE THAN THE OTEHR MEMEBER OF YOUR " CLAN " . SO YOU ARE THE TEACHER .
2 ) HE KNOWS MORE THAN YOU .....OR BETTER YET HE UNDERSTOOD MORE , AND HE TEACHES THE REST . HE = MEMBER OF YOUR CLAN .
THIS IS THE WAY THAT MEDICNE IS TAUGHT . AND LEARNED .
NOW LETS LOOK AT THIS ASPECT . MOST COUNTRIES TRAIN THERE OWN DOCTORS , SO LIKE I SAID BEFORE ...........ITS NOT LIKE MEDICNE IS EXCLUSIVE TO ONE COUNTRY . NO , THERE ARE EXCELLENT DOCTORS ALL AROUND THE WORLD .
IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED ...........I CAN SET YOU UP ALL YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED . ROOM , BOARD , LAWYER , ETC................. I CAN EVEN ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE TO PICK YOU UP AT THE AIRPORT .
PRECAUTIONS : IN PANAMA YOU SHOULS ALWAYS CARRY SOME VALID I.D. PASSPORT , ETC....... BEACUSE THET HAVE A REAL BAD HABIT .....UNDERCOVER COPS AND THE SORT OF ASKING FOR I.D. .
DURATION : 6 YEARS OR 12 SEMESTERS . THIS DEPENDS ON YOU NOT FAILING ONCE IN 6 YEARS .
my email is [email protected]
********************************************
COSTA RICA
COST OF LIVING : COMPARABLE TO SWITZERLAND , IN OTHER WORDS EXPENSIVE ( compared to panama ) .
FOOD : " TODAYS SPECIAL IS LIKE $ 5.75
So you have a general idea
SCHOOLS : EXCELLENT MEDICAL TRAINING HERE . COSTA RICA HAS NO ARMY , SO THE GOVERMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BIG ON EDUCATION .
THE ONES I CAN RECOMEND ARE THE FOLLOWING :
IN ORDER :
UCIMED .......UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDICINA ANDRES VELISALIO GUZMAN . ONE OF THE OLDEST . BUT EXPENSIVE FOR U.S. CITIZENS LIKE $ 5,800.00 PER SEMESTER .
THEY ENFORCE A STRICT DRESS CODE ( KIND OF LIKE A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY FOR YUPPIES ) . NO LONG HAIR FOR MEN , NO EAR RINGS , ETC.....
GIRLS , NO SHORTS , NO SKIRTS .....ETC......
FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN STUDENTS ITS LIKE : $ 2,800.00 . PER SEMESTER .
THEY ONLY OFFER MEDICINE AND FARMACOLOGY .
2) UNIBE ..............I DONT REALLY KNOW THE COST ...BUT FOR US STUDENTS MAYBE LIKE $1700.00 PER CUATRIMESTER .........LOOK . ITS NOT SEMESTER ( SIX MONTHS ) ITS NOW CUATRIMESTER ( 4 MONTHS ) ..
3) UNIVERSIDAD HISPANOAMERICANA
US. STUDENTS I THINK LIKE $ 2,000.00 PER CUATRIMESTER . 3 CUATRIEMSTERES PER YEAR .
NOW , WHAT AM I BASING MY CRITERIA ON BEING GOOD OR BAD ?
WELL.....................ITS WHERE THESE SCHOOLS SEND THERE STUDENTS TO PRACTICE , I THINK ITS CALLED THE SEMIOLOGY COURSE . WHERE MED-STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED IN A HOSPITAL AND CAN SEE ACTUAL CASES .
NOT ALL UNIVERSITIES CAN SEND THERE STUDENTS TO THE BEST HOSPITALS . BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THAT OFFER MEDICNE , YOU WOULD HAVE A OVER FLOW OF MED STUDENTS .
SO IT IS LIMITED . TO THESE THREE WHO HAVE THE BEST OPTIONS OF PRACTICING . NOW I HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE U.C.R. / WHICH IS THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY , BECAUSE I HAVE NO REAL KNOWLEDGE OF HOW YOU CAN GET IN .
RENTING : FROM $ 350.00 PER MONTH ON UP .
BUT YOU CAN FIND EASILY FAMILIES WHO ARE WILLING TO RENT A ROOM FOR LIKE 150.00 A MONTH , THIS SHOULD INCLUDE FOOD AND LAUNDY . BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO EAT OUT THATS FINE ALSO .
system : here you can pick and choose what subjects you want to take . that does not mean that you can leave out any . it does mean that if you want to take only one subject per cuatrimester , thats fine . if you want to take a full load thats fine also .
sometimes even if you want to take a full load you cant . because your classes will run into one another .
DURATION : 4 YEARS PLUS 1 YEAR IN THE HOSPITAL . YOU CAN OPT TO GO TO THE US AND DO IT THERE ( THE HISPANOAMERICANA OFFERS THIS ) .
NOW I SAY 4 YEARS WITH A FULL LOAD AND NOT FAILING ANYTHING IN THOSE FOUR YEARS .
HOW DO I GET IN ?
TAKING A PHYSCOLOGICAL TEST .
COSTS LIKE $ 15-50 DOLLARS . DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU TAKE IT .
CURRENCY : COLON AT THIS WRITING 327 PER U.S. DOLLAR .
BUDDY SYSTEM : NO " CLAN " SYSTEM IN EFFECT HERE . COSTA RICANS ARE MORE LOANERS . THEY ARE USE TO HAVING BEEN AROUND FOREIGNERS , SO THEY ARE MORE LAID BACK AND INDIVIDUALISTIC . NOW THATS NOT TO SAY , THAT THERE ARE NOT " CLANS " , BUT THEY ARE RARE .
BUT ITS YOUR DESICION .
WHAT DO I NEED ?
AGAIN YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR TRANSCRIPTS TRANLATED INTO SPANISH , TAKEN THIS TIME TO THE COSTA RICAN EMBASSY ,AND CERTIFIED .
COSTA RICA IS EXPENSIVE BUT NICE . BUT NO MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE U.S.A. .
again any help needed
[email protected]
I study at the hispanoamericana university in san jose , costa rica .
