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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not advise you. It is very hard to get residency for foreign educated (even you pass all the exams). She might look into like NYU or other schools that have low tuition for doctors. [/quote]

in 2023, 67% got matched:

https://www.intealth.org/Match2023Infographic.pdf?utm_source=website&utm_medium=infographic&utm_campaign=match2023

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This is probably the floor, since it doesn't include the match after the scramble (or the SOAP or whatever it's called now). Even more matches are made at that time.

OP, I would 100% let her do this. It's similar to the system in India, and [b]in terms of the ability of the physicians, there are no differences between the ones that went to school here, and the ones that went elsewhere.[/b] On the odd chance that she doesn't match in her residency, she will have to work a year (cannot practice medicine, but can and should work in a clinical environment), pass her USMLE Step 3 during that year, and re-apply. Her odds of getting a match will go up simply because she passed Step 3.

Where I feel there is a significant drawback to being a foreign graduate, is when it comes which residencies you will match with. By and large, foreign graduates will not be competitive for the most sought after residencies (plastics, neuro, derm, etc.) so she would essentially have to be content with something like emergency medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, etc.[/quote]

Are you sure about that? There was that report out in 2016 about problems with Indian medical schools, and then there is the more recent uproar about the USMLE board revoking the scores for those caught cheating.

It is absolutely true that India produces some fabulous physicians. But the brand is getting tarnished as the merit claims are being demonstrably diluted by fraud, bribery, and cheating. I do think this is going to take years to play out and re-settle, and OP's daughter would likely be caught int he fallout that is developing right now.

[b]How bad are most of India’s medical schools? Very, according to new reports.[/b]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/21/how-bad-are-most-of-indias-medical-schools-very-according-to-new-reports/

[quote]That is a suspicion that underlies other investigations, too. A four-month-long probe by Reuters found that since 2010, "at least 69 Indian medical colleges and teaching hospitals have been accused of such transgressions or other significant failings, including rigging entrance exams or accepting bribes to admit students," and that "one out of every six of the country’s 398 medical schools has been accused of cheating, according to Indian government records and court filings."
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Private medical colleges have proliferated rapidly in India. When in 1980 there were around 100 public colleges and 11 private, the latter now outnumber the former by 215 to 183. Most are run by businessmen with no medical experience. Last January, the British Medical Journal found that many private medical colleges charged "capitation" fees, which are essentially compulsory donations required for admission.[/quote]

[b]US Board Discloses Cheating, Grads Say Problem Is Rampant[/b]
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/us-board-discloses-cheating-grads-say-problem-rampant-2024a10002aj?form=fpf

[quote]Ahmad Ozair, MD, an IMG from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, said that he has come across many groups online sharing or selling USMLE recalls. He first became suspicious when he saw several students, all from a few medical schools in Nepal, posting on social media about scoring in the 270 and 280-plus range.

"The statistical probability that you would have three or more candidates in the same year, scoring in the 99th percentile worldwide, belonging to a small geographical area is extremely low."

Ozair, who now is studying public health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, said that the issue is important for "all stakeholders" who care about patient safety: "Would you want a doctor who has cheated on the medical licensing exam to take care of you?" [/quote][/quote]

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