Talk:Physicians in the United States

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MD, DO, and MBBMS

MBBS is a UK tradition degree. Per the USMLE , eligibility to take the licensure exam in the United States requires a degree from an accredited school that grants an MD or DO degree. No mention is made of MBBS. They do say an unaccredited program can be accepted based on a request from the local licensure board that accepts it. MBBS page claims Wisconsin accepts this degree for licensure, but the source reference is dead. Perhaps it should be deleted from the the lede. @Natureium: --Klaun (talk) 21:00, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The AMA says that students who have graduated from a school certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates can be licensed in the US. This includes graduates with an MBBS. Natureium (talk) 21:23, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
In theory, but not in practice. State boards control licensure and that AMA page you mentioned says go to USMLE for latest info. This [study] indicates that licensed doctors who are not MDs or DOs cannot be above a very small percentage of the population. Every state in the US requires a residency to get a medical license (which is a USMLE requirement as well), an applicants with an MD or DO are going to beat out MBBS for resident spots. Frankly, I couldn't find a reference for even a single doctor practicing in the US with a MBBS. I'm actually curious to see one. --Klaun (talk) 21:43, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the first result I found on google. [1] Natureium (talk) 23:00, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. Seems like about 60 of the 1000 Mayo Clinic doctors listed are M.B.B.S. --Klaun (talk) 01:58, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
There are definitely physicians with the MBBS degree working in academic hospitals in the United States. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 03:52, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Which is why it's listed as a minority. It may be relevant that Mayo Clinic is the number one hospital in the country and has a different hiring pool. I don't have a way to look up the number of MBBS at my academic medical center, but I do know of some. Natureium (talk) 15:27, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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when you make the medicine for what — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.79.120.29 (talk) 19:49, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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