Medical Education in USA

Updated on: Friday, September 04, 2015

medical Every year, USA attracts over thousands of students interested to study medicine education.The main reason is that top institutions providing medical studies are situated here.

Medicine Education is the first priority of study for foreign students that were revealed by a recent study, The Open Doors 2014 goes on to say that 31,954 foreign students had registered for various medical courses. As for as USA is concerned, though there are number of medical colleges only 75 institutions offer admission to foreign students.

According to Association of USA Medical College report, in the year 2013 alone, 1500 foreign students had applied for MD studies in America.

Common medical education such as Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Osteopathy are offered by Medical Colleges in USA. To complete PG medical education here, it takes about 4 years followed by 3 to 7 years of residency.

As for as admission procedures are concerned most of the colleges insist students to apply through American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). However, prerequisite varies from institutions to institutions. Majority of the medical colleges in USA and Canada accept scores obtained from Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and Dental Admission Test (DAT).

Average Fee amount: 50,000 to 70,000 dollars per year.

Top colleges in USA :Washington University in St Louis;Perelman; University of Chicago; Yale University; University of California, San Francisco; University of Pennsylvania, Duke University; Columbia University.
Harvard University; Stanford University; Johns Hopkins University.

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