Sunday, February 26, 2006
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
hi, everyone....
welcome yappie to this blog....may all of us stay connected until heavens fall
am going to KL this weekend for an ENT course in The Westin Hotel. Will b staying in The Concorde Hotel. So any1 wanna meet up and hav some fun?...hehe.... Initially thot my wife can come together but she had a bad fall n injured her back muscles and tendons. NOw mostly RIB....hopefully she can get well soon.
Congrats WJ for finally getting wat u wanted, seeing patients in car (hei, kind of like animal safari,eh...just this one human safari)....
Tony, why r u getting yourself posted more n more ulu than before. Hopefully you wont finally become a Dr. Tarzan.....
welcome yappie to this blog....may all of us stay connected until heavens fall
am going to KL this weekend for an ENT course in The Westin Hotel. Will b staying in The Concorde Hotel. So any1 wanna meet up and hav some fun?...hehe.... Initially thot my wife can come together but she had a bad fall n injured her back muscles and tendons. NOw mostly RIB....hopefully she can get well soon.
Congrats WJ for finally getting wat u wanted, seeing patients in car (hei, kind of like animal safari,eh...just this one human safari)....
Tony, why r u getting yourself posted more n more ulu than before. Hopefully you wont finally become a Dr. Tarzan.....
Friday, February 17, 2006
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Happy Chinese New Year!
We are back in Malaysia. Will start work on Sunday. Had a great time in the cities of New York and Chicago. Went to many historical, artistic and contemporary tourist attractions. NY is as diverse, fast-pace and exciting as what we see on Friends/Seinfeld/Sex and the City/The Apprentice/numerous other movies. Chicago is a slower pace metropolis and is a nicer place to have a family. We saved a lot of money by renting a Columbia University student's room.
About two-thirds of foreign medical graduates in the States are Indian nationals. During the tour of the wards (as part of the interview itinerary), the Indian graduates were going like, 'oh that's my senior over there, oh that physician is an alumni of my medical school, etc'. Apparently, Indian medical students take the USMLE by bulk during their medical school, and there is a mass exodus to USA/UK every year upon graduation. The quality of these graduates vary greatly (as we all already know - we do work with a lot of HO or MOs who went to India to study medicine). Some of them are mainly targeting a green card. Doctors in my position will be eligible to apply for a PR status within 3 years, and then go into private practice after the 3-year specialty training. (But I will be aiming for a subspecialty fellowship after the initial 3-year training). India is really exporting their doctors to USA. Other foreign doctors are from Central and South America, and Philippines. Surprisingly, USA also recruits doctors from the Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Iran) despite all the Sept 11, Iraq and Palestine political issues.
We are back in Malaysia. Will start work on Sunday. Had a great time in the cities of New York and Chicago. Went to many historical, artistic and contemporary tourist attractions. NY is as diverse, fast-pace and exciting as what we see on Friends/Seinfeld/Sex and the City/The Apprentice/numerous other movies. Chicago is a slower pace metropolis and is a nicer place to have a family. We saved a lot of money by renting a Columbia University student's room.
About two-thirds of foreign medical graduates in the States are Indian nationals. During the tour of the wards (as part of the interview itinerary), the Indian graduates were going like, 'oh that's my senior over there, oh that physician is an alumni of my medical school, etc'. Apparently, Indian medical students take the USMLE by bulk during their medical school, and there is a mass exodus to USA/UK every year upon graduation. The quality of these graduates vary greatly (as we all already know - we do work with a lot of HO or MOs who went to India to study medicine). Some of them are mainly targeting a green card. Doctors in my position will be eligible to apply for a PR status within 3 years, and then go into private practice after the 3-year specialty training. (But I will be aiming for a subspecialty fellowship after the initial 3-year training). India is really exporting their doctors to USA. Other foreign doctors are from Central and South America, and Philippines. Surprisingly, USA also recruits doctors from the Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Iran) despite all the Sept 11, Iraq and Palestine political issues.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
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