主题：【原创】老子英雄儿好汉 -- 爱莲

爱莲san，我可再次见识河里的牛人的"牛". 要不是你这么认真，我也不会回你帖。也解决了为什么美国的医疗机构里有不同国家学历的医生了。

你没错，但也不全对。不是所有国内的“MD“ 都可以直接考usmle。（打字太慢，下以英文说）

i understood you correctly. you said if the "so-called" MD people from china were able to TAKE and PASS the american medical boards, they would be better off than a person who gets PHD here b/c they saved time and "uncle sam".

in general, there are conceptual misunderstandings in exams, NBME, and ECFMG between you and me. USMLE is just an exam service which is owned by nbme and ecfmg. NBME (national board of medical education)is for graduates from american and canadian medical schools, and ECFMG is for all graduates from medical schools outside of US. therefore, chinese MDs take the same exams, but not thru the same board which med students here always talk about.

true, some MD at certain chinese schools in china are able to take exams directly without going to american medical schools again. however, not all chinese medical schools are on the credential list of ECFMG, so not everybody who got their "MD" degree from china is able to come and take the exams. only "牛人" do.

just in case somebody out there are interested in how to get hands on this, here is some basic info.

for foreign medical graduates, they HAVE TO go around the same exams, Which are usmle step 1 and step2, by a program, and the program is called ECFMG. their website: http://www.ecfmg.org/2007ib/ibexam.html#mse

foreign medical personals should not go for NBDE, which is for american and canadian accredicted schools graduates.

in order to apply for ECFMG, applicants' schools have to be on their credetial list from ECFMG. then, the program will admit you as their certificate candidates.

after taking and passing usmle step 1 and step2, you then can procede to step 3 which lead you to a unrestricted medical practise liscense within united states, but liscesure precedures depends on different states.