How our immigrants can get medical education in the USA

2007-based licensed school Concord rusam For many years, it has been helping its students get a number of medical professions that are in demand in America. More than a thousand holders of a nurse diploma from the country of their former residence with the help of Concord Rusam received an American licensee Registered Nurse. In addition, thousands of graduates of other programs that are aimed at people without previous medical education found themselves in the healthcare sector: Phlebotomy Technician, Electrocardiography Technician, Patient Care Technician, Clinical Medical Assistant, Medical Billing and Coding. Company president Yuri Kurashvili and school principal Zinaida Freink, who once arrived in the United States from St. Petersburg, helped thousands of new Russian-speaking immigrants find their place in American life.

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Students who have completed the American Licensing Exam Preparation Program (NCLEX-RN), they remember with gratitude the teacher Grigory Zilberman, who manages to work in a hospital, teach classes at school, answer endless letters from students - and at the same time continues to improve his qualifications.

Gregory came to the United States from Kiev, where he received a medical education. He knew very well that he wanted to continue practicing medicine. In 2007, he passed the exam brilliantly and received a Registered Nurse license. Gregory first worked as a Visiting Nurse, then got a job at the surgical department of Montefiore Medical Center; He also received a teaching license and began to train students at Concord Rusam. First, he led short programs, taught students the techniques of taking an electrocardiogram and blood sampling, conducted classes under the Nurse Assistant program, and in recent years, he has only conducted a training program for nurses approved by the New York State Department of Education (both full-time and online).

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Gregory says: “I do not agree to the offers to teach in other places: I love the atmosphere of Concord Rusam school, I highly appreciate my colleagues and students. I am proud of my students. Many of them, under difficult life circumstances, have achieved serious success. Once I went to surgery myself, and when I woke up after anesthesia, I heard “Good morning, Grisha”. The nurse said that she was my student, but to this day I do not know who it was: she did not take off the mask in the ward ... All the teachers of the school Concord Rusam - our compatriots who themselves went this way, successfully passed the exam, found a job, and are now ready to share their experience. This is a valuable difference between the program in Concord Rusam and others like her. Our computer database helps a lot, which collects 30 000 questions and analyzes the answers to them. It is also important to choose the optimal strategy and tactics for the exam, which can only be best advised by someone who has come this way. “Registered Nurse is a prestigious, promising and highly paid profession in the USA, and I sincerely wish our immigrants to succeed in this profession!”

We are talking with another Concord Rusam teacher: Oksana Timoshenko worked as a dermatologist in her native Tashkent, successfully confirmed her diploma in the United States and passed exams for a medical license. However, for four years she could not find a residency. As it turned out, most immigrant doctors faced this problem. Oksana worked as an assistant physician, and after receiving a teacher’s license from the New York State Department of Education, she taught at various American medical schools.

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Concert Rusam School Director Zinaida Freink invited Oksana to teach the course Clinical Medical Assistant (assistant doctor at the reception). The program takes six months and includes courses Electrocardiography Technician (electrocardiogram specialist) and Phlebotomy technician (specialist in blood sampling from a vein). After the end of the program, students go to practice in medical offices. Then they take national exams right at school, allowing them to continue working in the medical field in any state of America. Oksana notes: “Our school really provides a unique opportunity for people who have no other calling for themselves, except for medicine and work in this area in America, and for specialists of different levels. Clinical Medical Assistant is equally required knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology, including Latin. We teach students how to work in specially equipped laboratories. Students will learn what types of tests should be performed to diagnose certain diseases and which tubes to use for these tests. Teaching at our school is fully consistent with American standards and is conducted in English, but all teachers in their free time are ready to help students with the translation of some complex things. "

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People who have not previously had a relationship with medicine may come to Concord rusam to courses Phlebotomy technician, Electrocardiography Technician, Patient Care Technician, Clinical Medical Assistant, Medical Billing and Coding. For example, blood sampling is one of the shortest and most affordable programs. In just a few weeks, students master the technique of taking blood, storing and transporting samples, study the labeling of test tubes, pass an exam for a certificate, after which they can start working in a medical office or even a mobile laboratory. Without this certificate, even a licensed nurse will not be allowed to take blood samples - the rules in the United States are strict.

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The Concord Rusam school helps students at all stages: helps with the evaluation of a nursing diploma, with obtaining an interest-free loan for education in order to gain professional skills and start working earlier - and before the actual employment. The school not only provides quality education, but also helps its graduates find work. Representatives of medical offices often come here and want to hire Concord Rusam graduates for vacant positions. Graduates of the school working in hospitals and offices immediately report openings and recommend students of the school.

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Director Zinaida Freink with special warmth talks about the graduates of the school. Everyone is remembered here and proud of the achievements of their students! The school administration is confident that in addition to the knowledge and skills for a successful career in the United States, you must be optimistic, believe in yourself and work hard. So, you need to develop the necessary personal skills, which also helps Concord Rusam. The school of medical professions is also a school of personal development, and courses of adaptation to a new culture - a culture of optimism, hard work and achieving goals.

Thanks to Concord Rusam, people quickly settle in America and begin to live with dignity. The founders of the school themselves were at the starting positions and know how much timely assistance can mean.

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