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How immigrants can get medical education in the USA

ForumDaily continues to talk about pupils and teachers of the School of Medical Professions - licensed Private Career School Concord Rusam. Oksana Timoshenko - holder of a medical diploma from the country of former residence and a Registered Nurse American license - has been teaching at the school for four years. She shared with us her story and observations about school, American education and the specifics of training medical professionals in America.

Students School Concord Rusam. Photo: concordrusam.com

Personal History

Oksana Tymoshenko arrived with her family in the United States from Uzbekistan about twenty years ago. In her native Tashkent she was an experienced dermatologist. In the United States, Oksana successfully confirmed her diploma and passed exams for a medical license. However, the most difficult stage remained - to find a residency. The search took several years, but was not successful. As it turned out, most of the emigrants faced a similar problem when they decided to continue practicing medicine in their new homeland.

«Of course, everyone has his own way, and I cannot say that in principle it is impossible for an emigrant to find a residency. However, it is important to understand that in terms of a number of indicators, we initially lose to the Americans. Firstly, it is important for them exactly when you got a medical education - it is desirable to find a job no later than five years after graduation. It is also important which university you graduated from and which points you received for the exam. Of course, it is preferable that the estimates are above average"- explains Oksana.

According to her, additional difficulties arose with the advent of the concept of “international students”.

«Previously, there were only persons who were educated in the United States (American graduates) or abroad (foreign graduates). Now the international student category has appeareds. For example, American students go to study on the islands, spend two years there, then come back and undergo rotation in American hospitals. Such people are much more likely to get a residency than foreigners"- explains Oksana.

Oksana Tymoshenko had a great desire to work in the medical field. She worked as a medical assistant, and after obtaining a license as a teacher at the New York State Department of Education, she taught at various American medical schools. Oksana Tymoshenko learned about her New York-based Concord Rusam school from a friend who faced the same problem: successfully passing medical exams, obtaining a license, and then failing to find a residency.

Concord Rusam Medical School has been around for 16 years, and during this time it has prepared thousands of students for the Registered Nurse (RN) license exam. Her training programs (both full-time and online versiona) Approved by the New York State Education Department. The school helps the holders of the diploma “Nurse” with the evaluation of the diploma and prepares for the exam. A separate program also exists for holders of medical, paramedic, nurse-midwife and pediatric nurse diplomas - they can undergo professional retraining with a diploma in “Nurse”. That is the path chosen by Oksana.

«After four years of unsuccessful search for residency, I understood that as time passed, the chances of finding it were becoming less and less. As a result, I decided to retrain, received a diploma of a nurse, then - permission to take the exam and passed it the first time. Concord Rusam really provides a unique opportunity for people who do not represent a vocation other than medicine and work in this field in America."She stresses.

American education

After completing the course, the principal of Concord Rusam Zinaida Freink offered Oksana to stay at the school as a teacher. Given the extensive medical and pedagogical experience in the medical field in the United States, Oksana was ideally suited for this role. In addition, Oksana herself successfully passed the exam and received a Registered Nurse license. As a result, a graduate of the school began to conduct a course of Clinical Medical Assistant (assistant doctor at the reception). The training program here takes 6 months and includes courses in Electrocardiography Technician (an electrocardiogram removal specialist) and Phlebotomy Technician (a specialist in vein blood sampling). After the end of the program, students go to practice in medical offices. Then they pass national exams right at school, allowing them to continue working in the medical field in any state of America.

Photo: Twitter / Concord Rusam (@concord_rusam)

Oksana notes: the difference in the training of health workers in the United States and in the post-Soviet space is very large, and this is felt even in relation to study.

«In the US, as a rule, people go to receive a profession consciously. This is their conscious choice in which they see their calling. In our country, people often went to the university simply because they understood that they needed to get some kind of higher education. Examinations and requirements here are also much stricter. For example, Medical Assistant does almost the same procedures as the nurse, with some exceptions. For them, knowledge of anatomy and medical terminology, including Latin, is also required. In general, any professional education in America is much deeper than ours. Here, less attention is paid to the so-called “general subjects”, but students have the opportunity to understand the essence of the profession better and in more detail. Studies include a large percentage of self-study, and people understand that they learn first of all for themselves"She says.

Oksana already had a lot of experience teaching in various medical schools in the USA, but she admits that she was struck by the atmosphere of Concord Rusam. In addition to this, it was important for her to be able to help the same, as she, emigrants.

Oksana notes: the teaching at the school fully complies with American standards and is conducted in English, but teachers in their free time are ready to help students with the translation of some complicated things.

Practical training in Concord Rusam

«All lectures and discussion of issues takes place in English, but we are ready to deal with students additionally. During such extra classes, I sometimes explain some topics in Russian. Often students send me emails with questions, and I answer them. Of course, all this communication is absolutely free, as a supplement to the main activities“- says the teacher.

Exams and medical practice in the USA

Among the main advantages of Concord Rusam School, Oksana notes a special attention to the practical aspects of passing the NCLEX-RN exam.

«It is very important that all instructors prepare for NCLEX-RN - these are our compatriots who have themselves passed this path, have successfully passed the exam, have found work, and are now ready to share their experience. This is the valuable difference between our program and others like it."She notes.

According to the teacher, not only academic medical knowledge is important for training, but also the skills necessary for passing such examinations. A computer database in which 30 000 questions are collected helps a lot in gaining such skills.

“The exam can take from one to six hours (from 75 to 265 questions), and here it is important to be able to prepare for it physically and mentally, to choose the optimal strategy and tactics that can best be advised only by someone who has passed this way. The relationship between ethics and the law in medicine, the relationship between a doctor and a patient, the distribution of responsibilities between various medical professionals — all this varies significantly in the United States and in the post-Soviet countries, not to mention pharmacology and diagnosis. It is also important to remember that curricula differ in different US colleges. However, NCLEX-RN is a federal exam, and in order to pass it successfully, it is important to know the most frequently encountered questions and principles that are the same for all educational institutions. Knowledge of the basic principles will help you a lot on the exam. In addition, you will need to be able to apply your knowledge in an extremely stressful state, and we try to prepare students for this with the help of a detailed study of questions on the topic of each lecture.", - says Oksana Timoshenko.

She notes: "Even considering that in the capital cities of the former USSR diagnosis was maintained at a certain level, it seems that in America it is ahead of us by several decades. American medicine uses a huge amount of different equipment and, of course, students should know it and be able to handle it. With any Medical Assistant we completely go through the entire diagnostic program. Medical Assistant helps the doctor with absolutely everything, including filling out documents where the patient’s condition can be described using terms in Latin. The study of such large volumes of material and instruments affects many of our students, some of whom have never heard of such equipment. ”

“We also teach students to work in the laboratory, which is absolutely necessary for diagnosis. There are many types of test tubes, and students should know which types of tests should be performed to diagnose certain diseases, and which test tubes should be used for these tests. Working in the laboratory and with the equipment is perhaps the most difficult part of education for students from the post-Soviet space. At Concord Rusam, classes take place in specially equipped laboratories. ”- explains Oksana.

Future nurses in class in Concord Rusam

Concord Rusam, in turn, not only provides a quality education, but also helps its graduates to find work.

«We have clinical practice, and students are provided with practice, after which many people get a job offer. In addition, we are often approached by medical offices that have known about us for a long time and would like to accept our graduates for vacancies."- concludes Oksana.

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