请大家帮忙指点一下

李不苟UID: 2762676

现在在北京协和医学院学8年制临床医学，毕业以后拿的是MD，今年大四，刚开始考虑要出国。不想学公卫；在生物实验室打工的话，勉强能接受但是不知道前途会怎样；挺喜欢生物医学工程的，但是学过的工科基础课少，不知道怎么能转过去；最高理想是能在外国考出USMLE做医生，但传说这条路很辛苦……现在有几个问题还不是很明白，希望大家能帮忙解答！
1. 去国外念“基础医学”跟去外国生物实验室打工是一个意思吗，最后都是拿理学的学位是吗？
2. 我要是现在准备GRE的话，是考GRE general，还是考GRE subject？要是考GREsubject的话应该考biology还是biochemistry？
3. 入学的时候，协和说每届毕业生中都有机会去美国念三年，最后拿的是PhD学位，但是四处都没有找到具体的要求、公费还是自己申奖学金什么的……各位要是恰好有人了解相关信息的话，拜托大家指个路哈
4. 关于考USMLE这条路，据说除了考USMLE之外，还需要考一个口语的TSE考试，这个TSE也是必需的吗？要是口语很烂是不是很困难……还有就是说如果在国外念PhD的时候，怎么往USMLE这方面努力呀，整天在实验室做实验的话，也没什么机会去医院的说……
嗯……我现在就是想先在剩下的四年里把GRE、托福、USMLE1和2考出来，然后毕业以后申个奖学金去美国学几年理学博士，同时练习口语，争取考出USMLE3，要是考不出来，就找个公司混混，或者回国。要是回国的话，还有机会接着做医生吗？我都学了3年理学了，医院还会要我吗？
希望大家帮忙解答一下我的这些困惑啊……

李不苟UID: 2762676

呃……刚看了一下公卫都有哪些专业，发现还是有喜欢的~

Gil.ZeroUID: 2329473

1. Quite the same. PhD or Master degree in science.
2. General at least. Some program ask additional Sub, depends on the univeristy and program. But GRE general at least.
3. Not familiar with your school, but I think it sounds like a combined program as transfer student to some other university to get two degrees, maybe Emory? Actually most other medical shools offers MD + PhD to 8 years program.
4. No need to take TSE, the USMLE step2 CS contains communication score, and yeas, it is very hard to pass that, needs lots of practice. One friend of mine has worked in US for 4 years, and failed the CS communication part. If doing PhD in US, it will be very busy, not much time for test preparation. But, for step 1 and step 2 CK, at least, no need to go to hospital, just all kinds of knowledge questions. If with some time to do observer in hospitals, step 2 CS and step 3 will not be too hard to pass. However, our goal is 99/99/pass CS first time/ 90+, right, it sure will be not easy, but possible.
5. You will need to come to US for Step 2 CS and Step 3. If you come out applying your self, it will be very hard to come back to China as physcian. Most times, people do post-doc and then post-doc, and post-doc again, until find some faculty position....... That's the regular career pathway for PhD students. But if you get excellent USMLE scores, great English, and better a green card during Pot-Doc, you will have some chance to get matched into residency program, to do 3-4 years of residency training, and then become a physcian at US. If not as physcian nor faculty, it will be very hard to go back China with a good job, when already old. But if you are a physcian or faculty and a green card in hand, mostly you will still stay working at US. So, over all, maybe you will not consider that much about working back home, especially after a having a baby in US......

I hope these answer all your questions.

BTW, Dony Dony Joba is so qute, my favourite doctor. I even once wanted to name my baby Dony.

李不苟UID: 2762676

先谢谢Gil.Zero啦！让人瞬间就清楚了很多^_^
我再慢慢想想
这个论坛真是个好地方呀~~

乔巴是学医的原初动力来着^^

Gil.Zero在美国已经混得很好了啊，连宝宝都有啦~~~真羡慕呀
3# Gil.Zero

Gil.ZeroUID: 2329473

先谢谢Gil.Zero啦！让人瞬间就清楚了很多^_^
我再慢慢想想
这个论坛真是个好地方呀~~

乔巴是学医的原初动力来着^^

Gil.Zero在美国已经混得很好了啊，连宝宝都有啦~~~真羡慕呀
3# Gil.Zero
李不苟 发表于 2010-2-13 00:39

Far away from good at all, baby means heavy duty only......
Not even start, and not a long time here yet. Not even a paper published, far away from graduation.
As i said, just started.

李不苟UID: 2762676

5# Gil.Zero
那Gil.Zero要加油哦~~