I was just wondering if I were to become a doctor from the US and go to live in another country (in Asia most probably Tokyo) would I be required to take additional courses or tests? (o.o)thx 4-ch!!
depends on the countries in question, but generally yes.
if you were to go to a third-world country that has a shortage of doctors, esp. via an aid program, you would not. but you appear to be a wap so i don't see that happening.
Oh, and I'm told you have to be a Japanese citizen to be a doctor.
> The reasoning is that they believe that only citizens should hold positions of "admistrative power" in the government. Doctors at public hospitals and teachers at public schools fall under these categories.
you'd have to learn to speak and understand japanese perfectly. think about it. what good is a doctor who can't fully understand their patients?
>>1 Spoilers! Japan's medical industry isn't outrageously overpriced like the US's, so you won't have as much chance of being "in the money." Stay here.
>>6
I don't know about any laws that might be related to this, but I'm sure you must have heard the word "gaijin". It's what Japanese people usually call Westerners. What it literally means is "outside person". If you're a Westerner in Japan, you are an outsider.
In all likelihood you'll be treated perfectly fine, despite the horror stories some people like to share about racist Japanese. But you're still an outsider, you're not part of the group that all Japanese belong to, and that's a pretty important thing in their culture. You should try and think about it from a Japanese perspective, and understand why being an outsider is a bad thing.
Basically, I don't doubt a Westerner would have a difficult time becoming a doctor in Japan, and carrying out the job of he got it. And this is assuming there's no law preventing you from doing it. I can't really be bothered to find out, but it wouldn't suprise me one bit if there is.
Please help me 4-ch I searched the whole net.....Does anyone know if there is any Japanese law saying that a doctor in Japan (from U.S.) has to be a Japanese citizen. I called the Japanese consulate and they said they didn't know :-X.......PLEASE HELP!!
you can't be serious
If anime is your only motivation, please reconsider your life's path.
Go for it!
>>10
not his only motivation. Trauma Center, surely.
Tokyo is a great country. I have been there. Its provinces (shinagawa, shinjuku, roppongi) are incredibly vast and there is an inter-provincial high speed train that links them all! The best part is that the train also allows you to travel to neighboring countries, for example if you wanted to visit the country of Osaka you could do so because they use the same currency. Amazing, isn't it? I wish Canada would use the same dollars that the US does.
>>17
if this isn't copypasta (yet), well, it should be
>>18
Tried it, and it wasn't a successful copypasta. It probably needs more incest or loli.
I'm a second year medical student and the answer in short is yes, you need to be certified.
However, once you're done with med school you'll be so fucking sick and tired of school you'll never want to go back. You'll be old and grey and your shoulders will be collapsing under the massive debt you've accumulated--fat fucking chance you'll be moving into a country with lower pay just so you can watch animu and collect figurines.
Supposing for a moment that you, >>1, are in high school, my best advice to you is to focus on getting through 1) college, 2) the MCATs, and 3) the admissions process, and then figure out what you're gonna do after that--because most people, but the time they get to #3, have entirely given up on the idea of being a doctor. But if you really do have the patience, fortitude, and mental illness to do all that and still decide to practice medicine in Japan, more power to you.
Yours in anonymity,
Student Doctor Anonymous
>>22
do you plan to specialize in gynecology by any chance?
I'm really beginning to think that a lot of you really need to reexamine your obsessions with Japan. You're truly wapanese - mostly a bunch of suburban white kids trying to substitute their lack of culture by developing an unrealistic view of Japan and desperately trying to act Japanese, halfheartedly imitate Japaese culture, and, in the process, living in a delusion. Why would being a doctor there be so much better in Japan than it would be in your home country?
It's important for people to have dreams, especially younger kids. I don't think there's any good reason for you to run around swatting them down like flies.
>26
I am not a wapanese. I am not White. Are you retarded? I hardly ever watched anime. I want to go to Japan because I am tired of living where I live because it is so boring and I know Japanese so I figured I will go to Japan. Where I live they are closing down extra hospitals. I just love the language. Even if someone is wapanese they should try to fullfill their dreams.
Alright, I realize that I may have come across rather harsh. I'm not trying to be an asshole so much as I am trying to correct misconceptions. Most people on this site, for instance, tend to be the reclusive, quiet types, and many have few friends. How would these people do in the social hierarchies of Japanese society? These people tend to think that, if they were suddenly in Japan, their otaku-esque behavior and social withdrawal would be more normal. The ironic thing is that these types of people are much more accepted in western countries (where they are right now) than they would be in Japan.
True enough. If, however, >>1 really becomes a doctor, most of that won't matter. Whether that's right or wrong, well...that's a whole different question.
Anyway, I think it's a good goal to have, even if it is a little unusual to want to practice in Japan. Even if >>1 decides not to go to Japan, he/she will still have a solid career. Intentional or not, having the foresight to consider a "backup" plan is definitely a good thing.
Incidentally, >>1, where do you live? There are a lot of places that need more hospitals and more doctors.
>>30
I live in New York. They are planning to close down hospitals here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/29/nyregion/29hosp.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1165294800&en=8697874ddda49538&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin
New York is boring? You don't get out much, do you? Not the most awesome place in the world, but if you can't find something to interest you in a city that size, it's your own damn fault.
Anyway, if you're not an animu fag, I guarantee you that any third-world country will be just as interesting to you as Japan, and they have a lot more need for you.
>>26 I am wapanese and don't really know anything about the country, but i want to live there REALLY badly. You'd understand if you were one of us, ne. It's so much more fun to be wapanese than to be a wigger! And there's anime!
Now the question is: do you have four seasons in your country?
>26 Now the question is: do you have four seasons in your country?
I guess we do in the U.S.: Summer,winter,Fall,Spring.....