Medical Student wants to take USMLE

I am starting my first year of medicine.

I know one thing and it is that someday I want to work in the America's private healthcare system.

It really is a no-brainer when they get $400,000 a year ; around about 7 times the salary of the average UK physician !

Even the lowest paid doctors in the US get paid around about $150,000 a year from what I have read (graduate family doctors) .

This is 2.5x the maximum salary of a seasoned GP in his fifties in the UK.

So, what should I do to go about becoming an American doctor by the time I am 30 ?

When should I take the USMLE STEP exams ? Do private firms in the UK pay £400,000 or is it more like £80,000 ?

Thanks.

I am starting my first year of medicine.

I know one thing and it is that someday I want to work in the America's private healthcare system.

It really is a no-brainer when they get $400,000 a year ; around about 7 times the salary of the average UK physician !

Even the lowest paid doctors in the US get paid around about $150,000 a year from what I have read (graduate family doctors) .

This is 2.5x the maximum salary of a seasoned GP in his fifties in the UK.

So, what should I do to go about becoming an American doctor by the time I am 30 ?

When should I take the USMLE STEP exams ? Do private firms in the UK pay £400,000 or is it more like £80,000 ?

Thanks.

I am starting my first year of medicine.

I know one thing and it is that someday I want to work in the America's private healthcare system.

It really is a no-brainer when they get $400,000 a year ; around about 7 times the salary of the average UK physician !

Even the lowest paid doctors in the US get paid around about $150,000 a year from what I have read (graduate family doctors) .

This is 2.5x the maximum salary of a seasoned GP in his fifties in the UK.

So, what should I do to go about becoming an American doctor by the time I am 30 ?

When should I take the USMLE STEP exams ? Do private firms in the UK pay £400,000 or is it more like £80,000 ?

Thanks.

Your figures are way off for medical salaries in the UK.

Private medicine in the UK is complex but earning £400,000 a year from clinical work would be extremely rare.

Just out of curiosity, what do you need £400,000 a year for? And why did you think medicine would be the easiest route to achieving this?

No idea about USMLE timings. My gut instinct tells me you will eventually need to adjust your expectations to reality however.

I know seasoned GPs in their 50s who are earning FAR more than the equivalent of $150,000 (£108,000). You seem to have your UK salaries quite a way out. You say an average UK physician earns around $57,000, which is £41,000, and even without private work, most senior consultants would be on around 3x that.