[tpxvs]

(apart from elective) I hope to be able to travel lots in my life. If this means working abroad, im more than happy to do it! How possible is this though? or will i only get to spend my annual leave abroad ?

[digitalis]

Very possible. Either the US/Aus for postgraduate training or working anywhere after postgrad training. Have to be willing to go through rigorous licensing procedures though.

[Helenia]

It depends on exactly what you want to do. Moving abroad permanently to work is certainly possible, though for certain countries e.g. the USA there are very tough exams to be allowed to practice over there. If you want to swan off and work overseas for a few months here and there, it's possible but more disruptive to your training, as time spent overseas is not necessarily counted towards your UK specialist training. I know of a few people who've gone to Aus/NZ for a year after F2, and a couple of others who took a year out after F2 to locum and then do some bits of expedition medicine overseas in various places. There is a member on here who has gone to work in remote Africa somewhere for a couple of years.

It is possible, but is most easily done when there is a natural "gap" in career progression e.g. after F2 or after CT2. Anything else would cause a more significant disruption to your training.

[Orinincandenza]

(Original post by digitalis)
Very possible. Either the US/Aus for postgraduate training or working anywhere after postgrad training. Have to be willing to go through rigorous licensing procedures though.

(Original post by Helenia)
It depends on exactly what you want to do. Moving abroad permanently to work is certainly possible, though for certain countries e.g. the USA there are very tough exams to be allowed to practice over there. If you want to swan off and work overseas for a few months here and there, it's possible but more disruptive to your training, as time spent overseas is not necessarily counted towards your UK specialist training. I know of a few people who've gone to Aus/NZ for a year after F2, and a couple of others who took a year out after F2 to locum and then do some bits of expedition medicine overseas in various places. There is a member on here who has gone to work in remote Africa somewhere for a couple of years.

It is possible, but is most easily done when there is a natural "gap" in career progression e.g. after F2 or after CT2. Anything else would cause a more significant disruption to your training.

Why do people (read medics) always say US/AUS/NZ but never Canada, that another former colony with universal health care and english as a first language?

Is there some big obstacle i don't know about ?

[Helenia]

(Original post by Orinincandenza)
Why do people (read medics) always say US/AUS/NZ but never Canada, that another former colony with universal health care and english as a first language?

Is there some big obstacle i don't know about ?

I know very little about it as I've never seriously looked into leaving the UK, but AFAIK it is very hard for non-Canadian/US trained doctors to get jobs over there unless they're "undesirable" (i.e. GP in some really remote area).

[John Locke]

(Original post by Orinincandenza)
Why do people (read medics) always say US/AUS/NZ but never Canada, that another former colony with universal health care and english as a first language?

Is there some big obstacle i don't know about ?

it's nothing to do with how comparable healthcare systems are unfortunately, more to do with how the particular country's regulatory authorities have decided to view foreign graduates.

[digitalis]

(Original post by Orinincandenza)
Why do people (read medics) always say US/AUS/NZ but never Canada, that another former colony with universal health care and english as a first language?

Is there some big obstacle i don't know about ?

What John Locke said. Canada is relatively easy (read very in some provinces) if you have finished speciality training (e.g. a consultant/GP) but if you require postgraduate training, the chances of getting a residency are very slim unless you have connections in Canadian academic institutes.

[I-Am-A-Tripod]

(Original post by tpxvs)
(apart from elective) I hope to be able to travel lots in my life. If this means working abroad, im more than happy to do it! How possible is this though? or will i only get to spend my annual leave abroad ?

once you complete training etc loads of opportunities to work abroad in most of the english speaking world, even in the non if you want. Dont pin too much hope on annual leave.

would recommend you do electives abroad though, so can mix travel with medicine - its a great time

[Orinincandenza]

(Original post by Helenia)
I know very little about it as I've never seriously looked into leaving the UK, but AFAIK it is very hard for non-Canadian/US trained doctors to get jobs over there unless they're "undesirable" (i.e. GP in some really remote area).

(Original post by John Locke)
it's nothing to do with how comparable healthcare systems are unfortunately, more to do with how the particular country's regulatory authorities have decided to view foreign graduates.

(Original post by digitalis)
What John Locke said. Canada is relatively easy (read very in some provinces) if you have finished speciality training (e.g. a consultant/GP) but if you require postgraduate training, the chances of getting a residency are very slim unless you have connections in Canadian academic institutes.

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