8/17/2023 0 Comments Usmle hard exam![]() The average Attending in the US earns around $313,000.The average Attending (“Consultant”) in the UK earns around $121,900 per year.But for the purposes of this article, let’s just accept the below two headline facts. I’ve written a more detailed blog on this site where I specifically break down the details and explain the Doctor Salary Differences in the UK and US, so check that out for a more deep dive. The thing that is providing most of us our main source of income (we can’t all be YouTubers like Ali… ) So it is important that we address this head on. ![]() Being a doctor, as much as it may be a calling, a passion, a purpose for us all - it’s also our job. There’s no point being shy about this, we’re all friends here. Things to ConsiderĪll of that being said, I’m not arguing that we all just flip a coin and then let the multiverse decide which branch of life we follow! It’s still down to us to consider some different aspects of medical careers in these two countries, and then try to make an educated conclusion of which fits our priorities better. We can plan all we want, but life has its own plans for us, so once you make your decision, feel content with it and move on! You can have an incredible career and life in either of these countries. In that case, it sounds like a pretty good decision! But maybe you would have met someone better in the US… and your kids could’ve been the President… you clearly had good genes after all…? Perhaps you decide to become a doctor in the UK, you meet the woman of your dreams during your ‘house job’, get married, have kids, one of whom goes on to become the Prime Minister of the UK. Likewise, once you have made the decision and picked one of these countries, you will still never know for sure whether you made the ‘right’ decision, because you’ll never know what the alternative in the other country would have been like! You will never be able to control all of these, so don’t paralyse yourself with endless hypotheticals. The question you are trying to answer is, “will I have a happier and more fulfilling life in the UK or in the US?” There are millions of different variables, life events, pure chance, that can make it so that your decision to live in either of these countries is a fantastic one or a horrible mistake. It’s natural for us as humans, and more specifically for us medical students/doctors, to want to logically weigh up all the factors and reach the ‘right’ answer - it’s what we’ve been trained to do! But, what we have to acknowledge right from the outset, is that there is no wrong answer. I think this is the first thing to realise. ![]() ![]() So, in our modern times, how should one approach making the decision of where to go and therefore which of these above exams to start studying for? There is no ‘wrong’ answer Even from my dad’s generation, his entire graduating class from Khyber Medical College in Pakistan would basically split into thirds between staying in Pakistan, going to the UK, or going to the US. Undoubtedly, if you’re from countries like Pakistan, India, the UAE or those in North Africa, you will have hundreds of examples of seniors from your medical school who have pursued both the UK and the US route. For the vast, vast majority of you, that means making the following choice should I do the USMLE, or should I do the PLAB?įor those who are unaware, the PLAB exam (Professional and Linguistics Assessment Board) is the medical licensing exam required for foreign doctors who want to work in the UK, and the USMLE is the US Medical Licensing Exam (thus the name). You’ve either completed your MBBS or are about to, and now you want to go work in another country. So, you’re a doctor/medical student from a country other than the UK.
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