Studying medicine in Europe

I can't say I really understand what you're asking but perhaps this is relevant: the course in Denmark is 6 years but broken into two parts, the Bachelors and the MD. You can't do the latter without the former and you can't be a doctor without both.

Hello people,

I was just reading all the posts, just wanted to say that wherever you study medicine/ dentistry would be priceless, once a qualified doctor you will be practicing medicine among doctors graduated from all over the world. I personally believe that if you really want to be a doctor then a language barrier would be a small part to worry about, you will learn a language during the first three years and during the clinical years you only will need to have a basic understanding of the language, I know so many doctors that have graduated from European universities and are practicing medicine in the UK. I also know doctors that send their children abroad to study medicine or dentistry as they understand the value of a medical/ dental degree. I think the debate on that ''Europe medical schools are second to uk'', all I will say is once your a doctor, practicing and saving lives, you will never be second to anyone.

I understand that its not going to be easy to study abroad however it will make you all stronger and independent such skills that are important to have in a doctor.

Also once a doctor even if you qualify in the UK, you will experience a language barrier in hospitals because there will be a range of people with different backgrounds and not all will be speaking English.

Hope this helps.

I really must disagree. Though one probably would pick up the language after three years, without a good grasp failure of first and second year exams is a distinct possibility.

I disagree fundamentally with the idea that you only need a 'basic understanding' of a language for clinical years. Often the key to appropriate patient care is eliciting very subtle messages from people. This is why language barriers in healthcare are such a problem. Many European graduates will have excellent English as a result of them being taught in school or through common exposure. It might not be as easy for somebody in the UK with pretty basic conversational French to immediately up sticks and start a medical degree in Paris

I really must disagree. Though one probably would pick up the language after three years, without a good grasp failure of first and second year exams is a distinct possibility.

I disagree fundamentally with the idea that you only need a 'basic understanding' of a language for clinical years. Often the key to appropriate patient care is eliciting very subtle messages from people. This is why language barriers in healthcare are such a problem. Many European graduates will have excellent English as a result of them being taught in school or through common exposure. It might not be as easy for somebody in the UK with pretty basic conversational French to immediately up sticks and start a medical degree in Paris

Does anyone have experience of the next stage of medical training after graduating from a European med school?

I'd be interested to know what it's like applying for F1/F2 positions, or even coming back here later on in your career. I'd be interested in studying in Europe, but so far I've heard little about the challenges faced once one graduates.

This!!




I would be very interested to know how likely is it for the graduate
1)get a job
2)extend their qualification
3)pass the USMLE and etc (the exams required to work in US or Canada)

tbh I have asked this from a few agencies and the students who are already enrolled but they either not happy to say what it is or they haven't ever thought of it

E.g. apparently, charles which is the best among them unis in europe does not really prepare student for the US-Canada exams due to different style of teaching

Why would a student who wanted to return to the UK want a course which better suited the US-Canada system?

Couldn't see why you are assuming all the students want to go back to work in UK!! dont get me wrong I love UK with passion but there are students who want to either extend their qualification there or just live/work in there and this is not me saying this but dental students/dentists in uk

even if someone is thinking of coming to uk after 5-6 years time ..who knows!

Hey are you studying medicine in Denmark ? is it in English or danish ? Because i am originally from Denmark, but we are planning on moving back this year ? so any help would be great

Wow, an incredible thread. I've taken the time to read almost every single post and jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus!

Anybody have any more information on the maths/physics side of the Charles Universitie's entrance exam? The PDF file isnt opening for me.
Additionally, anyone have any info on medicine at the University of Copenhagen, the site is terribly hard to navigate in.

Many thanks

I have ****-tons of info on Copenhagen. What do you want to know? The site isn't that hard to navigate.

Hey, cheers for replying.

-Firstly, will they look at my GCSE's while sifting through candidiates?
-How much are tuition fees yearly and accom.?
-What are admission requirements?

Thanks

Woah. OK did not expect these questions.

I expect they'll look at GCSEs briefly as the Quota 2 application is where they look at the whole picture. GCSEs obviously form part of that, though I can't imagine they'll put much emphasis on them.

This is really basic research stuff you probably could've found out. There are no tuition fees in Denmark. For anything.
Accommodation seems more complicated. Here is what I could find (since I haven't looked into it myself): http://studier.ku.dk/studieliv_ku/bolig/

Admissions requirements are here: http://studier.ku.dk/bacheloruddannelser/medicin/#Adgangskrav
And you can click 'adgangsgivende eksamen' for more info (basically that A-levels are accepted as equivalent to the Danish A-levels, though it does not specify what is equivalent to what in terms of AS and A2s and Danish B-levels and A-levels).

If you didn't spend several years at a Danish school you'll most likely have to pass the Studieprøve before applying.

Firstly, thanks for replying

Alot of the websites i tried to visit, were in danish, and punching the whole site into google translate, isnt so effective. But thanks for taking the effort to find out for me.

And in terms of the grade requirements, i kinda see what you mean. I guess i'll get in touch with them myself.

It's worth the wait Thanks!

In terms of actual grades, according to the Ministry for Education site (or whatever it was), at A2 Bs and As are both equivalent to a 10 in the Danish system and an A* is equivalent to a 12. As you can see on the Adgangskrav page if you go up a bit, the average that got applicants onto the course via Quota 1 in 2011 was 10.7. I don't know whether that's taken from just the required subjects or all subjects taken in Sixth Form though. These things don't matter for me just yet.

Edit: And by the way... since you say you were putting the whole thing into Google Translate... you know that the course is in Danish, right?

yeah, will have to take maybe 1 or 2 years out to learn danish. I have cousins who have done the same and they turned out fine.