USA Today Report on US Applicants to East European Med Schools
USA Today reports that a Chicago-area entrepreneur is marketing Eastern European medical schools as an option for US students who are not competitive for US medical school admissions.
Atul Kaushal, the child of two Chicago-area physicians, himself holds a medical degree from Hungary. As an undergrad, he was told that his grades were not good enough for him to be a viable candidate for US medical schools. He and his parents looked overseas for other options and decided on Hungary. Kaushal returned to Chicago and interned at a local hospital for a year after receiving his degree, but says he soon decided that he preferred entrepreneurship to practicing healthcare.
Kaushal's company, Source America, has helped qualified students apply to medical schools in Slovakia for the past two years, and this year will begin working with applications to Bulgarian medical schools as well. Kaushal says he is confident that the European schools he helps students apply to provide a quality medical education because they are well-established and have ties with large hospitals.
There is not yet a track record of how Kaushal's clients fare when they return to the US with Eastern European medical degrees. USA Today notes that in 2004, only 53% of US citizens with medical degrees from overseas passed the medical licensing exam on the first try, compared to 90% of those with US and Canadian degrees.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last fall that at least 10 states had placed special restrictions on the licensing of foreign medical graduates.
Source: "Rx for Med School Hopefuls: Studying in Eastern Europe," by Alvin P. Sanoff - USA Today, June 12, 2006
Atul Kaushal, the child of two Chicago-area physicians, himself holds a medical degree from Hungary. As an undergrad, he was told that his grades were not good enough for him to be a viable candidate for US medical schools. He and his parents looked overseas for other options and decided on Hungary. Kaushal returned to Chicago and interned at a local hospital for a year after receiving his degree, but says he soon decided that he preferred entrepreneurship to practicing healthcare.
Kaushal's company, Source America, has helped qualified students apply to medical schools in Slovakia for the past two years, and this year will begin working with applications to Bulgarian medical schools as well. Kaushal says he is confident that the European schools he helps students apply to provide a quality medical education because they are well-established and have ties with large hospitals.
There is not yet a track record of how Kaushal's clients fare when they return to the US with Eastern European medical degrees. USA Today notes that in 2004, only 53% of US citizens with medical degrees from overseas passed the medical licensing exam on the first try, compared to 90% of those with US and Canadian degrees.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported last fall that at least 10 states had placed special restrictions on the licensing of foreign medical graduates.
Source: "Rx for Med School Hopefuls: Studying in Eastern Europe," by Alvin P. Sanoff - USA Today, June 12, 2006
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